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A.D. 1807.]
REGULATION XIV.
73
bringing them before the magistrate, either in custody or under bail, as
prescribed. They are not to make any inquiry into the truth of charges
preferred to them, without special instructions from the magistrates; nor
are they, in any case, to pass sentence, or impose a fine or make any
exaction, or indict any punishment upon any person whatever.
The restriction in the preceding clause is not meant to pro-
hibit the cutwal and police darogahs from taking'inquests in cases of
murder or other unnatural death, as prescribed by Section IX. Regu-
lation IV. 1797, and Section XXV. Regulation XXXV. 1803 ; nor to
prohibit their making the local inquiry directed in Section XVIII. Regu-
lation IX. 1807, on information being received of a recent robbery or
other violent crime within their respective jurisdictions; nor to prevent
their taking the voluntary confession of persons apprehended by them, in
the manner authorized by Section XVII. Regulation IX. 1807. But no
person shall be detained in custody by them, for any of the purposes
stated, without being taken before the magistrate, as required by Clause
Seventh of this section.
TAdf/iA The cutwals and darogahs, and all officers under their authority,
shall be liable to a criminal prosecution before the magistrate and
o/* or to a civil action in the Dewanny Adawlut, for corruption,
extortion, or oppression, and for all acts done by them in opposition to
this Regulation, or to the provisions of any other Regulation in force.
XII. [Powers and duties of darogahs and other police officers.]—7A-
A/ 7Ar.s7 AcGzwa 77. 7Aq?<7%z7o% AA\ 1807.
XIII. [Reward of ten rupees for apprehension of a robber or thief.]—
7?g^cm&7 AVU. A FA.1810.
XIV. 7V?'.sA The tehseeldars in the province of Benares and in the
ceded and conquered provinces, within the divisions of Bareilly and
Benares, being exonerated by Sections II. and III. of this Regulation
from their charge and responsibility as officers of police, and from the
expense of maintaining police establishments, for which they were charge-
able under their engagements, in part of their allowance from Government
of eleven and a half per cent, (distinguished as dehyek and bhurray in the
province of Benares) upon the annual amount of the public revenue col-
lected by them, their allowance, from the commencement of the ensuing
Fussiiyyear 1215, until the expiration of the Fussily year 1215 (being the
period of the present settlement), in the ceded and conquered provinces,
and until the expiration of the year 1216 (being the period for which the
sunnuds of tehseeldars have been renewed) in the province of Benares,
shall be reduced to and fixed at ten per cent, on the annual amount of the
revenue collected by them respectively; and the remaining one and a half
per cent, shall be applied to defray the expense of the police establishments
maintained by Government, under the provisions of this Regulation.
AccwaA The preceding clause is restricted to the tehseeldars now in
office, and receiving an allowance of eleven and a half per cent, upon the
amount of the revenue collected by them respectively. It is not meant '
to apply to any tehseeldar now receiving a fixed salary under the provi-
sions of Regulation XXI. 1806; or to any person who may be hereafter
VOL. II. L '
Further restrictions.
Restrictions in the
preceding clause not
meant to prohibit the
cutwals and darogahs
from making the inqui-
ries herein specified.
Nor to prevent then-
taking voluntary con-
fessions.
But no person to be
detained by them for
any of these purposes.
Cutwals and daro-
gahs and their subor-
dinate officers liable to
a civil or criminal pro-
secution for any of the
illegal acts herein men-
tioned.
Tehseeldars in the
division of Benares, and
in the ceded and con-
quered provinces, being
exonerated from their
charge and responsibi-
lity as police officers,
their allowances in the
divisions of Benares to
be reduced to ten per
cent, from the begin-
ning of the Fussily
year 1215, to the expi-
ration of the Fussily
year 1216, and in the
ceded and conquered
provinces from the be-
ginning of the year
1215, to the expiration
of that year.
To what tehseeldars
the preceding clause is
restricted and to what
tehseeldars not meant
to apply.
REGULATION XIV.
73
bringing them before the magistrate, either in custody or under bail, as
prescribed. They are not to make any inquiry into the truth of charges
preferred to them, without special instructions from the magistrates; nor
are they, in any case, to pass sentence, or impose a fine or make any
exaction, or indict any punishment upon any person whatever.
The restriction in the preceding clause is not meant to pro-
hibit the cutwal and police darogahs from taking'inquests in cases of
murder or other unnatural death, as prescribed by Section IX. Regu-
lation IV. 1797, and Section XXV. Regulation XXXV. 1803 ; nor to
prohibit their making the local inquiry directed in Section XVIII. Regu-
lation IX. 1807, on information being received of a recent robbery or
other violent crime within their respective jurisdictions; nor to prevent
their taking the voluntary confession of persons apprehended by them, in
the manner authorized by Section XVII. Regulation IX. 1807. But no
person shall be detained in custody by them, for any of the purposes
stated, without being taken before the magistrate, as required by Clause
Seventh of this section.
TAdf/iA The cutwals and darogahs, and all officers under their authority,
shall be liable to a criminal prosecution before the magistrate and
o/* or to a civil action in the Dewanny Adawlut, for corruption,
extortion, or oppression, and for all acts done by them in opposition to
this Regulation, or to the provisions of any other Regulation in force.
XII. [Powers and duties of darogahs and other police officers.]—7A-
A/ 7Ar.s7 AcGzwa 77. 7Aq?<7%z7o% AA\ 1807.
XIII. [Reward of ten rupees for apprehension of a robber or thief.]—
7?g^cm&7 AVU. A FA.1810.
XIV. 7V?'.sA The tehseeldars in the province of Benares and in the
ceded and conquered provinces, within the divisions of Bareilly and
Benares, being exonerated by Sections II. and III. of this Regulation
from their charge and responsibility as officers of police, and from the
expense of maintaining police establishments, for which they were charge-
able under their engagements, in part of their allowance from Government
of eleven and a half per cent, (distinguished as dehyek and bhurray in the
province of Benares) upon the annual amount of the public revenue col-
lected by them, their allowance, from the commencement of the ensuing
Fussiiyyear 1215, until the expiration of the Fussily year 1215 (being the
period of the present settlement), in the ceded and conquered provinces,
and until the expiration of the year 1216 (being the period for which the
sunnuds of tehseeldars have been renewed) in the province of Benares,
shall be reduced to and fixed at ten per cent, on the annual amount of the
revenue collected by them respectively; and the remaining one and a half
per cent, shall be applied to defray the expense of the police establishments
maintained by Government, under the provisions of this Regulation.
AccwaA The preceding clause is restricted to the tehseeldars now in
office, and receiving an allowance of eleven and a half per cent, upon the
amount of the revenue collected by them respectively. It is not meant '
to apply to any tehseeldar now receiving a fixed salary under the provi-
sions of Regulation XXI. 1806; or to any person who may be hereafter
VOL. II. L '
Further restrictions.
Restrictions in the
preceding clause not
meant to prohibit the
cutwals and darogahs
from making the inqui-
ries herein specified.
Nor to prevent then-
taking voluntary con-
fessions.
But no person to be
detained by them for
any of these purposes.
Cutwals and daro-
gahs and their subor-
dinate officers liable to
a civil or criminal pro-
secution for any of the
illegal acts herein men-
tioned.
Tehseeldars in the
division of Benares, and
in the ceded and con-
quered provinces, being
exonerated from their
charge and responsibi-
lity as police officers,
their allowances in the
divisions of Benares to
be reduced to ten per
cent, from the begin-
ning of the Fussily
year 1215, to the expi-
ration of the Fussily
year 1216, and in the
ceded and conquered
provinces from the be-
ginning of the year
1215, to the expiration
of that year.
To what tehseeldars
the preceding clause is
restricted and to what
tehseeldars not meant
to apply.