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 (3): Acts from 1834 to 1853 (London, 1854)

A.D. 1843.]

ACT XXV.

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A.D. 1843. ACT XXIV.
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WHEREAS it has been considered necessary to adopt more stringent
measures for the conviction of professional dacoits, who belong to certain
* tribes systematically employed in carrying on their lawless pursuits in
SeeActsXiv. diderent parts of the country, and for this purpose to extend the provisions
xL'tS"' Of Acts XXX. of 1836, XVIII. of 1837, and XVIII. of 1839, for the
prevention of thuggee, to persons concerned in the perpetration of
dacoity :
I. It is hereby enacted, that whosoever shall be proved to have
belonged, either before or after the passing of this Act, to any gang of
dacoits, either within or without the territories of the East-India Company,
shall be punished with transportation for life, or with imprisonment for any
less term, with hard labour.
II. And it is hereby enacted, that any person accused of the odence
of dacoity, with or without murder, or of having belonged to a gang
of dacoits, or of the odence of unlawfully and knowingly receiving or
buying property stolen or plundered by dacoity, may be committed
by any magistrate within the territories of the East-India Company, and
may be tried by any court which would have been competent to try him
if his odence had been committed within the zillah where that court sits.
III. And it is hereby enacted, that no court shall, on trial of the
odences specided in this Act, require any futwa from any law odicer.

A.D. 1843. ACT XXV.
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q/ Tzt/zYz zzz CbzzzzczY, 0% %Ac 23z-t/ AoztdzzzAz', 1843.
WHEREAS doubts have arisen as to whether so much of an Act passed
in the 5th and 6th year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria,
entitled " An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Customs," as pro-
vides " that from and after the 5th day of January, 1843, any articles of
foreign manufacture, and any packages of such articles imported into the
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Preamble.

Member of a dacoity
gang may be trans-
ported and imprisoned.

Persons charged with
dacoity may be com-
mitted by any magis-
trate.

No futwa required in
cases of dacoity.

Preamble.