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)

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1805.

1805.

A.D. 1795.] REGULATION VII. 317
The other talooks included under the general denomination of the
Mehalat Bukhsheeat.
The pergunnali of Pundraha.
The tuppeh of Guzara.
The pergunnahs of Kerakut, Gurwara, Muchlee Sheher or Ghessooa,
Mongra, and Mureeahoo.
The talooks of Bursuttee and Gopalapore.
The pergunnahs of Bealsee and Kola-asla.
The talooks of Dowrooa and Bynsadeoray.
The local jurisdiction above assigned to the City Court and to
the three Ziilah Courts, is to be subject to such alteration as the Governor-
General in Council may occasionally judge expedient.
V. The rules prescribed in Section V. Regulation III. 1793, to the
City and Zillah Courts in the provinces of Bengal, Behar, and Orissa, are
hereby declared to extend to the City Court, and the three Zillah Courts
in the province of Benares.
VI. The City Court and the three Zillah Courts are each to use a
circular seal, one inch and three-quarters in diameter, with an inscription
to the following effect, in the Persian language and character, and the
Hindostanee language and Nageree character : " The seal of the Dewanny
Adawlut of the city (or zillah) of -V The seal of each court is to
remain in the custody of the judge.
II. VII. The jurisdiction, powers, and authorities, vested in the Zillah
and City Courts in the provinces of Bengal, Behar, and Orissa, by Sec-
tions VII. VIII. ZV. X. XI. XII. XIII. Regulation III. 1793, are hereby
vested in the City Court and the three Zillah Courts in Benares, and
the rules contained in those sections are to be considered equally applica-
ble to the 'province of Benares as to the provinces of Bengal, Behar, and
Orissa.
. H. VIII. The City Court and the three Zillah Courts are prohibited hear-
ing, trying, or determining the merits of any suit whatever against any
person or persons, to regain the possession of lands or grounds, if the cause
of action shall have arisen previous to the 1st of July, 1775, or any suit
whatever against any person or persons, if the cause of action shall have
arisen twelve years before any suit shall have been commenced on account
of it; unless the complainant can show, by clear and positive proof, that
he demanded the money or matter in question, and that the defendant
admitted the truth of the demand, or promised to pay the money, or that
he directly preferred the claim within that period for the matter in dispute
to a court of competent jurisdiction, or to the Hakim ul Wukt, or person
having authority, whether local or otherwise, for the time being, to hear
such complaints, to try the demand, and assign satisfactory reasons to the
court why he did not proceed in the suit, or show that, either from
minority or other good and sufficient cause, he was precluded from obtain-
ing redress. But from this rule are excepted all claims founded on bonds
which shall have been in a course of payment by instalments, or of which
any proportion shall have been paid within twelve years previous to the

The local jurisdic-
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lation III. 1793, ex-
tended to the City and
Zillah Courts in Be-
nares.



tion III. 1793, ex-
tended to Benares.

merits of any suit for
lands or grounds, where
the cause of action shall
have arisen before the
1st of July, 1775 ; nor
any suitwhere the cause
of action shall have
arisen twelve years
before a suit or suits
shall have been com-
menced for it. .