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REGULATION II.
[A.D. 1793.
To see that the ofH-
disobedience of public
regulations;
reporting the circum-
stancesto the Governor-
General in Council.
offences committed by
officers subject to their
authority.
office.
To fne him.
punishment not to ex-
empt the officer from
being sued in a court
of judicature by indi-
viduals who may have
been injured by his
misconduct.
Rules regarding de-
putations, the allow-
Board of Revenue may
require the personal
attendance of natives.
XXVIII., XXIX. [Collectors to be subordinate to a Board of Reve-
nue—its constitution.]—AU.Fcmafgtf 1, M. 7?^. 777. 1822.
XXX. The board are to be careful that the officers under their
authority perform their assigned duties with regularity, integrity, and
assiduity; and they are required to punish the officers under them, as far
as the power vested in them for the purpose may allow, for disobedience
or inattention to any Regulation printed and published in the manner
directed in Regulation XLI. 1793, or to any special orders, and to report
every such occurrence to the Governor-General in Council.
XXXI. 7Vu^. To enable them to control their officers with effect, they
are invested with the following powers for the investigation and punish-
ment of offences committed by any officer subject to their authority,
according to their nature and extent.
To summon him to the presidency to explain and justify his
conduct, and to suspend him from his office, reporting to the Governor-
General in Council every instance in which they may exercise these
powers.
7Az?'7 To impose a fine upon him, not exceeding the amount of his
salary for one month.
It is to be understood, however, that any inquiry which the
Board of Revenue may make into the misconduct of any officer subject to
their authority, or any fine that they may impose upon him, or order
which they may pass respecting him, is not to preclude persons who may
have been injured by him, from suing him for the injury in any court of
judicature to which he may be amenable.
XXXII. Deputations ordered by the Board of Revenue are to be imme-
diately reported to the Governor-General in Council, with the grounds on
which they may have been ordered: and in all instances admitting of a limi-
tation for completing the business of the deputation, a time is to b'e fixed
for the performance of it, beyond which the person deputed is to receive
no allowance or compensation, without explaining the cause of the delay
to the full satisfaction of the board.
XXXIII. The Board of Revenue are empowered to require the personal
attendance of any proprietor or farmer of land, or any dependent talookdar,
under-farmer, or ryot, or any native officer employed under a collector, for
the purpose of adjusting any settlement, or examining any accounts, or
inquiring into any matter coming within their cognizance, provided the
personal attendance of the party shall appear to them indispensably
necessary. In such cases, the board are to direct the collector to serve
such person with a written notice under his official seal and signature,
specifying the business on account of which his attendance is judged
necessary, and requiring him to attend the board by such period as they
may limit, under pain of being subject to such daily fine until he attends,
or shows satisfactory cause for his non-attendance, as the board may think
proper to impose. .The board are empowered to fine such persons
neglecting to appear by the time required, in such amount a^ may appear
to them proper upon a consideration of the case, and the situation and
REGULATION II.
[A.D. 1793.
To see that the ofH-
disobedience of public
regulations;
reporting the circum-
stancesto the Governor-
General in Council.
offences committed by
officers subject to their
authority.
office.
To fne him.
punishment not to ex-
empt the officer from
being sued in a court
of judicature by indi-
viduals who may have
been injured by his
misconduct.
Rules regarding de-
putations, the allow-
Board of Revenue may
require the personal
attendance of natives.
XXVIII., XXIX. [Collectors to be subordinate to a Board of Reve-
nue—its constitution.]—AU.Fcmafgtf 1, M. 7?^. 777. 1822.
XXX. The board are to be careful that the officers under their
authority perform their assigned duties with regularity, integrity, and
assiduity; and they are required to punish the officers under them, as far
as the power vested in them for the purpose may allow, for disobedience
or inattention to any Regulation printed and published in the manner
directed in Regulation XLI. 1793, or to any special orders, and to report
every such occurrence to the Governor-General in Council.
XXXI. 7Vu^. To enable them to control their officers with effect, they
are invested with the following powers for the investigation and punish-
ment of offences committed by any officer subject to their authority,
according to their nature and extent.
To summon him to the presidency to explain and justify his
conduct, and to suspend him from his office, reporting to the Governor-
General in Council every instance in which they may exercise these
powers.
7Az?'7 To impose a fine upon him, not exceeding the amount of his
salary for one month.
It is to be understood, however, that any inquiry which the
Board of Revenue may make into the misconduct of any officer subject to
their authority, or any fine that they may impose upon him, or order
which they may pass respecting him, is not to preclude persons who may
have been injured by him, from suing him for the injury in any court of
judicature to which he may be amenable.
XXXII. Deputations ordered by the Board of Revenue are to be imme-
diately reported to the Governor-General in Council, with the grounds on
which they may have been ordered: and in all instances admitting of a limi-
tation for completing the business of the deputation, a time is to b'e fixed
for the performance of it, beyond which the person deputed is to receive
no allowance or compensation, without explaining the cause of the delay
to the full satisfaction of the board.
XXXIII. The Board of Revenue are empowered to require the personal
attendance of any proprietor or farmer of land, or any dependent talookdar,
under-farmer, or ryot, or any native officer employed under a collector, for
the purpose of adjusting any settlement, or examining any accounts, or
inquiring into any matter coming within their cognizance, provided the
personal attendance of the party shall appear to them indispensably
necessary. In such cases, the board are to direct the collector to serve
such person with a written notice under his official seal and signature,
specifying the business on account of which his attendance is judged
necessary, and requiring him to attend the board by such period as they
may limit, under pain of being subject to such daily fine until he attends,
or shows satisfactory cause for his non-attendance, as the board may think
proper to impose. .The board are empowered to fine such persons
neglecting to appear by the time required, in such amount a^ may appear
to them proper upon a consideration of the case, and the situation and