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The districts are called “ Scheduled” because they are
noted in the “ Schedules” of Act XIV of 1874.
None of the Acts of a general character passed before
1874, the local application of which is settled by Act XV of this
same year, apply directly to the Scheduled districts ; it is left to
the Local Government to define by notification in each case—
(a) what laws are no! in force (so as to remove doubts
in case it might be supposed that some law was in
force) ;
(8) what laws are in force
‘c) and to extend Acts or parts of Acts to the districts
in question.

Of course all Acts passed since 1874 themselves define to
yhat territories they extend, so that there can be no further
1oubt on the matter.

Regulations under 33 Vic., Cap. 3.
In order to provide a still more elastic and adaptable
method of making rules which have legal validity, for provinces,
in an elementary stage of progress, the Act 33 Vic, Cap. 3
71870), provides that certain territories may at any time be
jeclared by the Secretary of State to be territories for which it
's desirable that special Regulations (other than the Acts of the
Legislature) should be made. The districts so declared (if not
already under Act X1V) become “Scheduled” whenever such
declaration is made, so that there is in fact a power of creating
new scheduled districts in addition to those in that Act. The
Regulations regarding Hazara in the Panjéb, the Sontdl Pargaaas
 in Bengal, regarding Assam, Ajmere and the Hill Tracts
5f Arracan, &c,, are all under this law.