Clarke, Richard [Hrsg.]: 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 X.

[A.D. 1808.

Reg.X. 1803.

A covenanted ser-
vant of the Company
to be appointed jus-
tice of the peace for
and superintendent of
police.
To be guided by the
laws in force in exe-

A.D. 1808. REGULATION X.*
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I. UNDER the system of police established in the provinces subject to
the presidency of Fort William, the zillah and city magistrates, with the
police officers and other persons acting under them respectively, have
exclusive authority, in all matters of police within their several jurisdic-
tions, except in particular cases wherein a concurrent authority is specially
sanctioned, and with a local exception to the Twenty-four Pergunnahs
and parts of the adjacent districts in the vicinity of Calcutta, in which the
justices of the peace for that city have been vested with the powers of
magistrates, as stated in the preamble to Regulation VII. 1806. It is,
however, consistent with the practice of other Governments, that judicious
and well-concerted measures should occasionally be adopted from the
capita], in addition to the local administration of the police, for the appre-
hension of public offenders, and for the maintenance of general order and
tranquillity throughout the country. By concentrating information
obtainable from different parts of the country in a particular office at the
presidency, a successful plan of operations may be devised and executed
when the efforts of the local police officers would be unavailing. Informa-
tion and measures conducive to the discovery and seizure of the gangs of
dacoits, which still continue to infest many of the zillahs in the province
of Bengal, may especially be promoted by the appointment of a superin-
tendent of the police. A power vested in this officer to act in concert with
the zillah and city magistrates, or independently of them, as circumstances
shall direct, may also be usefully employed in the detection and appre-
hension of persons charged with, or suspected of other public offences;
and to promote this object, it is expedient that he should be one of the
justices of the peace for the presidency. The Governor-General in Council
has accordingly enacted the following Regulation, to be in force as soon
as promulgated.
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III. As justice of the peace, he will of course be guided by the laws in
force for the execution of the duties of that office.
^ The ofRce of superintendent of police was abolished by Sec. vii. Reg. 1. 1829, and the
duties transferred to the commissioners of revenue and circuit. But Act XXIV. 1837,
re-constituted the ofhee, and requires the superintendents of police to be guided generally by
this and subsequent enactments not inconsistent with Act XXIV. 1837.

XIV. 1811.