Act Info:
THE SONTHAL PARGANS ACT, 1855
[Act, No. 37 of 1855]
[22nd December, 1855]
An Act to remove from the operation of the general Laws and Regulations certain district inhabited by Sonthals and others, and to place the same under the superintendence of an officer to be specially appointed for that purpose.
Whereas the general Regulations and Acts of Government now in force in the Presidency of Bengal are not adapted to the uncivilized race of people called Sonthals, and it is therefore expedient to remove from the operation of such laws the district called the Damin-i-Koh, and other district which are inhabited principle by the tribe; It is enacted as follows,--