3. For section 22 of the Code, the following shall be substituted, namely:—
"Appointment of Justices of the Peace.
22. The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint for such period as may be specified in the notification and subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government, any person who is a citizen of India and as to whose integrity and suitability it is satisfied, to be a Justice of the Peace for a local area to be mentioned in the notification, and more than one Justice of the Peace may be appointed for the same local area.
Section 3 • THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 1966
Section 3. Substitution of section 22 of Act No.5 of 1898
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