Section 3. Assimilation of laws

3. Assimilation of laws.— (1) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are in force in, the scheduled areas shall on that day cease to be in force in the scheduled areas except as respects things done or omitted to be done before that day, and for the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) shall apply in relation to such cesser as it applies in relation to the repeal of an enactment by a Central Act. (2) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are in force in, the Darrang district of the State of Assam shall as from that day extend to, or, as the case may be, come into force in, the areas specified in paragraph 1 of the Schedule. (3) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are in force in, the Lakhimpur district of the State of Assam shall as from that day extend to, or, as the case may be, come into force in, the areas specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Schedule. 3. So much of the area included in the Tirap Frontier Tract as is comprised within the line drawn from the confluence of the Koria Pani and the Burhi Dihing rivers up the right bank of the Burhi Dihing river to the confluence of the Namphuk and the Namchik rivers; thence up the left bank of the Namchik river to its confluence with the Kathang river; thence up the Kathang Hka to its junction with the Lekha Hka; thence up the Lakha Hka to its source and thence to point 894; thence in a south-westerly direction down a nameless stream that originates from point 894, to its junction with the Tirap river; thence up the left bank of the Tirap river to a point due east of height 2438 on the Lungokan range; thence due west to height 2438; thence in a north-westerly direction down the Kapang Wa stream to its junction with the Tipang river; thence down the Tipang river to its junction with Kumkal Wa; thence in a south-westerly direction alone the ridge of Tuting Tak Kan range to the saddle between this range and Lompi Parbat range; thence in a north-westerly direction down a nameless stream that originates from this saddle, to its junction with Likhapani or Tehi stream; thence down the Likhapani stream to its junction with the Tirap river; thence down the Tirap river to its junction with the Burhi Dihing river; thence down the Burhi Dihing river to its junction with the Manmaw Jan; thence up the Manmaw Jan and Monggang Khasi stream as far as it forms the eastern boundary of the Upper Dihing reserved forest; thence along western boundary of the Upper Dihing reserved forest; thence along the western boundary of the Upper Dihing reserved forest (east block) to the point where it meets the Pengri Hka; thence down the Pengri Hka to the Burhi Dihing river and up the Burhi Dihing to the starting point. with the Lekha Hka; thence up the Lakha Hka to its source and thence to point 894; thence in a STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS As the plains areas of the Balipara Frontier Tract, Tirap Frontier Tract, Abor Hills and Mishmi Hills Districts (Sadiya Frontier Tract) have been declared by the Governor of Assam to be area not included in the in Tribal areas specified in Part B of the Table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, it has become necessary to incorporate these areas be areas in the adjoining districts of Darranga and Lakhimpur and to administer them under the normal laws in force in the rest of the State of Assam. Under Article 372 (1) of the Constitution, all the Acts, Regulations, Rules, etc., which applied to these areas propriovigore or were specifically applied thereto with modifications under the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874, or section 92 of Govt. of India Act, 1935, before the 26th January, 1950, will continue to be in force therein subject to future alteration, repeal or amendment. It is thus incumbent on the appropriate legislation to pass legislation repealing the special laws in force in these areas making applicable to them the laws in force in the districts of Darrang and Lakhimpur.