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 XII.

[A.D. 1829.

In all cases of wound-
ing, manifesting a de-
magistrate to commit
the prisoner to be tried
The law ofHcer sitting
on such trial shall de-
in.
be made to the Nizamut
Adawlut.

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imprisonment for the term of seven years, with or without stripes and hard
labour, a reference to the Nizamut Adawlut, solely on the ground of sup-
posed insufficiency of punishment, shall not hereafter be deemed necessary:
and whereas, under many circumstances of wounding, manifesting the
deliberate intention of committing murder, the punishment of seven
years' imprisonment is wholly inadequate : and whereas the intention of the
legislature in the reduction of the number of trials referable to the Niza-
mut Adawlut, by the restriction above recited, is defeated through the
necessity imposed on the Nizamut Adawlut of calling for the proceedings
of such trials, revising them, and apportioning the ultimate sentence to the
heinousness of the crime, the following rules are enacted, to be in force
from the date of their promulgation throughout the provinces subject to
the presidency of Fort William.
II. In all cases of wounding, manifesting a deliberate intention
to commit murder, it shall be the duty of the magistrate to commit the
prisoner to be tried on that specific charge.
N0C0722A In all trials for the specific offence described in the foregoing-
clause, the law officer sitting on the trial shall declare whether the inten-
tion to commit murder be established.
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deem adequate to the crime, not exceeding the period of fourteen years'
imprisonment.
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See Secs.
and iv. Act
XXXI. 1841.