Act Info:
THE BENGAL DISTRICTS ACT,1836
[Act, No. 21 of 1836]
[AS ON 1956]
{Short title given by the Amending Act, 1903 (1 of 1903), Schedule I.
The Act has been declared by the Laws Local Extent Act,1874(15 of 1874),s.6,to be in force throughout the former Province of Bengal, except the Scheduled Districts.
It has been declared by notification under the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874), section 3, to be in force in--
West Jalpaiguri and the Western
Duars in the Jalpaiguri District See Gazette of India, 1881, Pt., p.74
The districts of Hazaribagh
Ranchi, Palamau and Manbhum,
and Pargana Dhalbhum and the
kolhan in the district of Singbhum,
in the Chota Nagpur Division...... Ditto 1881, Pt.I., p.504
It has also been declared to be in force in the sontal Parganas by the Sonthal Parganas Settlement Regulation, 1872 (3 of 1872), section 3.
The Act has been rep.in its application to:--
(1) Assam by Regn. 1 of 1886.
(2) Punjab by Act 17 of 1887; and
(3) Uttar Pradesh by Act 1 of 1903}
[11th September, 1836]