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REGULATION XIV.
[A.D. 1807.
What descriptions of
persons the cutwais
and darogahs are to
apprehend, and how
they are to proceed
with them when appre-
hended.
Cutwais and daro-
gahs not to discharge
persons once appre-
hended, except in the
cases and under the
restrictions herein spe-
cified.
In performing the
duties herein specified,
cutwais and darogahs
to be guided by the
ruies prescribed in Secs,
xii. to xv. Reg. IX.
1807;
and to observe the re-
striction in Sec.xiv.of
that Regulation.
To what the duty of
cutwais and darogahs
is restricted in the first
instance.
from them, they shall he dismissed at the requisition of the magistrate,
who is also empowered to see that none but proper persons are appointed
in their stead.
It shall be the duty of the cutwais and of the darogahs of wards
to apprehend all murderers, robbers, house-breakers, thieves, pick-pockets,
and persons charged w^th or suspected of crimes or misdemeanors involving
a breach of the peace ; as well as all vagrants who may be lurking about
their respective jurisdictions without any ostensible means of subsistence,
and who cannot give a satisfactory account of themselves. All such persons
who may be apprehended by the darogahs between sunrise and sunset,
shall be conveyed to the cutwal's office immediately on their apprehension.
If any such persons shfill be apprehended between sunset and sunrise,
they shall be conveyed to the cutwal's office early in the morning after
the night on which they may have been apprehended. The cutwal shall
every forenoon, by eleven o'clock, take before the magistrate all persons
who may have been apprehended by him or by the darogahs during the
night, or subsequently to his report on the preceding day. The cutwal and
darogahs are prohibited detaining in custody any persons whom they may
have apprehended, beyond the time specified, without a special order from
the magistrate.
The cutwal and darogahs shall not discharge any persons whom
they may have apprehended without authority from the magistrate for
their release ; excepting persons who may have been apprehended for petty
offences of a bailabie nature, and who shall tender sufficient bail for
appearance before the magistrate at the time prescribed; or persons
charged with trivial offences, such as abusive language, slight trespasses,
and inconsiderable assaults or affrays, whom the cutwal and darogahs are
permitted to discharge, if previously to the time prescribed for carrying
them before the magistrate the complainants shall voluntarily deliver a
razeenamah, or writing, desiring to withdraw the complaint, and the
defendants shall consent to the complaint being withdrawn. The razee-
namahs, in such cases, shall be attested by two creditable witnesses, and
are to be transmitted by the darogahs, as well as all bail-bonds and recog-
nizances, on the morning following the night or day on which they may
have been executed, to the cutwal, who shall submit them to the magis-
trate the same morning on which he may have received them, together with
any such writings relating to similar cases that may have been entered into
before himself.
AY?^A. In receiving written complaints, issuing process of summons
or warrant, taking bail when tendered in cases of a bailable nature, and
taking recognizances from prosecutors and witnesses, when requisite, the
cutwal and darogahs of wards are to be guided by the rules enacted for the
guidance of the police officers in general, in Sections XII. XIII. XIV.
and XV. Regulation IX. 1807. They are also to observe the restriction
contained in Section XIV. of that Regulation, that no summons or other
process shall be issued by any police officer without special instructions
from the magistrate, on any charge of adultery, fornication, calumny, or
other offence, not involving a breach of the peace.
T^A. The duty of the cutwal and darogahs of wards, with regard to
persons charged with, or found in the act of committing crimes or misde-
meanors, is restricted in the first instance to apprehending them and
REGULATION XIV.
[A.D. 1807.
What descriptions of
persons the cutwais
and darogahs are to
apprehend, and how
they are to proceed
with them when appre-
hended.
Cutwais and daro-
gahs not to discharge
persons once appre-
hended, except in the
cases and under the
restrictions herein spe-
cified.
In performing the
duties herein specified,
cutwais and darogahs
to be guided by the
ruies prescribed in Secs,
xii. to xv. Reg. IX.
1807;
and to observe the re-
striction in Sec.xiv.of
that Regulation.
To what the duty of
cutwais and darogahs
is restricted in the first
instance.
from them, they shall he dismissed at the requisition of the magistrate,
who is also empowered to see that none but proper persons are appointed
in their stead.
It shall be the duty of the cutwais and of the darogahs of wards
to apprehend all murderers, robbers, house-breakers, thieves, pick-pockets,
and persons charged w^th or suspected of crimes or misdemeanors involving
a breach of the peace ; as well as all vagrants who may be lurking about
their respective jurisdictions without any ostensible means of subsistence,
and who cannot give a satisfactory account of themselves. All such persons
who may be apprehended by the darogahs between sunrise and sunset,
shall be conveyed to the cutwal's office immediately on their apprehension.
If any such persons shfill be apprehended between sunset and sunrise,
they shall be conveyed to the cutwal's office early in the morning after
the night on which they may have been apprehended. The cutwal shall
every forenoon, by eleven o'clock, take before the magistrate all persons
who may have been apprehended by him or by the darogahs during the
night, or subsequently to his report on the preceding day. The cutwal and
darogahs are prohibited detaining in custody any persons whom they may
have apprehended, beyond the time specified, without a special order from
the magistrate.
The cutwal and darogahs shall not discharge any persons whom
they may have apprehended without authority from the magistrate for
their release ; excepting persons who may have been apprehended for petty
offences of a bailabie nature, and who shall tender sufficient bail for
appearance before the magistrate at the time prescribed; or persons
charged with trivial offences, such as abusive language, slight trespasses,
and inconsiderable assaults or affrays, whom the cutwal and darogahs are
permitted to discharge, if previously to the time prescribed for carrying
them before the magistrate the complainants shall voluntarily deliver a
razeenamah, or writing, desiring to withdraw the complaint, and the
defendants shall consent to the complaint being withdrawn. The razee-
namahs, in such cases, shall be attested by two creditable witnesses, and
are to be transmitted by the darogahs, as well as all bail-bonds and recog-
nizances, on the morning following the night or day on which they may
have been executed, to the cutwal, who shall submit them to the magis-
trate the same morning on which he may have received them, together with
any such writings relating to similar cases that may have been entered into
before himself.
AY?^A. In receiving written complaints, issuing process of summons
or warrant, taking bail when tendered in cases of a bailable nature, and
taking recognizances from prosecutors and witnesses, when requisite, the
cutwal and darogahs of wards are to be guided by the rules enacted for the
guidance of the police officers in general, in Sections XII. XIII. XIV.
and XV. Regulation IX. 1807. They are also to observe the restriction
contained in Section XIV. of that Regulation, that no summons or other
process shall be issued by any police officer without special instructions
from the magistrate, on any charge of adultery, fornication, calumny, or
other offence, not involving a breach of the peace.
T^A. The duty of the cutwal and darogahs of wards, with regard to
persons charged with, or found in the act of committing crimes or misde-
meanors, is restricted in the first instance to apprehending them and