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 XII.

[A.D. 181U

warries in joint and
undivided estates.

Rules regarding put-
warries in khas estates.

Penalty in cases of
refusal or omission to
comply with the pre-
scribed rules.

Zemiudars how to
proceed whenever they
may wish to remove a

ing a putwarry from
office without autho-
rity.

Putwarries may be
removed on sufficient
grounds, on the repre-
sentationofthe under-
tenants.

as disqualified for the office,—in which case he is immediately to submit
his objections to the Board of Revenue, the Board of (727772772233227722?T"3, w /Ad
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07* C07727722^'2072P7' will decide whether the zemindar or farmer shall be
called upon to nominate another person, or pass such other order on the
question as may appear just and right.
IX. The proprietors of joint and undivided estates engaging jointly for
the public revenue shall be considered jointly and severally bound to
furnish the collector with the statement required in Section IV. and to
nominate a putwarry in the mode prescribed in Sections V. and VII. of
this Regulation, or to show sufficient cause for their failing to do so. .
X. In estates held khas, and in estates under the superintendence of
the Court of Wards, the putwarry shall be appointed by the collector.
XI. Should any zemindar, or other proprietor or farmer, refuse or omit
to furnish the statement required by Section IV. or to nominate a put-
warry in the cases provided for in Sections V. and VII. of this Regulation
within the time prescribed in those sections, and shall fail to show good
cause for such neglect or failure, it shall be competent to the collector,
with the approval of the Board of Revenue, the Board of (7277727722 3 3 2 2?72d2'3,
w /Ad co772772 2.^207267' 272 /AA227' 22722/ A-2'72227*c.s', as the case may be, to levy a
daily fine upon him, until a putwarry is nominated, or, with such approval,
himself to nominate a qualified person for the office.
XII. Whenever a zemindar, or farmer engaging with Government for
the public revenue, may wish to remove a putwarry from office, he is to
state his reasons for so doing to the collector of the district, who, if they
appear good and sufficient, will authorize the removal of the putwarry, but
not otherwise.
XIII. Any zemindar, or other landholder or farmer of land, removing
a putwarry from office without the authority of the collector, obtained in
the mode prescribed in the preceding section, shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding fifty rupees for the first offence, and one hundred rupees for
the second offence ; and if it should appear, on investigation by the col-
lector, that the removal was unjust and without sufficient cause, the said
zemindar, or other landholder, or farmer of land, shall be further subject
to a daily fine, with the approbation of the Board of Revenue, the Board
27/* (7277727722332277267'3, 277" /Ad 27277727722332277267" 272 AAA227' 22722/ A?672227"d3, but not
otherwise, until the putwarry be restored.
XIV. Whenever the inferior putteedars or sharers, or the ryots or
under-tenants of a village, may petition the collector for the removal of a
putwarry, the collector shall direct such removal, and shall call upon the
zemindar, or other landholder, or farmer of land, engaging with Govern-
ment for the public revenue, to appoint another putwarry, provided the
reasons adduced for praying such removal appear to the collector good and
sufficient, but not otherwise.

See Sec. v.
Reg. 1.1819.

Explained by
Sec. vi. Reg. 1.
1819.

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Reg. 1.1819.