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 II.

[A.D. 1820.

Reg. II. 1820.

Preamble.

MagistrateofHoogh-
ly empowered to receive
deal with such per-
sons.

of punishment upon
them himself.

CM:? and the Nizamut
Adawlut to take cog-
nizance of such cases,
and how to pass sen-
tence.

the rules contained in
this Regulation are to
have effect.

A.D. 1820. REGULATION II.*
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I. THE provisions contained in Regulations 1. and XVI. of 1805, in
Regulation II. 1808, and Regulation IX. 1809, relative to the adminis-
tration of civil and criminal justice in the settlements of Chandernagore
and Cliinsurah, have ceased to be in force since the restoration of those
settlements to the respective authorities of their Majesties the King of France
and the King of the Netherlands :—Tt being, however, necessary to provide
for the cognizance of criminal offences of a heinous nature committed within
those settlements by natives of India, to which offences the jurisdiction of
the Criminal Courts established at the settlements of Chandernagore and
Cliinsurah does not extend, the following rules have been enacted.
II. AA^s-/. The magistrate of Hooghly is hereby declared competent to
receive into his custody natives of India who may be forwarded to him by
the superior authorities of Chandernagore 77777/ CAMw/iwA, charged with the
commission of murder, robbery, and other crimes of a heinous nature within
the limits of those settlements.
Ngg77777/. After due examination into such cases, the magistrate will
either discharge the prisoner, or if be shall find sufficient grounds for that
measure, will commit the accused to take his trial before the U77777'/ q/*UA-
C727/ for the offence with which he may stand charged.
TAA'A The magistrate will not himself pass sentence of punishment on
the accused, although the nature of the charge may be such as would
warrant his doing so under the existing Regulations ; but will either
commit the prisoner to take his trial before the U27227'/ q/UAcm'/, or will
discharge him, according to the circumstances of the case.
III. The 67(7777'/ 77/* UAg772Y for the division of Calcutta, and the Nizamut
Adawlut, are hereby respectively empowered to take cognizance of such
cases, and to pass such sentence upon the prisoners as may be conformable
to the provisions of the Regulations which are now or may hereafter be in
force within the province of Bengal.
IV. The foregoing provisions are hereby declared to be applicable to
persons charged with having committed offences of the nature described
in Clause First, Section II. of this Regulation, in the interval between the
restoration of the settlements of Chandernagore 77777/ UAm-s^^A, and the
date of this Regulation.
* The provisions of this Regulation, so far as they relate to Chinsurah, are rescinded by
Sec. x. Reg. XVIII. 1825.