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'British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States' [‎44r] (92/246)

The record is made up of 1 volume (119 folios). It was created in 1914. 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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71
VI.—Orders relating to Courts.
No. 1431-L, dated the 27th April 7895.—Printed in Appendix XIII.
Execusion of capital
sentences in British
India.
No. 1863-1. A, dated the 13th May 7904.—Printed in Appendix IV.
No. 853-1. B, dated the 16th April 7975.—Printed in Appendix IV.
No. 2616-1., dated the 6th August 1890. \ _ p • + _j
No. 132, dated the 27th June 1873. J
in Appendix IV.
No. 680-1. B, dated the 19th March 7972.—Printed in Appendix IV.
Bo. 132, dated the 27th June 7875.—Printed in Appendix IV.
Cnmiual law and
procedure of British
India applicable to
British subjects in
Native States.
High Court at
Bombay to exercise
jurisdiction over
European British
subjects.
Justices of the Peace
to commit to the High
Court at Bombay or
to the Sessions Court,
Ahmedabad.
Justices of the Peace
invested with power
of Magistrates of the
first class and to hold
inquests.
Appointments of
Justices of the Peace.
No. 780-1. B., dated the 9tJi April 7975—Whereas the Governor
General in Council has full and exclusive power and jurisdiction of every kind
over the lands lying within the States specified in the second column of the
schedule hereto annexed which are, or may hereafter be, occupied by the
Railways specified in the first column of the said schedule (including the lands
occupied by stations, by out-buildings and for other railway purposes), and
over all persons and things whatsoever within the said lands :
In exercise of the powers conferred by the Indian (Foreign Jurisdiction)
Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 190 2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf,
the Governor General in Council is pleased to provide as follows for the
administration of justice within the said lands.
Constitution of Civil
and Criminal Courts
except for the trial
of European British
subjects or persons
jointly charged with
such subjects, for the
Railways in
Kathiawar over
which there is full
cession of jurisdic
tion. 1
Part I.—Criminal Jurisdiction.
For the purposes of criminal jurisdiction, except in proceedings against
European British subjects and persons jointly charged with European British
subjects, the following arrangements shall be made, namely :—
Within the lands occupied by the Railways, as aforesaid, the officers
mentioned in the corresponding entries in the third, fourth, fifth
1 See footnote 3 on p. 3, supra.

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The volume is British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States. Originally compiled by John Molesworth Macpherson, Secretary of the Government of India, Legislative Department, it was revised and continued up to 15 August 1899 by A Williams, for the Second Edition, and up to 19 April 1913 by Oswald Vivian Bosanquet, for this Third Edition. The volume was printed by Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta, 1914.

The volume lists all laws relating to railways enacted by either the British Legislature or the British Indian Executive Government and in force in the Native States of India. The volume begins with three prefaces to each of the three editions, with notes on arrangements and definitions of terms.

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1 volume (119 folios)
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The volume is divided into two parts, each covering different types of acts. Each part is then arranged by geographical division: Eastern, Northern, North-Western, Western, North Central, South Central, and Southern. A breakdown of which railway lines are included in which division is found at the beginning of Part 1 (folios 9-11).

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