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)

A.D. 1793.]

REGULATION VI.

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1. THE extension of the powers of the Ziliah and City Courts of
Dewanny Adawlut, or Courts of Judicature established in the several
zillahs, and in the cities of Patna, Dacca, and Moorshedabad, for the trial
of civil suits in the first instance, by Regulation III. 1793, and the erec-
tion of the four Provincial Courts of Appeal, by Regulation V. 1793, having
rendered it necessary to extend the powers of the Sudder Dewanny
Adawlut, or Court of Appeal in the last resort in civil suits, and to modify
the late Regulations prescribed for its guidance, in conformity to the
principles upon which the courts subordinate to it have been constituted,
the following rules have been enacted.

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III. The court is to use a circular seal, two inches and a quarter in
diameter, with an inscription to the following effect, in the Persian and
Bengal characters and languages, and in the Hindostanee language and
Nageree character: "The seal of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut." The
court is to be held in a large and convenient room at Calcutta, and to sit
de die in diem as the dispatch of business may require, and is empowered
to make such reasonable adjournments as may be deemed expedient con-
sistently with the business. No rule, order, proceeding, or decree is to be
made but on court days, and in open court.

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Seal of the court.

Court to be held in
Calcutta.
To sit de die in diem,
and to make reasonable
adjournments.
No decree, order, &c.
to be made but on court
days, and in open court.

IV. TMrM. The Sudder Dewanny Adawlut is empowered to receive any Cases in which the
original suit or complaint which may be cognizable in any Ziliah or City j^wha i^Hpoweitd
Court, and to command the judge of such court, by a precept under the to refer original suits
seal of the court, and attested by the register, to receive the suit or com- ziiiahUr^City^Couru!^
plaint, and to proceed to hear and determine it, provided proof shall be
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A072 U. 1793. If the plaintiff shall refuse or neglect to proceed in the , Suit or complaint to
suit or complaint tor the period of six weeks after the order of the Sudder partypreferring it shall
Dewanny Adawlut may be received by the Ziliah or City Court, and ^eedhiitfor^ix^ekj''
notified to the complainant, the judge is authorized to dismiss it, notwith-
standing the order of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut. In such cases, the to notify the ,
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judge, within-one week after the dismission of the suit or complaint, is to to the Sudder Dewanny
certify to the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, under his hand and the seal of A<hwha.
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