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 (2): Regulations from 1806 to 1834 (London, 1854)

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REGULATION XXII.

[A.D. 1806.

to the promulgation of this Regulation. In order, likewise, to facilitate
the general audit of pensions, the collectors shall furnish the civil auditor,
within the above-mentioned period of time, with a separate list of autho-
rized pensions payable in their respective districts, exceeding the sums
above specified, including reference to the orders of Government by which
such pensions have been sanctioned ; and the auditor shall be guided by
such lists (after comparing them with the authorities quoted) in the future
audit of those pensions; applying, however, to the Board of Revenue for
more particular information, in cases in which he may entertain any doubts
on the subject.
civil auditor to be V. Whenever the Board of Revenue may hereafter authorize the con-
t'inuMce of ail pen- tinuance of any pensions not exceeding the sums specified in Sections II.
sions hereafter autho- and III. of the present Regulation, they shall furnish the civil auditor
Revenue ^tnckr^Ms with the necessary information on the subject; and no pension of the
^ernment"' ^ description shall in future be considered to be authorized, excepting
such as may have been confirmed by the Board of Revenue. In like
manner, the civil auditor will be informed, by order of Government, of any
pensions exceeding the sums above specified which may be authorized by
the Governor-General in Council.

Collectors to furnish VI. The several collectors are hereby required to furnish the civil
reJrdr^%^th^c!S auditor with any further accounts or information which he may require
auditor. respecting the pensions payable in their respective districts, and to adhere
to any forms with which he may furnish them for preparing the above,
or any other reports which may be required on the subject by that
officer.

Rules under which VII. Whenever a person in whose favour a pension, not exceeding the
m!e ^Tto dete^Ine sums above specified, has been or may be adjudged, shall die, it shall be
upon the continuance of left to the Board of Revenue to determine, after receiving the report of
ceedlng^the sums above the collector, whether the said pension, or any part of it, shall be continued
specihed. to the heirs and successors of the deceased; but in the exercise of this

Government as at pre-
sent.

power the Board of Revenue is hereby required to ascertain particularly
the situation and circumstances of the party claiming the continuance of
the pension, and not to comply with any applications of that nature,
unless on the ground of poverty or for other substantial reason, the party
claiming the pension shall have a strong claim on the indulgence of
Government. All applications for the continuance of pensions exceeding
the sums above specified, are to be reported, agreeably to the rule at
present in force, to the Governor-General in Council, for his orders.

Cautions to be ob- VIII. The collectors of the revenue are hereby required to make it a
m-s^to^the*persoMlt particular object of their attention, to ascertain whether the persons at
present receiving pen- present receiving pensions are the individuals to whom the pensions were
originally adjudged ; and in those cases in which it may appear that the
individuals to whom the pensions were adjudged are dead, to discontinue
' the payment thereof, until it shall have been determined, under the pre-
ceding rules, whether the said pensions, or any part thereof, should be
continued to their heirs and successors, or otherwise.

See Reg. XI
1813.