'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903' [‎25v] (44/106)

CHAPTER III — PROTECTION*
1.— Course of Legislation.
Two Acts were passed by the Council of His Excellency the Governor of Bombay for
making Laws and Regulations and assented to by His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor
G eneral of India during the year.
These were—
(1) Act No. Ill of 1902 (an Act to amend the Bombay District Municipal Act. 1901
and the Bombay Prevention of Adulteration Act, 1899J. 3
(2) Act No. IV of 1902 (an Act to amend the law relating to the Bombay Citv
Police). J J
• xi °! Was corr ect some slight omissions and errors detected
t.t 6 5 1 ' a£tl °& Bombay District Municipal Act, 1901, and in its effect on the Bombay
ot'A'cAets A ' lltel ' atl0n and to render more precise, where necessary, the language
Act No. IV of 1902 was designed to amend and consolidate the law relatino- to the
functions, powers and duties of the Police in the City of Bombay as embodied mainly in the
l ohee Acts, XIII of 1856 and XL VIII of 1860, and in the Code of Criminal Procedure^ and to
,V ATi™ A e c ®™P rehe “ slve enactment for remedial and preventive measures which the grow
ing needs of the City rendered necessary. Defects in the existing law had for many & yeTs
eXifed Ik ° f . (T0 '' e ™ ment > bHt tb e wide scope of the subject and the discussion it
entailed delayed the framing and passing of the measure.
ve-ir knrA'i'm X* 6 into the Council of His Excellency the Governor during the
subsen nentlvXfM 5 leie - were P en , dln §' from the previous year two Bills, one of which was
pendinkwe“e T hd ¥n ’ Jeavln S a total ot S1S B 'Us pending at the close of the year. The Bills
He WorifTidllCriek^ 11 ^ extinguish fche r ^ hts o£ the public to navigate
^ kiiN A 0£ A° 2 k" ^ I ,, j ov:de foi'iihe preparation and maintenance of a
Record of Rights in the lands 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. ).
^ ^888)°' V ° f 1902 (a BiU tofartlier amend the Cit y o£ Bombay Municipal Act,
(■) Bill No. I of 1903 (a Bill further to amend the Bombay A'bkdri Act, 1878).
' ' ^891)°' 11 0l ' 1903 ^ Blii £ul 'ther to amend the Bombay Boiler Inspection Act,
(6) ° f 19 ° 3 (a BiU fnrther t0 amend the Bomba y district Municipal
CommKktkTm^SrsAmtlJXikX 1902 ’ VX Un<ler referenee to a
1908, were read a third time and nassed ft lX , report c 1 if be r en extended to the 7th September
20th March 1903. The Bill which was witl 1 66 U '° <d t,- n A oca Legislative Council on the
the Khoti Settlement Aot, 1880)? wltMra ™ was Bill No. IV of 1898 (a Bill to amend
2- Police.
for theysar 1902 a; /the^Ses buffer” VlA^oUce 11 * the ? 0 l lll)a - v D!3lrIct Poli ce and the Bombay Citv Poll
British India for 1902-1003, VU.-Polico appended to the Jcidicial and Administrative Stalties '
I.-Mofussil, Sind and Railway Police.
officers and men, givingl^XreMe of PlfTffie’ lnoIu ? Ve of Railwa ys and Sind, stood at 22,30
yearis strength. The'increasets accounted for W ^ m ?’ aS eom P ai ' ed with the prerior
mems in Beigaum aud Kaira, and by the incn^ ftI eation of Court Pl•oseeutors , appoini
a, ana by the incorporation of the Poona Intelligence Brancl