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REGULATION X.
Value of stamped
paper to be used.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Power of acquittal
and release vested in
salt agents and super-
intendents.
Subject to proviso.
Persons sentenced to
imprisonment under
this Regulation to be
imprisoned in the JDe-
gaol.
Informers liable to
what penalties for vex-
atious and unwarranted
complaints.
Reports to be fur-
nished periodically to
the Board of CMZowM,
and
600
[A.D. 1819.
rupees, the petition to the Board shall be written on stamped paper
of the value of two rupees.
A7zz?'A If the quantity of salt be more than twenty maunds, and do not
exceed one hundred maunds, or if the hne imposed be more than fifty
rupees, and do not exceed rupees two hundred and fifty, the petition shall
be written on stamped paper of the value of four rupees.
AozzyYA. If the quantity of salt be more than maunds one hundred, and
do not exceed two hundred maunds, or if the fine imposed be more than
two hundred and fifty rupees, and do not exceed five hundred rupees, the
petition shall be written on stamped paper of the value of six rupees.
AY/%. If the quantity of salt exceed two hundred maunds, or the fine
imposed five hundred rupees, the petition to the Board shall be written on
stamped paper of the value of eight rupees.
CXX. Salt agents and superintendents of salt chokies shall be autho-
rized, in all cases in which they may consider any charge preferred before
them not to substantiated, to acquit the party accused, and to release the
salt or other article which may have been seized: provided, however, that
if the party accused be an officer in the salt department, it shall be com-
petent to the Board of fYz-y/iWM, &%, O/Yawz, at any time within three
months of the date on which the order of the salt agent or superintendent
may have been passed, notwithstanding such acquittal, to direct the super-
intendent or salt agent to transmit his proceedings to the zillah or city
judge; and the judge shall proceed to investigate and decide on the case
in the same manner as is above prescribed for cases referred to the court
under the rules of Section CXII. of this Regulation.
CXXI. All persons sentenced to imprisonment under the provisions of
this Regulation, and all persons confined for non-payment of the fines to
which they may be liable, shall be confined exclusively in the A/dwzmzzy
gaol.
CXXII. In the event of any charge being preferred against a person^
under the rules of this Regulation, and of it appearing, on investigation
before the salt agent or superintendent of salt chokies, that the inquiry
originated in malice, or in motives clearly vexatious and unwarranted on
the part of the informant, it shall be competent for the salt agent or super-
intending officer of salt chokies to order such informant to discharge the
amount of any diet-money which may have been paid to the witnesses, and
to pay to the party aggrieved damages not exceeding five hundred rupees,
as may appear reasonable, or to be confined for a period not exceeding
six months. Orders passed under this rule shall be enforced in the same
manner as other fines imposed under the provisions of this Regulation. ^
CXXIII. It shall be the duty of the Board of &%, zzzzc/
Gpzzzzzz, to require from the officers under their control, such periodical
reports or returns regarding the judgments passed by them, and gene-
rally in respect to their discharge of the duty entrusted to them under
the provisions of this Regulation, as may appear to that Board best
calculated to secure regularity of procedure, and as may enable the Board
to judge whether the inquiries held by those officers on the trial of the
Modified by
Secs. xv. and
xvi. Act XXIX.
1838.
Modified by
XXIXM838.
Value of stamped
paper to be used.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Power of acquittal
and release vested in
salt agents and super-
intendents.
Subject to proviso.
Persons sentenced to
imprisonment under
this Regulation to be
imprisoned in the JDe-
gaol.
Informers liable to
what penalties for vex-
atious and unwarranted
complaints.
Reports to be fur-
nished periodically to
the Board of CMZowM,
and
600
[A.D. 1819.
rupees, the petition to the Board shall be written on stamped paper
of the value of two rupees.
A7zz?'A If the quantity of salt be more than twenty maunds, and do not
exceed one hundred maunds, or if the hne imposed be more than fifty
rupees, and do not exceed rupees two hundred and fifty, the petition shall
be written on stamped paper of the value of four rupees.
AozzyYA. If the quantity of salt be more than maunds one hundred, and
do not exceed two hundred maunds, or if the fine imposed be more than
two hundred and fifty rupees, and do not exceed five hundred rupees, the
petition shall be written on stamped paper of the value of six rupees.
AY/%. If the quantity of salt exceed two hundred maunds, or the fine
imposed five hundred rupees, the petition to the Board shall be written on
stamped paper of the value of eight rupees.
CXX. Salt agents and superintendents of salt chokies shall be autho-
rized, in all cases in which they may consider any charge preferred before
them not to substantiated, to acquit the party accused, and to release the
salt or other article which may have been seized: provided, however, that
if the party accused be an officer in the salt department, it shall be com-
petent to the Board of fYz-y/iWM, &%, O/Yawz, at any time within three
months of the date on which the order of the salt agent or superintendent
may have been passed, notwithstanding such acquittal, to direct the super-
intendent or salt agent to transmit his proceedings to the zillah or city
judge; and the judge shall proceed to investigate and decide on the case
in the same manner as is above prescribed for cases referred to the court
under the rules of Section CXII. of this Regulation.
CXXI. All persons sentenced to imprisonment under the provisions of
this Regulation, and all persons confined for non-payment of the fines to
which they may be liable, shall be confined exclusively in the A/dwzmzzy
gaol.
CXXII. In the event of any charge being preferred against a person^
under the rules of this Regulation, and of it appearing, on investigation
before the salt agent or superintendent of salt chokies, that the inquiry
originated in malice, or in motives clearly vexatious and unwarranted on
the part of the informant, it shall be competent for the salt agent or super-
intending officer of salt chokies to order such informant to discharge the
amount of any diet-money which may have been paid to the witnesses, and
to pay to the party aggrieved damages not exceeding five hundred rupees,
as may appear reasonable, or to be confined for a period not exceeding
six months. Orders passed under this rule shall be enforced in the same
manner as other fines imposed under the provisions of this Regulation. ^
CXXIII. It shall be the duty of the Board of &%, zzzzc/
Gpzzzzzz, to require from the officers under their control, such periodical
reports or returns regarding the judgments passed by them, and gene-
rally in respect to their discharge of the duty entrusted to them under
the provisions of this Regulation, as may appear to that Board best
calculated to secure regularity of procedure, and as may enable the Board
to judge whether the inquiries held by those officers on the trial of the
Modified by
Secs. xv. and
xvi. Act XXIX.
1838.
Modified by
XXIXM838.