SIXTH SCHEDULE - Ministry of Law and Justice

246THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA(2) In this paragraph, a “reserved forest” means any area which is areserved forest under the Assam Forest Regulation, 1891, or under any otherlaw for the time being in force in the area in question.(3) All laws made under this paragraph shall be submitted forthwith tothe Governor and, until assented to by him, shall have no effect.1 4. Administration of justice in autonomous districts andautonomous regions.—(1) The Regional Council for an autonomous region inrespect of areas within such region and the District Council for an autonomousdistrict in respect of areas within the district other than those which are underthe authority of the Regional Councils, if any, within the district may constitutevillage councils or courts for the trial of suits and cases between the parties allof whom belong to Scheduled Tribes within such areas, other than suits andcases to which the provisions of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 5 of thisSchedule apply, to the exclusion of any court in the State, and may appointsuitable persons to be members of such village councils or presiding officers ofsuch courts, and may also appoint such officers as may be necessary for theadministration of the laws made under paragraph 3 of this Schedule.(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the Regional Councilfor an autonomous region or any court constituted in that behalf by theRegional Council or, if in respect of any area within an autonomous districtthere is no Regional Council, the District Council for such district, or any courtconstituted in that behalf by the District Council, shall exercise the powers of acourt of appeal in respect of all suits and cases triable by a village council orcourt constituted under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph within such regionor area, as the case may be, other than those to which the provisions of subparagraph(1) of paragraph 5 of this Schedule apply, and no other court exceptthe High Court and the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction over such suits orcases.(3) The High Court shall have and exercise such jurisdiction over thesuits and cases to which the provisions of sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraphapply as the Governor may from time to time by order specify.______________________________________________1. Paragraph 4 has been amended in its application to the State of Assam by the Sixth Schedule to theConstitution (Amendment) Act, 2003 (44 of 2003), s. 2, so as to insert the following subparagraphafter sub-paragraph (5), namely :—“(6) Nothing in this paragraph shall apply to the Bodoland Territorial Council constitutedunder the proviso to sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 of this Schedule.” .