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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948 314
(b) generally all matters relating to the transaction of business pertaining to the administration of the district or region, as the case may be:
Provided that until rules are made by the District or the Regional Council under this sub-paragraph the rules made by 5 the Governor under sub-paragraph (7) of this paragraph shall have effect in respect of elections to, the officers and staff of, and the procedure and the conduct of business in, each such Council:
Provided further that the Deputy Commissioner or the Sub- 10 Divisional Officer, as the case may be, of the Mikir and North Cachar Hills shall be the Chairman ex-officio of the District Council in respect of the territories included in items 5 and
6 respectively of Part I of the Table appended to paragraph
19 of this Schedule and shall have power for a period of six 15 years after the first constitution of the District Council, subject to the control of the Governor, to annul or modify any resolu- tion or decision of the District Council or to issue such instruc- tions to the District Council, as he may consider appropriate, and the District Council shall comply with every such instruc- 20 tion issued.
- Powers of the District Councils and Regional Councils to make laws.—(1) The Regional Council for an autonomous region in respect of all areas within such region and the Dis- trict Council for an autonomous district in respect of all areas 25 within the district except those which are under the authority of Regional Councils, if any, within the district shall have power to make laws with respect to—
(a) the allotment, occupation or use, or the setting apart of land other than any land which is a reserved 30 forest for the purposes of agriculture or grazing or for residential or other non-agricultural purposes or for any other purpose likely to promote the in- terests of the inhabitants of any village or town:
Provided that nothing in such laws shall pre- 35 vent the compulsory acquisition of any land whether occupied or unoccupied for public pur- poses by the State of Assam in accordance with the law for the time being in force authorising such acquisition; 40
(b) the management of any forest not being a reserved forest;
(c) the use of any canal or water-course for the purpose of agriculture;