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ACT XXIII.
[A.D. 1850.
Punishment for ob-
structing collector or
hisoihcers.
Punishment ofcon-
tempts.
Collector subject to
authorities.
revenue, and Supreme
Court has no jurisdic-
tion over them.
Trial of suits against
revenue authorities for
injuries under this
Act.
Constructions.
deration of the revenue commissioner. If the commissioner is satisfied
of the validity of the claim, he shall make an order accordingly, and
such order shall be final. If he is not satisfied of the validity of the
claim, he shall direct the collector to assess the land, leaving the claimant
to contest the collector's demand in the civil courts as herein provided.
IX. Any person obstructing or molesting the collector, or any of his
subordinate officers, in the execution of their duty, shall, on conviction
before a magistrate of the town of Calcutta, be liable to a fine not exceed-
ing five hundred rupees, and in default of payment, to imprisonment in
the common gaol for a term not exceeding six months, or until the fine is
sooner paid.
X. The collector may punish any contempt committed in his presence,
in open cutcherry or office, by fine, not exceeding two hundred rupees,
and in default of payment, by imprisonment in the common gaol for a
term not exceeding one month : from every such order, or fine or impri-
sonment, an appeal shall lie to the commissioner, whose decision shall be
final.
XI. The collector shall act in the execution of this Act under the
usual control of the superior revenue authorities.
XII. The ground-rents payable to the East-India Company from lands
in Calcutta are revenue within the meaning of the Act of Parliament
21 Geo. III. c. 70, and the Supreme Court of Judicature established by
royal charter at Fort William in Bengal has not any civil jurisdiction con-
cerning the said ground-rents, or concerning any thing ordered or done in
the assessment or collection thereof.
XIII. All actions concerning any trespass or injury committed by any
revenue officer acting under colour of this Act, or concerning any claim in
respect of any goods taken by or any moneys paid to any revenue officer
under this Act, or concerning any claim of rent or revenue on the part of
the East-India Company under this Act, shall be tried and determined in
the civil courts established by the East-India Company at the sudder
station of the Twenty-four Pergunnahs; notwithstanding that the cause
of action in respect of which such action is brought, arose, or the defendant
therein reside within the limits of the town of Calcutta; and every such
action shall be brought within six months after the cause of action arose,
and not afterwards.
XIV. The words " collector" and " commissioner" used in this Act
shall be taken to mean any person lawfully appointed to exercise the
powers of collector and commissioner respectively.
ACT XXIII.
[A.D. 1850.
Punishment for ob-
structing collector or
hisoihcers.
Punishment ofcon-
tempts.
Collector subject to
authorities.
revenue, and Supreme
Court has no jurisdic-
tion over them.
Trial of suits against
revenue authorities for
injuries under this
Act.
Constructions.
deration of the revenue commissioner. If the commissioner is satisfied
of the validity of the claim, he shall make an order accordingly, and
such order shall be final. If he is not satisfied of the validity of the
claim, he shall direct the collector to assess the land, leaving the claimant
to contest the collector's demand in the civil courts as herein provided.
IX. Any person obstructing or molesting the collector, or any of his
subordinate officers, in the execution of their duty, shall, on conviction
before a magistrate of the town of Calcutta, be liable to a fine not exceed-
ing five hundred rupees, and in default of payment, to imprisonment in
the common gaol for a term not exceeding six months, or until the fine is
sooner paid.
X. The collector may punish any contempt committed in his presence,
in open cutcherry or office, by fine, not exceeding two hundred rupees,
and in default of payment, by imprisonment in the common gaol for a
term not exceeding one month : from every such order, or fine or impri-
sonment, an appeal shall lie to the commissioner, whose decision shall be
final.
XI. The collector shall act in the execution of this Act under the
usual control of the superior revenue authorities.
XII. The ground-rents payable to the East-India Company from lands
in Calcutta are revenue within the meaning of the Act of Parliament
21 Geo. III. c. 70, and the Supreme Court of Judicature established by
royal charter at Fort William in Bengal has not any civil jurisdiction con-
cerning the said ground-rents, or concerning any thing ordered or done in
the assessment or collection thereof.
XIII. All actions concerning any trespass or injury committed by any
revenue officer acting under colour of this Act, or concerning any claim in
respect of any goods taken by or any moneys paid to any revenue officer
under this Act, or concerning any claim of rent or revenue on the part of
the East-India Company under this Act, shall be tried and determined in
the civil courts established by the East-India Company at the sudder
station of the Twenty-four Pergunnahs; notwithstanding that the cause
of action in respect of which such action is brought, arose, or the defendant
therein reside within the limits of the town of Calcutta; and every such
action shall be brought within six months after the cause of action arose,
and not afterwards.
XIV. The words " collector" and " commissioner" used in this Act
shall be taken to mean any person lawfully appointed to exercise the
powers of collector and commissioner respectively.