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)

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ACT XXXVI.

[A.D. 1850.

State prisoners may
be confined in gaols of
the Supreme Courts,

persons having charge
of state prisoners.

State prisoners now
in gaols of Supreme
Courts under warrant,
declared lawfully com-
mitted.


the 113th Article of

Soldiers imprisoned
under sentence, not
entitled to pay or
allowances. }

detained in any fortress, gaol, or other place within the limits of jurisdic-
tion of any of the Supreme Courts of Judicature established by royal
charter, and it is expedient that such doubts be removed, and the powers
of the said Regulation extended to all the territories under the Govern-
ment of the East-India Company, it is enacted as follows :
I. The warrant of commitment of any state prisoner under Regula-
tion III. 1818, of the Bengal code, may be directed to the sheriff of the
gaol of any of the Supreme Courts of Judicature established by royal
charter in the said territories, or to the commandant of any fortress, or
to the officer in charge of any gaol or other place in which it is deemed
expedient that such state prisoner be confined, in any part of the said
territories ; and such warrant shall be sufficient authority for the deten-
tion of such state prisoner in the fortress, gaol, or other place mentioned
in the warrant.
II. Regulation III. 1818, of the Bengal code, shall be extended and
applied to every sheriff, commandant, or officer having any state prisoner
in custody, under the said Regulation, as explained and extended by this
Act.
III. Any state prisoner now confined under any such warrant w ithin the
jurisdiction of any of the said Supreme Courts, under the warrant of the
Governor-General in Council, shall be deemed to have been lawfully com-
mitted thereunto.

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WHEREAS it is expedient that native soldiers, when imprisoned, should
be treated as European soldiers are in the like case, as respects subsistence
and clothing, it is enacted as follows:
I. From and after the first day of December, 1850, so much of the
113th Article of War for the government of the native officers and soldiers
in the military service of the East-India Company, as provides for the
forfeiture of allowances, and the subsistence of such officers and soldiers
when in imprisonment under the sentence of any court-martial or of any
Court of Criminal Judicature, is repealed.
II. From and after the said first day of December, 1850, no native
officer, or soldier, or public follower in the military service of the East-