{
    "id": 2589,
    "slug": "assam-village-chaukidari-amendment-act-1949",
    "title": "THE ASSAM VILLAGE-CHAUKIDARI (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1949",
    "short_title": "The Assam Village-Chaukidari (Amendment) Act, 1949",
    "act_number": "9",
    "act_year": 1949,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "1949-05-05",
    "description": "The Assam Village-Chaukidari (Amendment) Act, 1949",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Preamble.—WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Bengal Village-Chaukidari Act, 1870, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing;\nIt is hereby enacted as follows :—",
            "footnote": "Bengal Act VI of 1870.",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Village-Chaukidari (Amendment) Act, 1949.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) It shall have the like extent as the Bengal Village-Chaukidari Act, 1870, in its application to Assam.",
            "footnote": "Bengal Act VI of 1870.",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Provincial Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "2. In the proviso to section 12 of the principal Act—",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) for the word \"two\" the word \"four\" shall be substituted, and",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) for the word \"six\" the word \"nine\" shall be substituted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "3. In the proviso to section 15 of the principal Act—",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) for the words \"one rupee\" the words \"two rupees\" shall be substituted, and",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 80
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) for the words \"half an anna\" the words \"one anna\" shall be substituted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 90
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "194909",
        "Act Number": "9",
        "Enactment Date": "1949-05-05",
        "Act Year": "1949",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Village-Chaukidari (Amendment) Act, 1949",
        "Department": "Legislative Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:04"
}