ACT No. VI of 1924.
Passed by the Indian Legislature.
(Received the assent of the Governor General on the 15th March, 1924.)
An Act to consolidate the law relating to Criminal Tribes
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate the law relating to criminal tribes; It is hereby enacted as follows:—
Preliminary.
Short title and extent. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Criminal Tribes Act, 1924.
(2) It extends to the whole of British India.
Definition. 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(1) " district" includes a Presidency-town and the town of Rangoon;
(2) " District Magistrate " means, in the case of a Presidency-town or the town of Rangoon, the Commissioner of Police;
(3) "prescribe means prescribed by rules made under this Act; and
(4) “Superintendent of Police" means, in the case of a Presidency-town or the town of Rangoon, any officer appointed by the Local Government to perform the duties of a Superintendent of Police under this Act.
Notification of Criminal Tribes.
Power to declare any tribe, gang or class a criminal tribe.
3. If the Local Government has reason to believe that any tribe, gang or class of persons, or any part of a tribe, gang or class, is addicted to the systematic commission of non-