The Criminal Tribes Act 1871, 27 of 1871, (Rep., Act 3 of 1911 )

Section 2. Any Village-Headman, Village-Watchman, owner or occupier of land, who shall fail to comply with the

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

22. Any Village-Headman, Village-Watchman, owner or occupier of land, who shall fail to comply with the requirements of section twenty-one, shall be deemed to have committed an offence under the first part of section one hundred and seventy-six of the Indian Penal Code. Indemnity for past registrations and detentions. PART I. CRIMINAL TRIBES. Local Government to report what tribes should be declared criminal. 2. If the Local Government has reason to believe that any tribe, gang or class of persons is addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offences, it may report the case to the Governor General in Council, and may request his permission to declare such tribe, gang or class to be a criminal tribe. Report to contain certain particulars. 2. the mode in which the said Magistrate shall publish the notice prescribed in section eight, and the means by which the persons whom it concerns, and the Headmen, Village-Watchmen and landowners or occupiers of the village, in which such persons reside, shall be informed of its publication; 3. the mode in which the notice prescribed in section eleven shall be given;

Source: India Code