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REGULATION V.
[A.D. 1822.
Reg. V. 1822.
Reg. YI. 1822.
to convict and punish a prisoner charged with a criminal oflence, in opposi-
tion to the acquittal of their law officers, shall be considered to extend to
any case in which the futwa of the law officers of the Nizamut Adawiut
may declare the legal penalty, or punishment generally, barred by reason
of a doubt as to the prisoner's sanity when he committed the act
charged ; provided two or more judges of the Nizamut Adawiut, on due
consideration of the evidence in such case, shall be satisfied that there
is no sufficient ground to believe that the prisoner was insane when
he committed the act so charged, and that he is a proper object of
punishment.
A.D. 1822. REGULATION V.
A REGULATION ybr <u72<???Umg cdTAzm AY. 1808 :
PASSED <0/ ^ Ghvd7*72277'-(re72^712/ 777 6(723722737, 077 13/7 JM72V, 1822.
[Tins Regulation is inoperative. Regulation IX. 1808, which it modi-
fies, is repealed by Act IV. 1844.]
A.D. 1822. REGULATION VIA
A REGULATION /(7 0 77(7237'/ q/* IU%7'& /or A?C72%7T.S', 2272(/ /(7 6?<?/272d <2726?
G%p/<2272 27g7'/(3272 o/* Mo VAGUS' 7'<?2/<27'6?2722/ /Ad 7^2722^7'.5' (2722/ A227'M2/2C/227?2 27/" /Ac
^62767'<2/ 6?27 237'A 27/ IU(27'&; PASSED 072 /Ao D/ 2?/ A 232/23^/, 1822.
1. THE rules for constituting and for fixing the jurisdiction of the Court
of Wards contained in Regulation X. 1793, extended to the Ceded and
Conquered Provinces by Regulation LIL 1803, and Section XXIX. Regu-
lation VIII. 1805, and to Cuttack by Section XXXVI. Regulation XII.
1805, have never been extended to the province of Benares, though such
extension was obviously intended, and is distinctly alluded to in Clause the
Seventh, Section VII. Regulation V. 1795. Moreover, the original rules
for the management of the estates of minors, and other disqualified persons
over which the Court of Wards have jurisdiction, provide only for the
appointment of a manager, from amongst the relations, connections, or
principal servants of the minor's family, to collect the rents and otherwise
manage the estate under the general authority of the Court of Wards.
This system of management was early abandoned in the case of the less
valuable estates, where the expense incident to the system was found to
* The powers of the Court of Wards were vested in the Commissioners of Revenue by
Sec. iv. Reg. 1. 1829, and all such provisions of the Regulations as were inconsistent with
the rules declaring the duties and powers of such commissioners were annulled by Sec. v. of
the same Regulation. See also Sec. v. Reg. X. 1831, which places Benares under the
control of the Sudder Board of Revenue acting for the North-Western Provinces.
REGULATION V.
[A.D. 1822.
Reg. V. 1822.
Reg. YI. 1822.
to convict and punish a prisoner charged with a criminal oflence, in opposi-
tion to the acquittal of their law officers, shall be considered to extend to
any case in which the futwa of the law officers of the Nizamut Adawiut
may declare the legal penalty, or punishment generally, barred by reason
of a doubt as to the prisoner's sanity when he committed the act
charged ; provided two or more judges of the Nizamut Adawiut, on due
consideration of the evidence in such case, shall be satisfied that there
is no sufficient ground to believe that the prisoner was insane when
he committed the act so charged, and that he is a proper object of
punishment.
A.D. 1822. REGULATION V.
A REGULATION ybr <u72<???Umg cdTAzm AY. 1808 :
PASSED <0/ ^ Ghvd7*72277'-(re72^712/ 777 6(723722737, 077 13/7 JM72V, 1822.
[Tins Regulation is inoperative. Regulation IX. 1808, which it modi-
fies, is repealed by Act IV. 1844.]
A.D. 1822. REGULATION VIA
A REGULATION /(7 0 77(7237'/ q/* IU%7'& /or A?C72%7T.S', 2272(/ /(7 6?<?/272d <2726?
G%p/<2272 27g7'/(3272 o/* Mo VAGUS' 7'<?2/<27'6?2722/ /Ad 7^2722^7'.5' (2722/ A227'M2/2C/227?2 27/" /Ac
^62767'<2/ 6?27 237'A 27/ IU(27'&; PASSED 072 /Ao D/ 2?/ A 232/23^/, 1822.
1. THE rules for constituting and for fixing the jurisdiction of the Court
of Wards contained in Regulation X. 1793, extended to the Ceded and
Conquered Provinces by Regulation LIL 1803, and Section XXIX. Regu-
lation VIII. 1805, and to Cuttack by Section XXXVI. Regulation XII.
1805, have never been extended to the province of Benares, though such
extension was obviously intended, and is distinctly alluded to in Clause the
Seventh, Section VII. Regulation V. 1795. Moreover, the original rules
for the management of the estates of minors, and other disqualified persons
over which the Court of Wards have jurisdiction, provide only for the
appointment of a manager, from amongst the relations, connections, or
principal servants of the minor's family, to collect the rents and otherwise
manage the estate under the general authority of the Court of Wards.
This system of management was early abandoned in the case of the less
valuable estates, where the expense incident to the system was found to
* The powers of the Court of Wards were vested in the Commissioners of Revenue by
Sec. iv. Reg. 1. 1829, and all such provisions of the Regulations as were inconsistent with
the rules declaring the duties and powers of such commissioners were annulled by Sec. v. of
the same Regulation. See also Sec. v. Reg. X. 1831, which places Benares under the
control of the Sudder Board of Revenue acting for the North-Western Provinces.