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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [57v] (110/266)
The record is made up of 1 item (144 folios). It was created in 29 Aug 1863-27 Jul 1865. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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appendix to judicial report.
such modifications as will make it applicable to our large Zillahs and Village Police,
and to repeal and re-enact the provisions of Chapter V I. Regulation . .n. 1 7,
providing for the Village Police, in such a form as to adapt it to the Act for regulating
District Police.
This Bill is still under the consideration of the Council of the Governor of
(12) A Bill for the Regulation of the Village Police in the
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
of Bombay.
Act V. of 1861 was passed with the intention of making it applicable to all parts of
India.
It was proposed to introduce it into this
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
, but Sir George Clerk’s Govern
ment objected to it, and it is now proposed to introduce such parts of it as are applicable
to this part of the country in which the Village Police exists, whose status was not to
be affected by the General Police Act.
The vast size of the Zillahs or Districts on this side of India, as compared with
those in Bengal and the North-West Provinces, prevented the introduction of the whole
of iggi, and were the size of the Zillahs or Districts reduced, the expense that
would be incurred would not justify the change. It is therefore proposed to consolidate
certain portions of former Police Regulations, and to enact parts of Act V. of 1861 with
such modifications as will make it applicable to our large Zillahs and V illage Police, and
to repeal and re-enact the provisions of Chapter VI. Regulation XII. a.d. 1827, pro
viding for the Village Police in such a form as to adapt it to the Act for regulating
District Police.
This Bill is still under the consideration of the Council of the Governor of Bombay*
(13) A Bill to enable Magistrates to Depute to Subordinate Magistrates Power to try
certain Offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code, and to enable District
Police Officers to try certain Minor Offences specified in Chapter XIV. of the
Indian Penal Code.
The great size of the Zillahs in this
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
makes it desirable that the powers
conferred by the Code of Criminal Procedure on the Magistrate and Subordinate Magis
trate of the first class should in certain cases be exercised by any Magistrate.
The object of the first Section of the accompanying Bill is therefore to authorise the
Magistrate to depute to any Subordinate Magistrate the power to try certain offences
punishable under the Indian Penal Code.
The second Section of the Bill is proposed at the recommendation of the Judges of
the late Sudder Adawlut, who considered it very desirable that District Police Officers
should be empowered to deal with the petty cases of nuisance mentioned in the Sections
of the Indian Penal Code referred to, the work imposed on the Assistant Magistrates by
the introduction of the Criminal Procedure and Indian Penal Codes being much increased.
This Bill is still under the consideration of the Council of the Governor of
Bombay.
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Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. during the financial year 1862-63.
The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘JUDICIAL’ (ff 6-15), consisting of: Legislative; Civil Justice; Criminal Justice; Police; Jails
- ‘FINANCE AND REVENUE’ (ff 16-25), consisting of: Finance; The Mint; Revenue; Cash Alienations; Land Alienations; Sayer (Income Tax, Stamps, &c.); Customs; Imports; Import Revenue; Export Revenue; Frontier Duties; General Trade; Opium; Salt Excise; Financial and Commercial Legislation
- ‘POLITICAL’ (ff 26-35), consisting of: Sattara [Satara]; Kolhapore [Kolhapur]; The Southern Maratha Country; Cutch [Kachchh]; Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kantha] and Punch Mahals [Panch Mahals]; Guzerat [Gujarat]; Aden; Savanoor [Savanur]; Surat; Mahee Kanta [Mahi Kantha]; Edur [Idar]; Cambay [Khambhat]; Kattywar [Kathiawar]; Sind [Sindh]; Pahlunpoor [Palanpur]; Junjeera [Janjira]
- ‘PUBLIC WORKS’ (ff 36-39), consisting of: Sattara; Bombay [Mumbai] Harbour Defences; Belgaum and Kolapoor [Kolhapur]; Poona [Pune] Districts; The Civil Architect; Dharwar [Dharwad]; Ahmedabad and Kaira [Kheda]; Northern Concan [Konkan]; Mhow; Poona Cantonment; Kirkee [Khadki] Cantonment; Nassick [Nashik] Districts; Agra Road, Beaora [Biaora] Division; The Garrison and Dockyard Engineer, Bombay; Agra Road, Mhow Division; Sholapore [Solapur]; Ahmednuggur [Ahmednagar]; Surat and Broach [Bharuch]
- ‘PUBLIC WORKS, RAILWAY’ (ff 40-43), consisting of: Railway Operations; Bombay, Baroda [Vadodara], and Central India Railway; The Sind Railway; Indus Steam Flotilla
- ‘MILITARY DEPARTMENT’ (f 44), consisting of: Military Department; Marine Department
- ‘EDUCATION’ (ff 45-46)
- ‘THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT’ (f 47)
- ‘CONSERVANCY AND MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION’ (ff 48-50), consisting of: Bombay; Revenue Survey
- ‘FORESTS’ (f 51)
- ‘MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 52).
The remainder of the item consists of appendices to the ‘JUDICIAL’ section of the report. Appendices A and B (f 53) contain lists of Acts passed, respectively, by the Government of India and the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. . Appendix C (ff 53-64) contains a list of bills under consideration by the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. . Appendix D (ff 65-146) consists of a detailed report on jails by the Inspector-General of Prisons. Appendix D is dated 29 August 1863 and contains an inserted sheet of corrections (f 66) dated 27 July 1865. A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 5. In a small number of instances there are discrepancies in the spelling or phrasing of sub-headings between the table of contents and the body of the report. In these cases the sub-heading as it appears in the body of the report is included above.
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