Clarke, Richard [Hrsg.]: 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 IX.

87

Modihed by
Reg.XVI.181(b
Reg. IV. 1821,
and Act XV.
1843.

See Act XXI.
1837.

Modified by
Reg.XVI.1810.
See Reg. VIII.
1822.

appeared to resuit principally from the great delay which occurred in
bringing offenders to punishment, and to the law not being duly enforced,
as well as to other material defects in the constitution of the Criminal
Courts ; and as it was essential for the prevention of crimes, not only that
offenders should be deprived of the means of eluding the pursuit of the
officers of justice, but that they should be speedily and impartially tried
when apprehended, the Governor-General in Council passed certain Regu-
lations on the 3rd December, 1790, establishing Courts of Circuit under the
superintendence of English judges, assisted by natives versed in the
Mahomedan law, for trying in the first instance persons charged with
crimes or misdemeanors, and enabling the Governor-General and the
members of the Supreme Council to sit in the Nizamut Adawlut (which
was for that purpose again removed to Calcutta), and superintend the
administration of criminal justice throughout the provinces. Those Regu-
lations, with the subsequent amendments, are now re-enacted, with
further alterations and modifications.
II. The q/GAc Zk%7%72727/ q/* zz/AhN, q/NAc
q/* jP%f72<2, d7oo7^Ad7<27<z<7, shall hold the office of magistrate
of the zillah or city under their respective jurisdictions. Previous to
entering upon the execution of the duties of the office, they shall take and
subscribe the following oath before the Governor-General in Council, or
qmy person whom he may commission to administer it:
" I, A. B., appointed magistrate of the zillah (or city) of-, so-
lemnly swear, that I will, to the best of my ability, preserve the peace of
the zillah (or city) over which my authority extends ; that I will act with
impartiality and integrity, and will not exact or receive, nor knowingly
allow any other person to exact or receive, directly or indirectly, any fee,
reward, or emolument whatsoever, in the execution of, or on account of
any matter relating to the duties of my office, excepting such as the orders
of the Governor-General in Council do or may expressly authorize ; and
that I will perform the duties of my office according to the best of my
knowledge, abilities, and judgment, conformably to the Regulations that
have been or may be passed by the Governor-General in Council: So help
me God."
III. The special jurisdiction of the magistrates of the cities of Patna,
Dacca, and Moorshedabad, is to extend throughout those cities respectively,
and the places adjacent, that now are or may be subjected to their imme-
diate authority. The special jurisdiction of the magistrates of the several
zillahs is to extend throughout the districts included in the zillahs in
which they are respectively stationed. Provided, however, that the special
jurisdiction of the magistrates of the zillahs of Behar proper, Dacca Jelal-
pore, and Moorshedabad, be not held to extend to the cities of Patna,
Dacca, or Moorshedabad, nor to any places adjacent thereto, which now
are or may be included in the special jurisdiction of the magistrates of
those cities ; and that the magistrate of the Twenty-four Pergunnahs be
not considered to have any jurisdiction or authority whatever in the town
of Calcutta, or any places adjacent within the limits of the jurisdiction
j)f the Supreme Court of Judicature.

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Oath of the magis-
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of the magistrates of
the several zillahs and
cities.