ACT No. II of 1897.
Passed by the Governor General of India in Council.
(Received the assent of the Governor General on the 28th January, 1897.)
An Act to amend the Criminal Tribes' Act, 1871.
WHEREAS it is expedirnt to amend the Criminal Tribes' Act, 1871XXVII 1871.; It is hereby enacted as follows:—
Title and Commencemnt. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Criminal Tribes Act Amendment Act, 1897; and
(2) It shall come into force at once.
Addition of proviso to section 1, Act XXVII, 1871. 2. To section 1 of the Criminal Tribes' Act, XXVII 1871XXVII 1871., the following proviso shall be added, namely:-
"Provided that any Local Government, with the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council, may, by notification in the local official Gazette, declare all or any of the provisions of this Act, as amended by subsequent legislation, to be in force in the whole or any part of the territories under its government.
Addition of new section after-section. 1, Act. XXVII, 1871. 3. After section 1 of the Criminal Tribes' Act, XXVI 1871, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—
Definition of tribe, gang and class. "1A. In this Act the words 'tribe,' 'gang' and class shall be deemed to include any portion or members of a tribe, gang or class."
Addition of new section after section 17. Act XXVII, 1871. 4. After section 17 of the said Act the following section shall be added, namely:—
"Power to place children in reformatory settlements established for children and to apprentice them.17A. (1) The Local Government may establish
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