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The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 29th August, 1957, and is hereby published for general information:—

THE ARMED FORCES (ASSAM AND MANIPUR) SPECIAL POWERS ACT, 1958

An Act to enable certain special powers to be conferred upon members of the armed forces in disturbed areas in the State of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.

it enacted by Parliament in the Ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be called the Armed Forces Manipur) Special Powers Act, 1958.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Assam and the Union territory of Manipur.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "armed forces" means the Military forces and the air forces operating as land forces, and includes any other armed forces of the Union so operating; ( 179 )