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A.D. 1801.]
REGULATION V.
569
a criminal charge. The only effectual remedy which can be applied to
this abuse, is to take away altogether from parties in civil suits the rig-ht
of bringing forward such accusations, and to leave it in the discretion of
the judge to determine when any witnesses brought before him are guilty
of perjury, which he may always be able to do by cross-questioning them
minutely, and by confronting them, when necessary, with the witnesses of
the adverse party. On this principle, the Governor-General in Council
has enacted the following rule, to be in force as soon as promulgated,
throughout the provinces of Bengal, Behar, Orissa, and Benares.
Reg/ XVII.
1817.
II. The magistrates of the several Zillah and City Courts shall not
receive any charges of peijury which may be preferred by parties in civil
suits, either against their own witnesses or against the witnesses of the
adverse party, or of subornation of peijury against the adverse parties in
such suits; and all individuals whose attendance is required in the Civil
Courts, either as plaintiffs, defendants, or witnesses, are hereby declared
not to be liable to any prosecutions of this description, unless they shall
be committed to take their trial by the zillah or city judge, under the
authority vested in him by Section XIV. Regulation IV. 1793.
A.D. 1801. REGULATION IV.
A REGULATION /hr Me dforV/VcA'on q/' cez'MM /VrA' q/' Ateq/zMAozz VXk
1800, e22^AeA "^4 A?ey2zMM922 ghr Me M02222&A2022 q/* a CoAeye eA
IU2AM222 2% AAvzqeA, 2222.A ybr Me q/ Me M2222202* CAT A Abr-
ivmA- q/ Me 7/02202/7'22/2/e Me AA/qA'.sA Uo222pe!72y 272 Me 2222^02*^22^
Dzz^e^ ^eAnzymy M Me eeee7'22f VAhAze hi 22MAM Me ^H2A M2222207'
UMM Aer27t272M 722 yy 5c 7'e.specM?YAy e/ee^AzeA 222 Me yd A722 2 22.AMeMf2072 q/AA.Azee,
2222A 222 /Ac yeTzem/ Goee7'22722e72/ q/ Me Ai'AesA A722p27'e 222 A22AM PASSED
Ay Me Genera/ 222 6b2272cA, 0/2 Me 11M ydyuAA 1801.
[Rescinded by Section II. Regulation XX. 1814.]
A.D. 1801. REGULATION V.
A REGULATION yhr Me Ae-e^M^MA7?2e72A zzv'M ce7*M222 Ahrcep?!2072.$, qA Me UaA
7Ac22 cAAbAet/ Ay Veehozz A/ 7VyzAcAb?2 XXX/X. 1795 :
PASSED 5y Me f7o?;e?'22o?'-Ge22era^ 222 UozmcM, 022 Me 14M Afyy, 1801.
[Rescinded by Section II. Regulation X. 1810.]
4 D
jury.
liable to prosecutions
for perjury, unless com-
mitted for trial by the
judge.
Reg. IV. 1801.
Reg. V. 1801.
REGULATION V.
569
a criminal charge. The only effectual remedy which can be applied to
this abuse, is to take away altogether from parties in civil suits the rig-ht
of bringing forward such accusations, and to leave it in the discretion of
the judge to determine when any witnesses brought before him are guilty
of perjury, which he may always be able to do by cross-questioning them
minutely, and by confronting them, when necessary, with the witnesses of
the adverse party. On this principle, the Governor-General in Council
has enacted the following rule, to be in force as soon as promulgated,
throughout the provinces of Bengal, Behar, Orissa, and Benares.
Reg/ XVII.
1817.
II. The magistrates of the several Zillah and City Courts shall not
receive any charges of peijury which may be preferred by parties in civil
suits, either against their own witnesses or against the witnesses of the
adverse party, or of subornation of peijury against the adverse parties in
such suits; and all individuals whose attendance is required in the Civil
Courts, either as plaintiffs, defendants, or witnesses, are hereby declared
not to be liable to any prosecutions of this description, unless they shall
be committed to take their trial by the zillah or city judge, under the
authority vested in him by Section XIV. Regulation IV. 1793.
A.D. 1801. REGULATION IV.
A REGULATION /hr Me dforV/VcA'on q/' cez'MM /VrA' q/' Ateq/zMAozz VXk
1800, e22^AeA "^4 A?ey2zMM922 ghr Me M02222&A2022 q/* a CoAeye eA
IU2AM222 2% AAvzqeA, 2222.A ybr Me q/ Me M2222202* CAT A Abr-
ivmA- q/ Me 7/02202/7'22/2/e Me AA/qA'.sA Uo222pe!72y 272 Me 2222^02*^22^
Dzz^e^ ^eAnzymy M Me eeee7'22f VAhAze hi 22MAM Me ^H2A M2222207'
UMM Aer27t272M 722 yy 5c 7'e.specM?YAy e/ee^AzeA 222 Me yd A722 2 22.AMeMf2072 q/AA.Azee,
2222A 222 /Ac yeTzem/ Goee7'22722e72/ q/ Me Ai'AesA A722p27'e 222 A22AM PASSED
Ay Me Genera/ 222 6b2272cA, 0/2 Me 11M ydyuAA 1801.
[Rescinded by Section II. Regulation XX. 1814.]
A.D. 1801. REGULATION V.
A REGULATION yhr Me Ae-e^M^MA7?2e72A zzv'M ce7*M222 Ahrcep?!2072.$, qA Me UaA
7Ac22 cAAbAet/ Ay Veehozz A/ 7VyzAcAb?2 XXX/X. 1795 :
PASSED 5y Me f7o?;e?'22o?'-Ge22era^ 222 UozmcM, 022 Me 14M Afyy, 1801.
[Rescinded by Section II. Regulation X. 1810.]
4 D
jury.
liable to prosecutions
for perjury, unless com-
mitted for trial by the
judge.
Reg. IV. 1801.
Reg. V. 1801.