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)

A.D. 1804.]

REGULATION IV.

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A.D. 1804. REGULATION IV.
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I. WHEREAS the province of Cuttack, including Balasore and the other
dependencies of the said province, hath been ceded to the Honourable the
English East-India Company in full sovereignty by Maharajah Raghoojee
Bhoonsla; and whereas it is necessary, for the security of the persons of
the inhabitants, to provide for the administration of justice in criminal
cases in the said province'; and whereas it hath been the ancient usage of
the said province to administer justice in such cases according to the Maho-
medan law; and whgreas it hath been deemed advisable to continue the
said law, with such modifications of it as have been adopted for the admi-
nistration of justice in criminal cases in the provinces of Bengal and Behar,
and in the part of the province of Orissa heretofore subject to the dominion
of the British Government, the Governor-General in Council hath been
pleased to enact the following rules, which shall be in force from the date
of their promulgation.
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of Cuttack, who shall exercise the powers vested in the magistrates of the
zillahs in the provinces of Bengal and Behar, and the part of the province
of Orissa heretofore subject to the dominion of the British Government,
under the Regulations passed agreeably to the rules prescribed in Regula-
tion XLI. 1793.
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criminal cases, and for the guidance of the magistrates, in the provinces of
Bengal and Behar, and in the part of the province of Orissa heretofore
subject to the dominion of the British Government, shall be considered to
extend to the zillah of Cuttack, unless it shall be otherwise specially
directed in any Regulation so enacted.
VI. The magistrates shall have the charge of the police of the country
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which the aid of such officers shall be necessary for the maintenance of the
peace of the country ; and all the Regulations now in force, or which shall
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Reg. IV. 1804.

A magistrate to be
appointed to eacA
0/ the zillah of
Cuttack, with the same
powers as are vested in

justice within Bengal,
Behar, and Orissa, shall
be considered to extend
to Cuttack unless spe-
cially excepted.

Magistrates to have
charge of the police
Magistrates, with the
sanction of the com-
missioners, to station
darogahs ; and all ex-
isting or future Regu-