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death, transportation for life or imprisonment for five years

or upwards or relating to disputes other than those arising out

of any such laws as may be defined in such regulations, and

may by such regulations empower the headmen or panchayats

in any such area to try such cases. 5

(4) Any regulations made under this paragraph when pro-

mulgated by the Governor shall have the same force and effect

as any Act of the appropriate Legislature which applies to

such area and has been enacted by virtue of the powers con-

10 ferred on that Legislature by this Constitution.

  1. Alienation and allotment of lands to non-tribals in

scheduled areas.—(1) It shall not be lawful for a member

of the scheduled tribes to transfer any land in a scheduled

area to any person who is not a member of the scheduled

15 tribes;

(2) No land in a scheduled area vested in the State within

which such area is situate shall be allotted to, or settled with,

any person who is not a member of the scheduled tribes ex-

cept in accordance with rules made in that behalf by the Go-

20 vernor in consultation with the Tribes Advisory Council for

the State.

  1. Regulation of money-lending in scheduled areas.—The

Governor may, and if so advised by the Tribes Advisory Coun-

cil for the State shall, by public notification direct that no

25 person shall carry on business as a money-lender in a sche-

duled area in the State except under or in accordance with

the conditions of a licence issued by an officer authorised in

this behalf by the Government of the State and every such

direction shall provide that a breach of it shall be an offence,

30 and shall specify the penalty with which it shall be punish-

able.

  1. Estimated receipts and expenditure pertaining to sche-

duled areas to be shown separately in the annual financial

statement.—The estimated receipts and expenditure pertain-

35 ing to a scheduled area in a State which are to be credited to,

or is to be met from, the revenues of the State shall be shown

separately in the annual financial statement of the State to

be laid before the Legislature of the State under article 177

of this Constitution.

  1. Application of Part II to areas other than Scheduled 40

areas.—(1) The Governor may, at any time by public notifi-

cation, direct that all or any of the provisions of this Part