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REGULATION XVIII.
[A.D. 1793.
Two native keepers
of the records to be
appointed to keep the
records of the Civil and
Criminal Courts.
To hold their offices
haviour, and to be re-
movable only by the
Governor - General in
Council.
To keep a list of the
records in a book, paged
and attested as herein
directed.
Number of the page
inwhichpapers are re-
gistered to be endorsed
on the back of them.
Keepers of the re-
cords to be careful that
papersarenot destroyed
by damp or otherwise.
Tobeliable to dis-
mission if papers are
destroyed by their neg-
lect,
or shall not be forth-
coming, and they shall
not be able to give a
satisfactory account of
them.
To observe any rules
prescribed to them by
any Regulation printed
Courts of Appeal may have in their possession a record of the number and
nature of the causes hied and decided in the Zillah and City Courts, and
the time they may have been depending, and the substance of the decision
respecting them ; and that the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut may possess
similar information with regard to suits hied both in the Zillah and City
Courts and the Provincial Courts of Appeal, and that the Honourable
Court of Directors may be apprized of the decisions of the Sudder
Dewanny Adawlut, the following rules have been enacted.
II. Two native keepers of the records shall be appointed to keep
the Dewanny Adawlut and Foujdarry records in each zillah, and in each of
the cities of Patna, Dacca, and Moorsbedabad, a%al zyz cacA q/* ^Ac
c?'a^ CbafA q/Hyipca^ aaaf q/' UzrcazY, and in the Sudder Dewanny
Adawlut and the Nizamut Adawlut.
III. The keepers of the records shall not be removed from their offices
but for misconduct, proved to the satisfaction of the DoccnMO^-Dczzcra/
Cbazzcz/, notwithstanding anything that may be said to the contrary in
any Regulation passed on this date. The offices, however, are declared
not to be hereditary.
IV. The keepers of the records are to keep a register, in the Persian
and Bengal languages in Bengal and Orissa, and in the Persian language
in Behar, of all the Dewanny and Foujdarry proceedings, documents, and
other records belonging to the courts to which they may respectively be
attached, in a book, each leaf of which shall be attested by the official
signature of the 7'cgM^cy, A? A4c judges and magistrates of
the zillahs and cities, and the registers to ^Ac DroHMcAz/ q/*
q/ GVrczzzY, zmzA the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut and the
Nizamut Adawlut, and on the last leaf of which they shall specify, in
their own handwriting, the number of pages contained in the book. The
existing records are to be first registered, and the keepers of the records are
to prepare a list of them immediately upon the receipt of this Regulation.
V. The keepers of the records are to endorse upon the back of every
paper or document which they may enter in the register, the number of
the page in which it may be registered ; and the endorsement is to be
attested with the official signature of both or either of them.
VI. It shall be the duty of the keepers of the records to see that the
records of the court are not destroyed by insects, damp, or otherwise, and
that they are not removed without the orders of the court.
VII. If any records entered in the register shall be destroyed, in conse-
quence of the neglect or any omission of the keepers of the records, or if
any such records shall not be forthcoming, and they shall not be able to
give a satisfactory account of them, they shall be liable to dismission from
their offices.
VIII. The keepers of the records are to be careful to attend to any
rules or orders respecting the duties of their office, that maybe prescribed
See Sec. x.
Reg. V. 1804,
Hg. ^VHL
1809.
SeeSec.xvi.
Reg. V. 1798,
and Sec. xvi.
Reg. II. 1801.
REGULATION XVIII.
[A.D. 1793.
Two native keepers
of the records to be
appointed to keep the
records of the Civil and
Criminal Courts.
To hold their offices
haviour, and to be re-
movable only by the
Governor - General in
Council.
To keep a list of the
records in a book, paged
and attested as herein
directed.
Number of the page
inwhichpapers are re-
gistered to be endorsed
on the back of them.
Keepers of the re-
cords to be careful that
papersarenot destroyed
by damp or otherwise.
Tobeliable to dis-
mission if papers are
destroyed by their neg-
lect,
or shall not be forth-
coming, and they shall
not be able to give a
satisfactory account of
them.
To observe any rules
prescribed to them by
any Regulation printed
Courts of Appeal may have in their possession a record of the number and
nature of the causes hied and decided in the Zillah and City Courts, and
the time they may have been depending, and the substance of the decision
respecting them ; and that the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut may possess
similar information with regard to suits hied both in the Zillah and City
Courts and the Provincial Courts of Appeal, and that the Honourable
Court of Directors may be apprized of the decisions of the Sudder
Dewanny Adawlut, the following rules have been enacted.
II. Two native keepers of the records shall be appointed to keep
the Dewanny Adawlut and Foujdarry records in each zillah, and in each of
the cities of Patna, Dacca, and Moorsbedabad, a%al zyz cacA q/* ^Ac
c?'a^ CbafA q/Hyipca^ aaaf q/' UzrcazY, and in the Sudder Dewanny
Adawlut and the Nizamut Adawlut.
III. The keepers of the records shall not be removed from their offices
but for misconduct, proved to the satisfaction of the DoccnMO^-Dczzcra/
Cbazzcz/, notwithstanding anything that may be said to the contrary in
any Regulation passed on this date. The offices, however, are declared
not to be hereditary.
IV. The keepers of the records are to keep a register, in the Persian
and Bengal languages in Bengal and Orissa, and in the Persian language
in Behar, of all the Dewanny and Foujdarry proceedings, documents, and
other records belonging to the courts to which they may respectively be
attached, in a book, each leaf of which shall be attested by the official
signature of the 7'cgM^cy, A? A4c judges and magistrates of
the zillahs and cities, and the registers to ^Ac DroHMcAz/ q/*
q/ GVrczzzY, zmzA the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut and the
Nizamut Adawlut, and on the last leaf of which they shall specify, in
their own handwriting, the number of pages contained in the book. The
existing records are to be first registered, and the keepers of the records are
to prepare a list of them immediately upon the receipt of this Regulation.
V. The keepers of the records are to endorse upon the back of every
paper or document which they may enter in the register, the number of
the page in which it may be registered ; and the endorsement is to be
attested with the official signature of both or either of them.
VI. It shall be the duty of the keepers of the records to see that the
records of the court are not destroyed by insects, damp, or otherwise, and
that they are not removed without the orders of the court.
VII. If any records entered in the register shall be destroyed, in conse-
quence of the neglect or any omission of the keepers of the records, or if
any such records shall not be forthcoming, and they shall not be able to
give a satisfactory account of them, they shall be liable to dismission from
their offices.
VIII. The keepers of the records are to be careful to attend to any
rules or orders respecting the duties of their office, that maybe prescribed
See Sec. x.
Reg. V. 1804,
Hg. ^VHL
1809.
SeeSec.xvi.
Reg. V. 1798,
and Sec. xvi.
Reg. II. 1801.