Question

2 why did the British pass the
Criminal Jules Act an 1871.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Criminal Tribes Act was one of the many laws passed by the British colonial government that applied to Indians based on their religion and caste identification. The Criminal Tribes Act and its provisions used the term Tribes, which included castes within their scope.

Answer 2

Answer:

s Act may be called "The Criminal Tribes' Act, 1871", 1[Repealed].

Local extent.- This section and section twenty extend to the whole of British India: the rest of this Act extends only to the territories under the governments of the Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces and the Panjab, respectively, and under the administration of the Chief Commissioner of Oudh.

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Prior to Amendment by Act 16 of 1874, Section 1 read as:

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1. Short title Commencement.- This Act may be called "The Criminal Tribes' Act, 1871," and it shall come into force on the passing thereof.

Local extent.- This section and section twenty extend to the whole of British India: the rest of this Act extends only to the territories under the governments of the Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces and the Panjab, respectively, and under the administration of the Chief Commissioner of Oudh.