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ACT II.
[A.D. 1839.
Proofin cases liable
tofine.
of arrears of rent, in the manner prescribed by the Regulations of Government. You are to
reside at E., in pergunnah F., and are to exercise the authority vested in you by these Regu-
lations, or by any others which may be hereafter transmitted to you for your guidance, in
strict conformity thereto; and are to keep a regular and complete record of your proceed-
ings, to be produced when called for by me, or by the Courts of Justice. You are hereby
authorized to remunerate yourself for your trouble by deducting and appropriating-'
per centum on the amount of the proceeds of sale.
A.D. 1839.* ACT II.
PASSED ^2/ Me Me 7Me<S2(/e?2^ e/* Me (70 2272 C2/ of 222 CotmeM,
023 Me 4MAe<%7'22a?y, 1839.
I. IT is hereby enacted, that in ali cases of tines by which ottenders are
or may be punishable by any magistrate, according to the proyisions of any
Act heretofore passed or which shall hereafter be passed by the Governor-
General of India in Council, it shall be lawful, in case of non-payment, if
no other means for enforcing the payment are or shall be provided by such
Act or otherwise, for the magistrate, by warrant under his hand, to levy
the amount of such tine by distress and sale of any goods and chattels of
the offender which may be found within the jurisdiction of such magis-
trate ; and if no such property shall be found within such jurisdiction, then
it shall be lawful for every such magistrate, by warrant under his hand,
to commit the ottender to prison, there to be imprisoned only, or to be
imprisoned and kept to hard labour, according to the discretion of such
magistrate, for any term not exceeding two calendar months, where
the amount of the tine shall not exceed Rfty rupees, and for any term not
exceeding four calendar months where the amount shall not exceed one
hundred rupees, and for any term not exceeding six calendar months in
any other case; the commitment to be determinable in each of the cases
aforesaid upon payment of the amount. ,
II. And it is hereby enacted, that in all cases in which offenders are or
may be punishable by any magistrate with Rne or imprisonment, or both,
according to the provisions of any Act heretofore passed or which shall
hereafter be passed by the Governor-General of India in Council, and
where the extreme amount of the tine or imprisonment is not specified, it
shall not be lawful for the magistrate to impose any Rne exceeding two
hundred rupees, or to imprison the ottender for any term exceeding six
months.
III. And it is hereby enacted, that in all cases in which offenders are
or may be punishable by tine before a magistrate, according to the pro-
visions of any Act heretofore passed or which hereafter shall be passed by
the Governor-General of India in Council, it shall be lawful for themagis-
* Extended by Act XXVI. 1850, to the recovery of arrears of taxes and penalties imposed
by commissioners for improvement of towns. <
ACT II.
[A.D. 1839.
Proofin cases liable
tofine.
of arrears of rent, in the manner prescribed by the Regulations of Government. You are to
reside at E., in pergunnah F., and are to exercise the authority vested in you by these Regu-
lations, or by any others which may be hereafter transmitted to you for your guidance, in
strict conformity thereto; and are to keep a regular and complete record of your proceed-
ings, to be produced when called for by me, or by the Courts of Justice. You are hereby
authorized to remunerate yourself for your trouble by deducting and appropriating-'
per centum on the amount of the proceeds of sale.
A.D. 1839.* ACT II.
PASSED ^2/ Me Me 7Me<S2(/e?2^ e/* Me (70 2272 C2/ of 222 CotmeM,
023 Me 4MAe<%7'22a?y, 1839.
I. IT is hereby enacted, that in ali cases of tines by which ottenders are
or may be punishable by any magistrate, according to the proyisions of any
Act heretofore passed or which shall hereafter be passed by the Governor-
General of India in Council, it shall be lawful, in case of non-payment, if
no other means for enforcing the payment are or shall be provided by such
Act or otherwise, for the magistrate, by warrant under his hand, to levy
the amount of such tine by distress and sale of any goods and chattels of
the offender which may be found within the jurisdiction of such magis-
trate ; and if no such property shall be found within such jurisdiction, then
it shall be lawful for every such magistrate, by warrant under his hand,
to commit the ottender to prison, there to be imprisoned only, or to be
imprisoned and kept to hard labour, according to the discretion of such
magistrate, for any term not exceeding two calendar months, where
the amount of the tine shall not exceed Rfty rupees, and for any term not
exceeding four calendar months where the amount shall not exceed one
hundred rupees, and for any term not exceeding six calendar months in
any other case; the commitment to be determinable in each of the cases
aforesaid upon payment of the amount. ,
II. And it is hereby enacted, that in all cases in which offenders are or
may be punishable by any magistrate with Rne or imprisonment, or both,
according to the provisions of any Act heretofore passed or which shall
hereafter be passed by the Governor-General of India in Council, and
where the extreme amount of the tine or imprisonment is not specified, it
shall not be lawful for the magistrate to impose any Rne exceeding two
hundred rupees, or to imprison the ottender for any term exceeding six
months.
III. And it is hereby enacted, that in all cases in which offenders are
or may be punishable by tine before a magistrate, according to the pro-
visions of any Act heretofore passed or which hereafter shall be passed by
the Governor-General of India in Council, it shall be lawful for themagis-
* Extended by Act XXVI. 1850, to the recovery of arrears of taxes and penalties imposed
by commissioners for improvement of towns. <