Section 19 — AKTA ORANG ASLI 1954

(a)

the creation, nature and regulation of aboriginal settlements within aboriginal areas and aboriginal reserves;

(b)

prohibiting either absolutely or conditionally and controlling the entry into aboriginal reserves, aboriginal areas, aboriginal inhabited places and aboriginal settlements of any person or any class of persons;

(c)

providing for the appointment of, and prescribing the qualifications of and the method of appointing, any headman;

(d)

providing for the registration of aborigines;

(e)

the manner of evidencing and recording rights of occupancy granted to aborigines under this Act;

(f)

prohibiting the planting of any specified product on lands over which rights of occupancy have been granted;

(g)

permitting and regulating the felling of jungle within aboriginal areas and aboriginal reserves;

(h)

permitting aborigines to take forest produce in aboriginal areas;

(i)

regulating the taking of wild birds and animals by aborigines;

(j)

providing for the establishment of schools in aboriginal areas, aboriginal reserves and aboriginal inhabited places and prescribling the curricula of the schools and the qualifications of teachers in the schools;

(k)

prescribing the terms and conditions upon which aborigines may be employed, and the regulations may provide for the recovery by the Director General on behalf of an aborigine of any wages or salary due to the aborigine in accordance with the regulations;

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(l)

prohibiting either absolutely or conditionally the entry into or the circulation within any aboriginal area, aboriginal reserve or aboriginal inhabited places of any written or printed matter, any cinematograph film and everything whether of a nature similar to written or printed matter or not containing any visible representation or by its form, shape or in any other manner capable of suggesting words or ideas and every copy and reproduction or substantial reproduction thereof;

(m)

prohibiting either absolutely or conditionally the sale or gift of any intoxicating liquor as defined in any written law relating to excise to any specified aborigine or aboriginal community or within any aboriginal area, aboriginal reserve or aboriginal inhabited place; and

(n)

prescribing the terminology by which aborigines, aboriginal communities and aboriginal ethnic group shall be referred to.

(o)

(Omitted).

(2)

No regulations shall be made for the purposes of paragraph

(1)

(a)

, (e), (f), (g), (h), or (i) unless the Government of the State in which the regulations shall have effect has first been consulted.

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