A Regulation for abolishing the courts of Dewany Adawlut the Zillahs of Ramghar and Jungle Mahals and for providing Special Rules for the Superintendence of certain tracts of Country at present included in the Zillahs of Ramghar, Jungle Mahals and Midnapur passed by the Governor General-in-Council on the 2nd December, 1833.
I. Whereas consideration connection with the present state of certain tracts of Country are included in the Districts of Ramghar, Jungle Mahals and Midnapur, the nature of the disturbance which recently prevailed in various parts of those districts, and the character of the inhabitants have rendered it expedient to separate these tracts from these districts and to place them under an officer to be denominated agent to the Governor General and whereas it is necessary to provide special rules for the administration Civil and Criminal justice for the Superintendence of Police, Land Revenue, customs, akbary stamps and all other local civil duties and where it is expedient with reference to the proposed arrangement to abolish the Dewany Adawlut of Zillahs of Ramghar and Jungle mahals the following rules have been enacted to be in force from the date on which the agent to the Governor General may assume charge of the new jurisdiction.
II. Such parts of Regulation III of 1783 of Regulation XVIII 1805 or any other Regulation as relate to the constitution of the Zillahs of Ramghar and Jungle Mahals are hereby rescinded and the Courts of Dewany Adawlut of Zillahs of Ramghar and Jungle Mahals are hereby abolished.
III. The under mentioned tracts of country at present included in the districts of Ramgarh, Jungle Mahals and Midnapur shall be separated from these districts and the operation of the rules for the administration of Civil and Criminal justice as well as those for the collection of Land Revenue, customs, akbary and State Revenue together with all other rules contained on the Regulation printed and published in the manner prescribed by Regulation XLI 1793 is suspended and shall cease to have effect therein from the date specified in the preamble of this Regulation except as herein after provided. In the districts of Ramghar, Chotanagpur, Palamau, Kurruckdeea, Ramghar Koonda. In the districts of Jungle Mahals all the mahals at present comprised in this district except the following Sainpaharee, Shreeghur, Bishempore.
In the district of Midnapore Dhalbhoom including Ghatshila.
IV. The administration of Civil and Criminal justice, the collection of Revenue, the superintendence of the Land Revenue, customs, akbary stamps and every branch of Government within the tract/country separated as prescribed in the foregoing section shall be vested in the officer appointed by the Governor General-in-Council to be denominated agent to the Governor General.
V. It shall be competent to the Governor General by an order in council to prescribe such rules as he may deem proper for the guidance of the agent and all the Officers subordinate to his control and authority, to determine what power shall be exercised by the agent and the assistants respectively also to determine to what extent the decision of the agent in Civil suits shall be final and in what suits an appeal shall be to the Sadar Dewany adawlut and to define the authority to be exercised by the agent in Criminal trials and what cases he shall submit for the decision of Nizamut Adawlut.
VI. Upon the receipt of any criminal trials referred by the agent under the rules which may be hereafter prescribed by the Governor General by an order in council the Nizamut Adawlut shall without submitting the proceedings for the Fatwa of their land officers, proceed t pass a final judgement or such other order as may after mature consideration, seem to the Court requisite and proper in the same manner as if the tribal had been sent up in ordinary course for a Commissioner on circuit.
VII. It shall be competent to the Governor General by an Order in Council to annex to any Zillah be may deem proper that portion of the Ramgarh and Jungle Mahals which is not by this Regulation included in the jurisdiction of the agent of the Governor General and to make from time to time such alternations in the limits of the district placed under the agent or of any of the adjacent Zillahs as he may deem expedient.
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