Clarke, Richard [Hrsg.]: 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 VI.

[A.D. 1831.


constituted under this
Regulation.

Sudder Courts for the
Western Provinces.

The powers and
duties of the Sudder
Courts for the Western
same as those of
the Calcutta Sudder
Courts.


The Sudder Courts
courts, and to be holden
as prescribed by Re-
gulations for the Cal-
cutta Sudder Courts.
Rule to be observed


Council to fix the station at which the Courts of Sudder Dewanny and
Nizamut Adawlut for the Western Provinces shall reside, at such place
within the territories belonging to this presidency, as may from time to
time be deemed expedient.
IV. The Court of Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut constituted
by this Regulation shall consist of one or more judges, shall be assisted by
mufties, and shall have a register, to be styled Register to the Sudder
Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut for the Western Provinces; and such
other officers as may be deemed necessary.
V. The judges, registers, and other officers who may be appointed to
the Courts of Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut for the Western
Provinces, previous to entering upon the execution of the duties of their
respective offices, shall take and subscribe the same oath or solemn decla-
ration as is prescribed in the existing Regulations for individuals appointed
to like offices in the Court of Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut
situated at Calcutta.
VI. The Courts of Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut for the
Western Provinces, constituted by this Regulation, shall possess, within the
divisions, provinces, and territories subject to their jurisdiction, all the
powers vested under the existing Regulations in the Courts of Sudder
Dewanny Adawlut and Nizamut Adawlut, constituted by Section II.
Regulation VI. and Section LXVII. Regulation IX. 1793, and shall
perform all the duties required to be performed by those courts under
Regulations VI. and IX. 1793, and under all other Regulations
which have been passed and published in the mode prescribed by
Regulation XLI. 1793, subject to all the modifications and provi-
sions contained in such Regulations, and to the following further
provisions.
VII. The Courts of Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut for
the Western Provinces are to be open courts, and to be holden as directed
in Section III. Regulation VI. and Section LXVI. Regulation IX.
1793, as soon as a convenient place shall have been provided for the pur-
pose. Whenever and so often as only one judge may be present with the
courts, or if any difference of opinion should arise when only two judges
may be present in either court, in any matter requiring under the existing
Regulations the concurrent voices of two judges, the question shall be
referred, as the case may be, for the determination of one of the judges
of the Court of Sudder Dewanny or Nizamut Adawlut stationed at
Calcutta.
Provided, moreover, that in such case it shall be sufficient
that the judge to whom the point may be referred should form and
record his judgment on a careful perusal and consideration of the pro-
ceedings, and without requiring the attendance of the parties or their
vakeels.
* The number to be regulated by Governor-General in Council—see Sec. vi. Reg. VI.
1832.

See Act XXL
1837.