(1) The administration of Naga Hills-Tuensang Area shall be carried on by the Governor of Assam as the agent of the President.
Administration of Naga HilLn Tucnsang Area, (2) The Central Government may appoint a Commissioner for the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area to assist the Governor of Assam, and the SEC. 1] THE GAZET-TE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 519 Governor may appoint a Deputy Commissioner for each of the districts therein; and the Deputy Commissioners shall perform their functions under the supervision and control of the Commissioner.
5. Without prejudico to the provisions of section 4 and to the powers of the Central Government to appoint from time to time such officers as may be necessary for the administration of the Naga Hills- Tuensang Area, all other officers who, immediately before the appointed day, were exercising lawful functions in the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area or any part thereof shall, until other provision is made by the Central Government in this behalf, continue to exercise in connection with the administration of the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area their respective powers and jurisdiction and to perform their respective duties and functions in the same manner and to the same extent as before the appointed day.
Provision as to other officers.
6. Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Regulation, all laws in force in the Naga Hills District or the Tuensang Frontier Division of the North East Frontier Agency immediately before the appointed day shall continue in force in the districts of Kohima and Mokokchung or, as the case may be, in the Tuensang district until repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or other competent authority.
Existing laws to continue.
7. All taxes, duties, cesses or fees which, immediately before the appointed day, were being lawfully levied in the Naga Hills- Tuensang Area or any part thereof shall continue to be levied and to be applied to the same purposes, until other provision is made by a competent Legislature or other competent authority.
Existing taxes to continue.
8. For the avoidance of doubts, it is hereby declared that all property and assets within the districts of Kohima and Mokokchung which, immediately before the appointed day, vested in the State Government of Assam shall, as from that day, vest in the Central Government.
Property and assets.
9. All rights, liabilities and obligations of the State Government of Assam in relation to the district^ of Kohima and Mokokchung shall, as from the appointed day, be the rights, liabilities and obligations of the Central Government.
Rights and obligations.
l(f. (1) Any territorial references in any law to the Naga Hills District, the Naga Tribal Area, or the Tuensang Frontier Division shall be construed as references- Construction of certain references in existing laws.
(a) in the case of the Naga Hills Di strict, to the districts of Kohima and Mokokchung; and
(b) in the case of the Naga Tribal Area or the Tuensang Frontier Division, to the Tuensang district.
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(2) In the Rules for the administration of Justice and Police in the Naga Hills District prescribed by the Governor of Assam In his No. 2530(b) A.P., dated the 25th March, 1937, as in force in the districts of Kohima and Mokokchung, any reference to the Inspector General of Police, Assam, shall be construed as a reference to the Superintendent of Police, Naga Hills-Tuensang Area.
(3) In the Assam Frontier (Administration of Justice) Regulation, 1945, as in force in the Tuensang district, any reference to Political Officer, additional Political Officer and assistant Political Officer shall be construed as a reference to Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner, respectively.
i of 1945,
11. For the purpose of facilitating the application of any law in the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area, any court or other authority may construe any such law with such alterations, not affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper to adapt it to the matter before the court or other authority.
Powers of courts and other authorities for purposes of facilitating the application of law*.