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Coll 1/27 'Administration of justice in Aden: regulation to replace Aden Civil and Criminal Justice Act of 1864 and certain amending acts; emoluments of District and Sessions Judges' [101r] (201/210)
The record is made up of 1 file (105 folios). It was created in 12 Apr 1933-2 Dec 1935. 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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of 1927]
3
(Amendment) Act, 1927
the powers of a Magistrate of the first, second or
third class, as described in the Code of Criminal
^ of Procedure, 1898, and such Assistant Resident or
such other person so invested shall exercise such
powers subject to the provisions of this Act.
(2) The Governor in Council may from time
to time define the local area within which any
A Assistant Resident or any person invested with
the powers of a Magistrate as aforesaid may
exercise all or any of the powers with which they
may respectively be invested under the said
Code.
(3) Except as otherwise provided by such
definition, the jurisdiction and powers of such
persons shall extend throughout such district.
9. After section 18 of the said Act, the following New potions
sections shall be inserted, namely isc’ isnand
18E.
“ 18A. The Governor in Council may confer
on any person all or any of the powers conferred
or conferrable by or under the Code of Criminal
v of Procedure, 1898, on a Magistrate of the first,
1898- second or third class in respect to particular cases
or to a particular class or particular classes of
cases, or in regard to cases generally in any loca
area.
Such Magistrates shall be called Special Magis
trates, and shall be appointed for such term as
the Governor in Council may by general or
special order direct.
18B. The Governor in Council may direct any
two or more Magistrates to sit together as a
Bench, and may by order invest such Bench with
any of the powers conferred or conferrable by or
under the said Code on a Magistrate of the first,
second or third class, and direct i< to exercise
such powers in such cases, or such classes o
cases only, and v/ithin such local limits, as the
Governor in Council thinks fit.
Except as otherwise provided by any order
under this section, every such Bench shall have
the powers conferred by the Code of Crimma
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The file contains papers regarding: the issue of a regulation to replace the Aden Civil and Criminal Justice Act (1864) and subsequent related amendments; the proposed delegation to the Chief Commissioner of powers under Section 86 (4) Part IV of the Civil Procedure Code; and the change of the post of Judicial Assistant to District and Sessions Judge. The changes were necessary following the transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office.
Papers dated 1933 consist of notes and correspondence regarding the Aden Civil and Criminal Justice Regulation (1933) which replaced the 1864 Act and subsequent amendments. Included are copies of the former acts and amendments (folios 98-104), a draft of the new regulations (folios 80-97) and subsequent final text (folios 55-64), remarks of the Legal Advisor to the Secretary of State for India (Sir Edward Chamier) regarding the previous transfers of St Helena and the Straits Settlements to the Home Government, and correspondence between the Chief Commissioner (B Reilly), the Government of India, the 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. and the Colonial Office.
Papers dated between 1934-1935 consist of correspondence regarding the pay and allowances of the Aden District and Sessions Judge, following the change from Judicial Assistant, and the assumption of the following additional offices: Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax; Registrar General of Births, Marriages and Deaths; Inspector General of Registration; District Regulator; and Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation.
Papers dated 1935 consist of correspondence between the Acting Chief Commissioner (H Wightwick) and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, regarding the delegation to the Chief Commissioner of powers under Section 86 (4) Part IV of the Civil Procedure Code, allowing him to formally name the chiefs of the Aden Protectorate so that they may be tried in any competent British court should the need arise. Drafts of the schedule are included at folios 2-11.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 file (105 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 105; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- Coll 1/27 'Administration of justice in Aden: regulation to replace Aden Civil and Criminal Justice Act of 1864 and certain amending acts; emoluments of District and Sessions Judges'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:104v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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