Section 1. Short title given by the amending Act 1897 (5 of 1897), s. 4 and Sch. III

1. Short title given by the amending Act 1897 (5 of 1897), s. 4 and Sch. III. The Act has been declared, by notification under the schedule Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874), s. 3, to be in force in the Districts of Hazaribagh, Ranchi, Palamau and Manbhum and Pargana Dhalbhum and the Kolhan in the District of Singbhum in the Chota Nagpur Division, See Gazette of India, 1881, Pt. I, p. 504. The Act has also been declared to be in force in the Sonthal Parganas by the Sonthal Parganas Settlement Regulation, 1872 (3 of 1872), s. 3 (1) and Sch.