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A.D. 1817.]
REGULATION XX.
447
Reg. IL 1832.'
The darogahs of police, when they may proceed from their than- Rules when darogahs
nahs for the purpose of making any local inquiry, or for the performance ^
of any other public duty, shall state in their reports the date and time of
their departure from the thannah station, and the date and time of their
arrival at the place of their destination, and also of their return to the
thannah. The month and the year to be used on all such occasions, as well Reports to be dated
as generally in the reports of the police darogahs, shall be those of the dhtrkJ^^^ ^
current era of the district, whether the Bengallee, Fussily, or Willaity.
XIV. 77?^^. The principal persons residing in villages, whether land- Landholders and
holders or farmers, or other local managers or munduls, putwarries or other responsible
heads of villages, are hereby declared responsible for the early and punctual ideation ^oUunn^tmui
communication to the officers of the nearest police station, of all unnatural suspicious deaths,
deaths, or deaths attended with suspicious circumstances, which may come
to their knowledge ; and any landholder, farmer, manager, or other prin-
cipal inhabitant of a village, who may be convicted of wilfully neglecting or Penalties for neglect,
delaying to furnish the information above required, shall be liable to be
Rued by the magistrate in any sum not exceeding Rs. 200; and in default
of payment, to be confined for any period of imprisonment not exceeding
six months.
NbctuzA In all cases of murder, unnatural or suspicious death, or violent On receiving infor-
and dangerous wounding, the darogah of police shall make it an invariable S^darog^rshairimi
rule, immediately on receiving information, to repair in person to the mediately proceed in
spot on which the dead body, or person wounded, may have been found, omcer'to*the spot^
or if prevented from going personally, shall depute a proper officer ; and
on such occasions the following rules shall be strictly observed.
AAzW. That they question privately, in the first instance, any relations, Connexions or neigh-
connections, friends, or neighbours of the deceased, or of the person j^theth-st'iMtance^^
wounded, who may be able to state the circumstances of the case; and
that they endeavour to collect, before the inhabitants shall have assembled
for the public inquest, such information as may guide their inquiries in
the conduct of the investigation.
TbrnAL That they question the individual wounded, and require him, individuals severely
if he is able to speak, to name and describe on the person by whom d^cribe the
he may have been wounded, the names of the persons present when the circumstance on
act was committed, and, generally, the circumstances under which the
crime was perpetrated.
TA/M. That they examine the body of the person wounded, or in cases Rules for inspecting
of death, the dead body, with a view to ascertain the number of wounds or ceased" ^ or ^ of^ the
other corporal injuries ; the length, breadth, and depth of each ; with what wounded person,
weapons the wounds or hurts may have been given ; and the parts of the
body in which they may have been received, and that they record the
same either at the foot of their sooruthal or report, or on a separate paper
to be annexed to the report.
AA^A. That they describe particularly the spot on which the wounded Rules for the descrip-
person or the dead body may have been found ; and that they report ^^^Hs^nd "
whether the crime appears to have been committed on the spot, or whether
the individual wounded, or the dead body, appears to have been brought
and laid there; also in cases of alleged suicide, or of accidental death,
REGULATION XX.
447
Reg. IL 1832.'
The darogahs of police, when they may proceed from their than- Rules when darogahs
nahs for the purpose of making any local inquiry, or for the performance ^
of any other public duty, shall state in their reports the date and time of
their departure from the thannah station, and the date and time of their
arrival at the place of their destination, and also of their return to the
thannah. The month and the year to be used on all such occasions, as well Reports to be dated
as generally in the reports of the police darogahs, shall be those of the dhtrkJ^^^ ^
current era of the district, whether the Bengallee, Fussily, or Willaity.
XIV. 77?^^. The principal persons residing in villages, whether land- Landholders and
holders or farmers, or other local managers or munduls, putwarries or other responsible
heads of villages, are hereby declared responsible for the early and punctual ideation ^oUunn^tmui
communication to the officers of the nearest police station, of all unnatural suspicious deaths,
deaths, or deaths attended with suspicious circumstances, which may come
to their knowledge ; and any landholder, farmer, manager, or other prin-
cipal inhabitant of a village, who may be convicted of wilfully neglecting or Penalties for neglect,
delaying to furnish the information above required, shall be liable to be
Rued by the magistrate in any sum not exceeding Rs. 200; and in default
of payment, to be confined for any period of imprisonment not exceeding
six months.
NbctuzA In all cases of murder, unnatural or suspicious death, or violent On receiving infor-
and dangerous wounding, the darogah of police shall make it an invariable S^darog^rshairimi
rule, immediately on receiving information, to repair in person to the mediately proceed in
spot on which the dead body, or person wounded, may have been found, omcer'to*the spot^
or if prevented from going personally, shall depute a proper officer ; and
on such occasions the following rules shall be strictly observed.
AAzW. That they question privately, in the first instance, any relations, Connexions or neigh-
connections, friends, or neighbours of the deceased, or of the person j^theth-st'iMtance^^
wounded, who may be able to state the circumstances of the case; and
that they endeavour to collect, before the inhabitants shall have assembled
for the public inquest, such information as may guide their inquiries in
the conduct of the investigation.
TbrnAL That they question the individual wounded, and require him, individuals severely
if he is able to speak, to name and describe on the person by whom d^cribe the
he may have been wounded, the names of the persons present when the circumstance on
act was committed, and, generally, the circumstances under which the
crime was perpetrated.
TA/M. That they examine the body of the person wounded, or in cases Rules for inspecting
of death, the dead body, with a view to ascertain the number of wounds or ceased" ^ or ^ of^ the
other corporal injuries ; the length, breadth, and depth of each ; with what wounded person,
weapons the wounds or hurts may have been given ; and the parts of the
body in which they may have been received, and that they record the
same either at the foot of their sooruthal or report, or on a separate paper
to be annexed to the report.
AA^A. That they describe particularly the spot on which the wounded Rules for the descrip-
person or the dead body may have been found ; and that they report ^^^Hs^nd "
whether the crime appears to have been committed on the spot, or whether
the individual wounded, or the dead body, appears to have been brought
and laid there; also in cases of alleged suicide, or of accidental death,