Clarke, Richard [Editor]: The regulations of the government of Fort William in Bengal in force at the end of 1853 - to which are added, the acts of the government of India in force in that presidency: with lists of titles and an index (1): Regulations from 1793 to 1805 (London, 1854)

BENGAL REGULATIONS AND ACTS.

XXXV

II.

CIVIL JUDICATURE-VJURISDICTION, POWERS, DUTIES, AND PRACTICE OF THE
COURTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL JUSTICE.

1793.
XV.
—
XVI.
1795.
LV.
1797.
VIII.
—
XIX.
1798.
1.
—
11.
1799.
IX.
1805.
11.
1806.
1.
—
11.
1806.
XVII.
1812.
IV.
1813.
VI.
1814.
XXIV.
—
XXVI.
—
XXVIII
1816.
XV.
1821.
11.
1825.
11.
—
V.
1829.
XIV.
1831.
V.
1832.
VII.
1836.
XI.
1837.
XXV.
1839.
IX.
—
XXXII.
1841.
VII.
—
XV.
—
XXIX.
—L
XXX.
1843.
XII.
1847.
XVII.
1848.
1.
1850.
XXI.
1852.
VIII.
—
XXXIII.

1793.
VI.
1801.
11.
1806.
1.
—
11.
1807.
1.'
1810.
XIII-.
1825.
XIV.
1831.
IX.
1832.
VII. XV.
1837.
III.
1841.
XVII.
1843.
11.
1850.
iy.

1. ClVIL COURTS GENERALLY.
Rates of intetest to be allowed on loans and mortgages.
Reference of suits to arbitration and to the Nazim.
Courts not to require security from guardians under the Court of Wards.
Prosecutions on the subject of losses by theft to be civil suits.
Translations, how to be prepared.
Rates of interest to be allowed on conditional sales.
Expositions of Hindoo and Mahomedan law, how to be obtained.
Procedure on resistance of process.
Limitation of time for various suits, fines and penalties.
Adjournments to be regulated by the Sudder Court.
j Modification of rules of practice—Subsistence money—Security—Process—Satisfaction of
arrears by instalments-—Insolvent debtors.
Rules respecting interest and conditional sales—Sects, vii. viii.
Conduct of suits by native princes before British courts.
Reference of suits to arbitration.
Constitution and jurisdiction of Civil Courts.
Modification of rules of practice in Civil Courts.
Consolidated rules respecting pauper suitors.
Facilities to native officers and soldiers in the prosecution and defence of civil suits.
Practice of Civil Courts.
Rules respecting review of judgment.
Provision for the union of the offices of judge and collector.
Security to be given by suitors resident in foreign territories.
Modification of authority and jurisdiction of Courts of zillah and uncovenanted judges.
Administration of justice by the Zillah Courts and uncovenanted judges.
No person exempt by reason of birth or descent from jurisdiction of Civil Courts.
Jurisdiction and powers of the several Civil Courts.
Practice in pauper suits.
Allowance of interest on sums recovered.
Rules for taking examinations of absent witnesses.
Residents in Calcutta exempted from giving security in Mofussil Courts.
Dismissal of suits and appeals for non-prosecution.
Repression of obstructions to justice—Contempts.
Language in which decrees are to be written.
Remedy in cases of default in prosecution of suits.
Amended procedure in cases of forgery.
Rights of inheritance not affected by religion of the parties.
Execution of mofussil process within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
Execution of decrees.
2. SuDDER DEWANNY ADAWLUT.
Jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut.
Modification of the constitution and powers of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut.
Adjournments of the courts to be regulated by Sudder Court.
Modification of rules of practice.
>Powers of single judges of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut.
Authority to transfer suits and appeals from one zillah to another.
Duties of registrars of the Sudder Court.
decisions in appeals, how to be given by one or more judges.
Amended procedure in appeals.
6 2