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REGULATION II.
[A.D. 1818.
1817.
settlement of the land
revenue.
The Regulations rela-
tive to the collection of
sayer or other duties,
or to the form of
farmers, and ryots in
the elakeh of Khundeh,
when to take effect.
proprietors in the ela-
keh of Khundeh.
IV. The Courts of Criminal Judicature are hereby prohibited
from taking cognizance of any crime or offence which may have been
committed in any part of the said elakeh and villages previously to
the 1st of November, 1817, being the date of the treaty between the
British Government and Nana Govind Row, under which the elakeh of
Khundeh and villages in question were ceded to the Honourable the East-
India Company.
No part of the Regulations in force, by which the punishment
of any offence may be enhanced beyond the punishment prescribed for
such offence, according to the existing laws and usages of the said elakeh
and villages, shall be considered applicable to any crime or odence com-
mitted within the said elakeh and villages, between the 1st of November,
1817, and the period of the promulgation of this Regulation.
of November, 1817, and the promulgation of this Regulation.
In cases, however, in which the penalties established by the
existing Regulations may appear to be more lenient than those to which
the offenders would have been subject under the pre-existing laws and
usages of the said elakeh and villages, such odenders shall nevertheless
have the benedt of the provisions now established, supposing the offences
to have been committed between the 1st of November, 1817, and the
period of the promulgation of this Regulation.
V. The Government reserves to itself the power of dxing the
periods for which the settlement of the land revenue shall, from time
to time, be formed in the said elakeh and villages, according as local cir-
cumstances may appear to require; adhering, however, as nearly as
practicable, to the principles established tor the settlement generally of
the lands in the territories ordinarily denominated the Ceded and Con-
quered Provinces.
Provided also, that such part of the Regulations in force within
the district of Bundlecund, as relates to the collection of sayer, rahdaree,
and other duties of a similar nature, or to the form of engagements to be
executed by or between zemindars, farmers, and ryots, or other proprietors,
occupants, or cultivators of land, shall take effect within the said elakeh of
Khundeh and villages aforesaid from the commencement of the ensuing
Fussily year.
VI. There being grounds to believe that many of the estates composing
the above*-mentioned tract of country are held by numerous proprietors in
joint-tenancy, it shall be the particular duty of the revenue authorities
administering the affairs of the said elakeh and villages, to adopt such
measures as may appear best calculated for ascertaining, recording, and
securing the customary rights, privileges, and interests of the several
classes of proprietors and occupants of land, and especially of all putteedars
or other parceners in joint undivided estates.
REGULATION II.
[A.D. 1818.
1817.
settlement of the land
revenue.
The Regulations rela-
tive to the collection of
sayer or other duties,
or to the form of
farmers, and ryots in
the elakeh of Khundeh,
when to take effect.
proprietors in the ela-
keh of Khundeh.
IV. The Courts of Criminal Judicature are hereby prohibited
from taking cognizance of any crime or offence which may have been
committed in any part of the said elakeh and villages previously to
the 1st of November, 1817, being the date of the treaty between the
British Government and Nana Govind Row, under which the elakeh of
Khundeh and villages in question were ceded to the Honourable the East-
India Company.
No part of the Regulations in force, by which the punishment
of any offence may be enhanced beyond the punishment prescribed for
such offence, according to the existing laws and usages of the said elakeh
and villages, shall be considered applicable to any crime or odence com-
mitted within the said elakeh and villages, between the 1st of November,
1817, and the period of the promulgation of this Regulation.
of November, 1817, and the promulgation of this Regulation.
In cases, however, in which the penalties established by the
existing Regulations may appear to be more lenient than those to which
the offenders would have been subject under the pre-existing laws and
usages of the said elakeh and villages, such odenders shall nevertheless
have the benedt of the provisions now established, supposing the offences
to have been committed between the 1st of November, 1817, and the
period of the promulgation of this Regulation.
V. The Government reserves to itself the power of dxing the
periods for which the settlement of the land revenue shall, from time
to time, be formed in the said elakeh and villages, according as local cir-
cumstances may appear to require; adhering, however, as nearly as
practicable, to the principles established tor the settlement generally of
the lands in the territories ordinarily denominated the Ceded and Con-
quered Provinces.
Provided also, that such part of the Regulations in force within
the district of Bundlecund, as relates to the collection of sayer, rahdaree,
and other duties of a similar nature, or to the form of engagements to be
executed by or between zemindars, farmers, and ryots, or other proprietors,
occupants, or cultivators of land, shall take effect within the said elakeh of
Khundeh and villages aforesaid from the commencement of the ensuing
Fussily year.
VI. There being grounds to believe that many of the estates composing
the above*-mentioned tract of country are held by numerous proprietors in
joint-tenancy, it shall be the particular duty of the revenue authorities
administering the affairs of the said elakeh and villages, to adopt such
measures as may appear best calculated for ascertaining, recording, and
securing the customary rights, privileges, and interests of the several
classes of proprietors and occupants of land, and especially of all putteedars
or other parceners in joint undivided estates.