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)

486 REGULATION XX. [A.D. 1817.
Ff/l^MfA. Prisoners sent from one station to another shall he transmitted from thannah to
thannah by police-burkundauzes.
XAV^ewifA. No prisoner shall be detained at the thannah-cutcherry more than forty-eight
hours.
Persons apprehended, whether bailed or not, shall be reported, and shall not
be discharged, except on bail, or by special order.
Section XX. Rules relating to notorious offenders and to vagrants ; their apprehension and
discharge.
FfrsL Darogahs in every district to forward to magistrate all notorious characters.
<S<?co73& Credible information being given of such characters, darogahs are to make private
inquiries ; if they see fit, they shall apprehend the person, and, as he accounts for himself,
shall discharge or transmit him to magistrate.
FAFF But shall not in the foregoing case make the inquiries provided for in next clause.
FoMT^A. Police-officer, when directed to make a local inquiry, shall take the evidence of
certain persons as to the suspected person's mode of life.
Ff/AA. This report, if favourable, shah be transmitted to magistrate; if not, witnesses shall
be immediately bound over to appear.
XAuA. Persons of bad and suspicious character, discharged from confinement, are to be
released in presence of the head men of their village, who shall be liable to a penalty in the
event of their not giving certain enjoined information.
.&WM?A. Penalty specified.
FfyAfA. Darogahs shall apprehend all vagrants.
XFfA. On receiving information of their resort, care to be used in their apprehension and
examination.
FcwfA. When names are not known, darogah may apprehend without a specific war-
rant ; when large bodies of vagrants are assembled, he shall apply for assistance to certain
authorities.
F/6WM?A. In what cases the darogah empowered to admit such persons to bail, and to wait
the magistrate's orders.
FiiW/AA. Darogahs enjoined to be careful in the execution of this duty.
Section XXL Village watchmen.
CVaMse FF$C Darogahs shall keep a complete list of village watchmen ; zemindars, or other
authorized persons, to nominate a successor on the occurrence of a vacancy.
Second. Village watchmen subject to police-darogahs.
FAFF Rule for the delivery of reports of watchmen residing at a certain distance from the
thannahs.
Fonr^A. Occurrences reported by the village watch to be entered in thannah diaries.
Ff/AA. Proclaimed offenders, and those taken in the commission of public offences, shall be
sent to the thannah by the village watchmen, who shall give the earliest intelligence of the
residence of offenders and commission of crimes.
<SAFA. Rule for receiving the reports of village watchmen.
-Seven^A. Supervision to be exercised by the darogah; penalty upon proof of negligence
or abuse.
FiyA?A. Watchmen not to be employed on darogah's private concerns.
XF^A. In places where regular police establishments may be stationed, duties of watching
by whom to be performed.
Fen?A. The village watchmen to resist robbers to the utmost of their power, and to require
zemindars and head men to lend their assistance in the pursuit and apprehension of criminals ;
penalty for their refusal.
Section XXII. Concurrent jurisdiction of police-darogahs.
C/aMse FFs?. Darogahs to transmit intelligence of heinous crimes (if the perpetrators be
not apprehended) to neighbouring thannahs.
Second. And may pursue into other thannahs or zillahs.
FAFF Under what circumstances a concurrent jurisdiction to be exercised.
FoMrfA. Rule in the case of a darogah's apprehending offenders in the jurisdiction of
another magistrate.
FA/AA. Ditto with regard to invalid thannahs.
Section XXIII. Prosecutors and witnesses.
C/awse FF$L Subpoenas, how and by whom to be served.