Rules for the Regulation of the Procedure of Officers Appointed to Administer Justice in the Lushai Hills 4

धारा 4 · Section 4

Subject to the general control of the Governor of Assam, and due regard being had to Lushai or other tribal custom and the hereditary rights of existing families of chiefs, the Deputy Commissioner shall have authority to regulate the succession to villages of deceased chiefs, to appoint authority guardians to minor chiefs, to authorise the partition of existing, and the formation of new villages and to appoint chiefs or headmen to, and fix the number of houses in, such villages. The Deputy commissioner is also empowered to determine the boundaries of lands to be occupied by chiefs and to settle disputes between them regarding such lands. The Deputy Commissioner shall have authority to punish chiefs and headmen, and subject to confirmation by the Governor to depose them for misconduct. The formation of new villages, without the previous sanction of the Deputy Commissioner is forbidden.II. Taxes, Tribute and Labour

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