Section 3. _

3. (1) 8ubject to the provisions of this Act and of any enactment for the time being in force in a Shttn State under section 8, sub-sec!tion ( I ) , of the Upper Burma Laws Act, 1886, and to such conditions xx of 1886. as may have been or may be prescribed by the Local Government, with the approval of the Governor : . & `qd` . .;* . di - 1888.1 Shun Stutss. 1 0 1 - , . I ' . in Council, in any instrument recognising a person as the chief of the State, the administration of civil and criminal justice and the collection of the revenue within the State shall be vested in the person for the time being recognised by the Local Government as the chief of the State. T ' . . -I . . . . 4 1 1 , - - .. . . a * (2) Subject as aforesaid, the law to be administered in a Shan State shall be the customary law of the State in so far as that law is in accordance with justice, equity and good conscience, and the punishments which may be awarded thereunder, or the practices which are permitted thereby, are in conformity with - the spirit of the law in force in the rest of British India. .. . . . . . . . . `4.` (1) The Local Government may, by order,-- Participation * of the Gov- ernment `in` the adminis- trat~on of - of the Gov- - (a) appoint officers to undertake, or to take part ernment `in` - in, the administration of civil and criminal the adminis- trat~on of - justice and the collection of the revenue shan within a Shan State ; . . . . . . . : : . . - (b) with the previous sanction ol' the Governor in Council, define the powers and regulate the procedure of officers so appointed and their deputies and subordinates and of the chief and his deputies and subordinates ; - (c) with the previous sanction of the Governor in Council, direct by what authority any jurisdiction, power or duty incident to the operation of any enactment for the time being in force in the State under section 8, sub-section ( I ) , of the Upper Burma Laws Act, 1886, is to bo exercised or perf olmed ; and . . Xfian States. [ ACT xv (2) An order of the Local Government under subsection (1) may have reference to any one Shan State or to any number of Shan States specified or referred to in the order. Modification 5. I n extending an enactment to a Shan State I of enact1 111euts their appii- in under seotion Laws Act, 1886, 8, sub-section the Local Government, with the ( I ) , of the Upper Burma prexx of 1886 1 cation Sban States. to the vious sanction of the Governor in Council, may dcclare its extension to bc subject tu such restrictions and modifications as that Government thinks fit.