The North-East Frontier Areas (Administration) Regulation, 1954

REGISTERED NO. D. 221 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 5] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1954 MINISTRY OF LAW New Delhi, the 5th January 1954 THE NORTH-EAST FRONTIER AREAS (ADMINISTRA- TION) REGULATION, 1954 No. 1 OF 1954 A Regulation to provide for the readjustment of the administrative units of the areas specified in Part B of the Table annexed to the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, and for certain matters incidental thereto. In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of article 243 of the Constitution, read with sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 18 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by him: — 1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Regulation may be called the North-East Frontier Areas (Administration) Regulation, (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Governor of Assam may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Readjustment of administrative units.—On and from the com- mencement of this Regulation,— (a) the North-East Frontier Tract, including the Balipara Frontier Tract, the Tirap Frontier Tract, the Abor Hills District, the Misimi Hills District and the Naga Tribal Area shall be collectively known as the North-East Frontier Agency; (b) the Balipara Frontier Tract shall be divided into two separate units of administration called the Subansiri Frontier Division and the Kameng Frontier Division, each comprising the areas set out in Schedules I and II respectively; (c) each of the areas specified in column 1 of the table below shall be known by the name mentioned in the entry correspond- ing thereto in column 2 thereof. I Existing name of area Tirap Frontier Tract . Abor Hills District Misimi Hills District . Naga Tribal Area New. name . Tirap Frontier Division. . Siang Frontier Division. Lohit Frontier Division. . Tuensang Frontier Division. 3. Construction of certain references in existing laws.—Any reference in any existing law— (a) to the Balipara Frontier Tract shall be construed as a reference to the Subansftri Frontier Division and the Kameng Frontier Division; and (b) to any of the areas specified in column 1 of the table annexed to section 2 shall be construed as a reference to the area specified in the entry corresponding thereto in column 2 of the said table. Explanation.—In this section, "existing law" means any law, Ordinance, order, bye-law, rule or regulation passed or made before the commencement of this Regulation by any Legislature, authority or person having pmver to make such law, Ordinance, order, bye- law, rule or regulation. 4. Amendment of Rules for the Administration of Justice and Police in the Naga Hills District.—In the Rules for the Administra- tion of Justice and Police in the Naga Hills District, for any expres- sion mentioned in column 1 of the table below, the expression set opposite to it in column 2 thereof shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 11th day of October, 1951. I Commissioner Deputy Commissioner Assistant to the Deputy Commissioner Governor. Political Officer. Assistant Political Officer. Baa. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAOEDINAE"2 31 SCHEDULE I [Sete section 2(6)] Areas in the Subansiri Frontier Division North.—The McMahon Line (falling in the Survey of India Map sheets 82 D and 82 H). East and South.—From the point where the Subansiri river cuts the McMahon Line on the India-Tibet Frontier the boundary runs down the midstream of the Subansiri river till it meets the Inner Line of the Balipara Frontier Tract at the junction of the Siplu and Subansiri rivers at Siplumukh: thence along the Inner Line of the Balipara Frontier Tract to the point where it meets the Burai river South of Simna Parbat (Survey of India Map sheets 82 H, 82 L, 83 I, West.—From the point where the Inner Line of the Balipara Frontier Tract meets the Burai river the boundary runs in a North Westerly direction along the hill ridge that forms the watershed between the Papum and Dessing rivers to the hill top with height 6980; thence in a North-Easterly direction along the hill ridge between the Papum and Pakkui rivers to the hill top with height 7590; thence in a North-Westerly direction along the hill ridge between the Pakkui and Par rivers to the hill top with height 7510; thence in a Northerly and then in a North-Westerly and Westerly direction over the hill tops with heights 11710', 12390, 11579, 12127, 10094, 11320 and along the main hill ridge that forms the watershed between the river Kameng and its tributaries on the West and the river Panir and Khru on the East to the point 20950 on the McMahon Line at latitude 27°—59' and longitude 92°—45'. The hill tops with height mentioned above are depicted on the Survey of India quarter inch scale standard map sheets 83 A, 83 E* and 83 F. SCHEDULE II [Sete section 2(6)] Areas in the Kamtng Frontier Division North.—The McMahon Line (falling in the Survey of India Map- sheets 78 M and 83 A). East.—The Western boundary of the Subansiri Frontier Division as set out in the First Schedule, from the McMahon Line on the North to the Inner Line of the Balipara Frontier Tract to the South. South.—From the South-Western corner of the Subansiri Frontier Division on the Burai river Westwards along the Inner Line of the Balipara Frontier Tract as denned in the Assam Government. 32 THE GAZETTE: OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC J] Notification No. 6778 AP, dated the 2nd November, 1934, to the point at which the boundary between India and Bhutan leaves the Inner Line and turns Northwards. West.—Along the boundary between India and Bhutan from the point where it leaves the Inner Line of the Balipara Frontier Tract to. the McMahon Line. RAJENDRA PRASAD, President. Secy, to the Govt, of India. PRINTED HT INDIA BY THE MANAGER, GOVT, OF INDIA PRESS, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, l ° 0 4