WHEREAS it is expedient to apply the Bengal Criminal Law (Industrial Areas) Amendment Act, 1942, to the Chittagong Hill-tracts;

AND WHEREAS by sub-section (2) of section 92 of the Government of India Act, 1935, the ¹[Government] is empowered to make regulations for the peace and good Government of any area in which is for the time being an excluded area, or a partially excluded area;

NOW, THEREFORE, the ²[Government], in exercise of the said powers and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, is pleased to make the following Regulation:-