TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I. page The Burma Village Act, 1907, as amended 3 Part II. STATUTORY" RULES AMD ORDERS UNDER THE ACT. Commencement of the Act—section I (3) ... ... ... 27 Appointment of headmen—section 5 (•) ... ... ... ib. Election and procedure of village committees—section 29(1) (cc) .. ■ Offences specially declared to be triable by village committees or head- men— section 9 (2) (e) ... ... .. ... 30 Trial of civil suits by headmen or village committees—section 39 (1) (f) 31 Disposal of fees levied under section 6-4) or section 9(9)—section 29 (t)(£-) ... ... ... ... ... 33 Rules prescribing headmen's register and requiring written receipts- section 29 (1) (i) ... ... ... 34 Remission or refund of fines—section 29 (1) (i) ... ... ib• Supply of information to Military Officers—section 29 (i) (i) ... ib. Rules requiring headmen to report establishment of cutch camps— section 39 (1) (i) ... ... ib. Revision of decisions of village committees or headmen in civil suits- section 6 (2) ... ... .. ... 35 Delegation to subordinate officers of the powers of a Deputy Commissioner under the Act—section 24 ... ... ... ib. Powers and privileges of police officers conferred on headmen and on rural policemen and duties to be performed by rural policemen— section 29(1) (a), (b) and (c) ... ... ... 36 Orders regarding Fives—section 21 (3) ... 33 Registration of births and deaths— section 29 (1) (d) ... 39 Duties of headmen for the prevention of the spreading of small-pox — section 29 (1) (d) ... ... ... ... 42 Duties of persons residing in a village-tract in respect of public nuisances and sanitation, contagious or infectious disease among human beings and fires and the duties of headmen in respect of public nuisances and sanitation,^contagious disease among human beings and fires—section"29(1 )(d) ... ... ... ib. Duties of headmen and residents of a village-tract in respect of the prevention of the spreading of leprosy—section 29 (1) (