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Sonthal Pargans Act, 1855 Preamble 1

Title: The Sonthal Pargans Act, 1855

State: Central

Year: 1855

THE SONTHAL PARGANS ACT, 1855 [Act, No. 37 of 1855] [22nd December, 1855] PREAMBLE 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,--

Sonthal Parganas Act, 1855 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1855

.....from the operation of such laws the district called the Damin-i-Koh, and other districts which are inhabited principally by that tribe: It is enacted as follows ,- SECTION 01: DISTRICTS REMOVED FROM OPERATION OF GENERAL REGULATIONS 2Clause 1.- The districts described in the Schedule to this Act are hereby removed from the operation of the general Regulations of the Bengal Code and of the laws passed by the Governor-General of India in Council, except so far as is hereinafter provided; and3[no Central Act passed before the commencement of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935,] shall be deemed to extend to any part of the said districts, unless the same shall be specially named therein : Proviso. Provided that nothing herein contained shall4[* * *] remove any part of the said districts from the operation of5Regulation 10 of 1804 of the Bengal Code; nor permanently settled land revenue due under the same, nor any law relating to the sale of lands for arrears of revenue, or relating to patni taluks or to the sale thereof for arrears of rent, nor any law relating to mutations or batwara or to any other matter to which the6[State Government] shall at any time notify in.....

The (Bengal) Embankment Act, 1855 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1855

.....the Collector shall thereupon proceed to value and make compensation for such huts, trees and crops, in the manner prescribed in Section 12 of this Act. Section 8 - Section 8 Clause 1. Application by land-holder to have a sluice made in public embankment - If any land-holder, farmer or cultivator be desirous of having a sluice made in any public embankment for the purpose of drainage or irrigation, he shall make an application in writing to the Collector of the district in which such embankment is situate. The application shall contain such particulars of the land to be drained or irrigated as may enable the officers of the Crown to judge of the advantage which may be derived from the work, and shall declare as regards an embankment maintained at the expense of the State, whether the applicant is willing to bear such part, not exceeding half of the cost thereof, as may be determined by the Provincial Government; and, as regards any other public embankment whether the applicant is willing to defray the whole or such part of the cost incidental to and attendant on, the proposed work, as may be determined as aforesaid. Clause 2. Officer in immediate charge to report on.....