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A.D. 1802.]
REGULATION VI.
589
plea of custom would be inadmissible in excuse of the offence. But, for
the more effectual prevention of so inhuman a practice, the Governor-
General in Council has enacted the following Regulation, to be in force
from the promulgation of it in the provinces of Bengal, Behar, Orissa, and
Benares.
II. If any person or persons shall wilfully, and with the intention of
taking away life, throw or cause to be thrown, into the sea or into the
river Ganges, or into any other river or water, any infant or person not
arrived at the age of maturity, with or without his or her consent, in con-
sequence whereof such person, so thrown into water, shall be drowned, or
shall be destroyed by sharks or by alligators, or shall otherwise perish, the
person or persons so offending shall be held guilty of wilful murder, and
on conviction shall be liable to the punishment of death ; and all persons
aiding or abetting the commission of such act shall be deemed accomplices
in the murder, and shall be subject to punishment accordingly. The trials
of prisoners convicted as principals or accomplices of the crimes specified
in this section shall be referred to the Court of Nizamut Adawlut, which
is to pass sentence thereupon according to Section LXXV. Regulation IX.
1793, whatever may be the futwah of the law officers of that court [277*
Rescinded by 7*6/7277*/ /27 /Ag 6r272767*7227?*-(Z67267*2z/ 272 6^27227262/ /Ag 62/8'g 27/2/727/ /77*232772g7' 2cAo 772727/
XIV 181 /<? /At// 627227*/ 2*2) & 22 /77'27/167* liA/'gg/ 2)/ 772 67*277/, 272 62772/277*7722/2/ 262/A S'g6-
/22172 ZAkV/Xb Z2g^22Z2Z/22772.ZXk 1793.]
III. If a child, or any person not arrived at maturity, be thrown into
water, as stated in the preceding section, and be rescued from destruction,
or by any means escape from it, the persons who shall have been active in
exposing him or her to danger of life, and all aiders and abettors of such
See ci. 3, act, shall be held guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be
XH. 1829^°* Hable to such punishment as the 6b 227*/3 27/ (727*6/22/, under the futwah of
their law officers, may judge adequate to the nature and circumstances of
the case.
IV. The magistrates of districts wherein the sacrificing of children may
have been hitherto practised are required to be vigilant to prevent the
continuance of the practice, and shall cause the provisions of this Regula-
tion to be from time to time proclaimed at the places, and in the season,
where, and when such sacrifices have hitherto been effected.
A.D. 1802. REGULATION VII.
A REGULATION j/277* /Ag ^*6772^7/22722 27/" 667^22272 X7'//c/c3 2772/7277^62/ 272/27 Z?6722/2zZ
A?/ N622jA27772 /Ag ^227/772 672/ 27/" 22722/ Zb/Z/g.S' 277' (7223/277726' 2772 /Ag/7' 77*2/723/7 227'/27-
/227T2 /27 7^2/663 272 /Ag 772/67*2277* 27/" /Ag (7o2272/7y .* PASSED A?/ /Ag (722667*72277*-
6r67267*2// 272 (72722726//, 2772 /Ag 18/A Abvg/T/AgT*, 1802.
The offence of de-
stroying persons not
arrived at maturity, by
throwing them into
water, declared murder
in the offence to be re-
ferred to the Nizamut
Adawlut. That court
how to pass sentence.
In cases where the
persons thrown into the
water shall escapedeath,
the offence deemed a
high misdemeanor, and
punishable by tempo-
rary imprisonment to
be adjudged by Co?;r/.s
o/" CfrcM:'/.
Magistrates to be
vigilant against the
practice and to proclaim
the provisions of this
Regulation.
Reg. VII. 1802.
[Rescinded by Section II. Regulation IX. 1810.]
REGULATION VI.
589
plea of custom would be inadmissible in excuse of the offence. But, for
the more effectual prevention of so inhuman a practice, the Governor-
General in Council has enacted the following Regulation, to be in force
from the promulgation of it in the provinces of Bengal, Behar, Orissa, and
Benares.
II. If any person or persons shall wilfully, and with the intention of
taking away life, throw or cause to be thrown, into the sea or into the
river Ganges, or into any other river or water, any infant or person not
arrived at the age of maturity, with or without his or her consent, in con-
sequence whereof such person, so thrown into water, shall be drowned, or
shall be destroyed by sharks or by alligators, or shall otherwise perish, the
person or persons so offending shall be held guilty of wilful murder, and
on conviction shall be liable to the punishment of death ; and all persons
aiding or abetting the commission of such act shall be deemed accomplices
in the murder, and shall be subject to punishment accordingly. The trials
of prisoners convicted as principals or accomplices of the crimes specified
in this section shall be referred to the Court of Nizamut Adawlut, which
is to pass sentence thereupon according to Section LXXV. Regulation IX.
1793, whatever may be the futwah of the law officers of that court [277*
Rescinded by 7*6/7277*/ /27 /Ag 6r272767*7227?*-(Z67267*2z/ 272 6^27227262/ /Ag 62/8'g 27/2/727/ /77*232772g7' 2cAo 772727/
XIV 181 /<? /At// 627227*/ 2*2) & 22 /77'27/167* liA/'gg/ 2)/ 772 67*277/, 272 62772/277*7722/2/ 262/A S'g6-
/22172 ZAkV/Xb Z2g^22Z2Z/22772.ZXk 1793.]
III. If a child, or any person not arrived at maturity, be thrown into
water, as stated in the preceding section, and be rescued from destruction,
or by any means escape from it, the persons who shall have been active in
exposing him or her to danger of life, and all aiders and abettors of such
See ci. 3, act, shall be held guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be
XH. 1829^°* Hable to such punishment as the 6b 227*/3 27/ (727*6/22/, under the futwah of
their law officers, may judge adequate to the nature and circumstances of
the case.
IV. The magistrates of districts wherein the sacrificing of children may
have been hitherto practised are required to be vigilant to prevent the
continuance of the practice, and shall cause the provisions of this Regula-
tion to be from time to time proclaimed at the places, and in the season,
where, and when such sacrifices have hitherto been effected.
A.D. 1802. REGULATION VII.
A REGULATION j/277* /Ag ^*6772^7/22722 27/" 667^22272 X7'//c/c3 2772/7277^62/ 272/27 Z?6722/2zZ
A?/ N622jA27772 /Ag ^227/772 672/ 27/" 22722/ Zb/Z/g.S' 277' (7223/277726' 2772 /Ag/7' 77*2/723/7 227'/27-
/227T2 /27 7^2/663 272 /Ag 772/67*2277* 27/" /Ag (7o2272/7y .* PASSED A?/ /Ag (722667*72277*-
6r67267*2// 272 (72722726//, 2772 /Ag 18/A Abvg/T/AgT*, 1802.
The offence of de-
stroying persons not
arrived at maturity, by
throwing them into
water, declared murder
in the offence to be re-
ferred to the Nizamut
Adawlut. That court
how to pass sentence.
In cases where the
persons thrown into the
water shall escapedeath,
the offence deemed a
high misdemeanor, and
punishable by tempo-
rary imprisonment to
be adjudged by Co?;r/.s
o/" CfrcM:'/.
Magistrates to be
vigilant against the
practice and to proclaim
the provisions of this
Regulation.
Reg. VII. 1802.
[Rescinded by Section II. Regulation IX. 1810.]