APPENDIX
IX
Of Bopâtis and
Pâtehs.
Reports.
Weekly report
of occurrences.
Powers and
duties.
Petitions, or. .
complaints.
Detention of
prisoners.
Mode o f forwarding
them.
Inquest reports,
Bopati’s court.
When and
where to be
held.
Extent of an
thority.
Appeals to
received*
with exemplary punishment, in the casé, of any negligence or corruption being
established against them;.
58. To the Bopâtis, or Heads of Districts, fe consigned the générai snper,intendance
and care of theft respective districts;. But as theso high officers. raust frequently be
required to attend a t the place where the Resident himself lives, that their districts
may not suffer any inconvenience from their absence, they are empowered ta delegate
their full authority, to their- deputies, or Pdtehs,. who shall preside in, their courts, and
issue and receive orders, in: every respect,, like themselves»
59. They shall, every six months, furnish to the.Resident abstract accounts of the
state of cultivation and population within their districts,, according to-forms which will
be. given to them,. and: accompanied with such remarks as may, suggest themselves.
60i On every Monday morning, they shall deliver to the Resident a detailed,statement
of the proceedings of the foregoing week; containing an account of new settlers,
persons emigrated', offences committed, offenders apprehended, and; fti short* of every
thingremarkable.
61. The Heads of Districts shall receive all orders directly’from the Resident,, and
take due measures for carrying them into immediate execution. The Officers, of
Divisions* Meads of Villages, and all other Felice Servants within-tire district,, are,
placed immediately under their controul', and they will most violently watch over the.
conduct of them, reporting instantly to the Resident, every, instance of neg%ppce or
crime that may fall under their observation.
gg. They will be open to receive complaints or petitions, of eyqry description;
reporting and issuing the. necessary orders.on thorn without; delay.,
gg_ In forwarding persons apprehended within their, districts to; the seat of the
Residency, they will be particularly Gareful that the least practicable delay occur;
no prisoner, on. any account, being detained by them, o f theft, ow-n-auftority, fop a
longer space of time than twenty-four hours..
64, In forwarding persons,, papers,, or tneasere, they wiR observe: the- mode
prescribed, in Section. of this Regulation.,
. 65. On the receipt of an inquest report from the Officers, of Diyj(si0jtig>. it. shall be.
submitted to, the Chief Jafaa and P-mghuU of the- disteM for their; OpinSeii j, andvon
this opinion the necessary measures shall be taken..
66. Attbe chief town ®f each district a regularcaiwt shall be established, ijiiwhicb>
the Bopali, or in his absence, the PMeh, shall preside, assisted,. by. the Jâhsa,
Panghulu, and. other law officers appointed..
67. This; court shall be- held; in some open, spot ift the town, iiS least twice:a, week,
or offcener, if necessary.
68. Its authority, shall1, however, he confined; entirely to civil matters ; all cognizance
of criminal: cases, beyond that already allotted to the Officers of Divisions,, being
vested solely in the court where the Resident himself presides.
a 69. In. the Bopâtts. court shall be received appeals from, those ofi the Officers .of
Divisions, on institution of which theappellantashail pay a fee.of one:r,upee.
■w '70. Before
70. Before deciding oh these hanses, the "record of the former trial shall he read, AHKMffilX
and such new evidence taken 'a's may foe produced, i ; ; • " (îbxçjfî .1 :■> i i ‘:' /• aj : I
I '7X. I f fthe former selft^seeS ^ÖvéBWdj the costs which shall hate been kept in
deposit shall be refunded to the appellant, fenfi levied from the -other p atty/ - • •-*.•» té*sea,
'*'72. And' in confirming'ît^^nT^aïficement 'of these costs is left to the discretion sentoce^con*
of the court; provided, however, the whole never fexceo’d fifteen per cent, on the finned,
siim-originatiy-sued for.
78v k second appeal to any hthcr authority shall, -in'ïktóïisfcanee, l%e permitted. - p ^ 8600“0
•" 74; The Bopdt^s' court shallbe-cbmpetent to receive complaints in civil cases, where Extent âè’eiai
the amount' at issue ishot less‘than twenty, nor exceeds fifty rupees.
75. This complaint ‘being filed, 'ajcopÿ óf % shall he sent to the person complained
with an order to answer it at most within a week ; and' on receipt of this answer, cause is ded-
Sotlce shall'be givenen whatd&y ^at ferthest a Week fromthe'tiCB'e ö fth e receipt) the *
«muse will he tried. ' Such. witnesses as < ere necessary -ftilifte summoned; and on the
day -prescribed, the complaint and answer being read, ' end evidence -being taken, the
mBomV BÏiirgivê its decision.
In failure of the complainant’s appearance, 'thefcanse shall be dismissed 5 aM on If 'either of the
d e p a r t of the defendant, if he give not in his anSwer akfecfuifedj, !df appear net Wh&i ftumd.. *°
Summoned, the case shall fee proceeded with, and sentence given evidence.
^-7 7 .'‘The ■ Bôpâti^''6f his Deputy, shall require• the Jâksa and Paftghuhi to assist Jâksa and Paag-
him with' theft advice throughout the trial, and to expound the law Where it Im^not mited° 66 S°n’
Sufficiently deaf. Should their opinions concur with that ôf the FreMèdt etthfe
Court, he shall phss- his -decision, and carry it into exécmtiön Without ftmthef defoy';
‘but when their opinions are at variance with his, he shall, proVioUsly to proBoaeeing
•sentence, refer the case, with the several' -reasons detailed which have influenced each
opinion, to the Resident ; who shall consult with the chief -Jâksa and Panghnlunf the
Residency, and return his orders on the subject. -
78. A fee of one rupee shall be taken from each party, on- giving in the complaint Fees and coat«,
and'atis'vrol; and ten per-cent, on the amount of the sentence shall he leVîëd from the
loser of the suit. The teëè'^-o be divided among the Officers of the'Céüft, and the ‘ ’
costs to be carried to tbe account of Government.
79. All proceedings are to be carefully noted 'down, and preserved as records. Giiè 40 ***
copy to be kept in the archives of the Bopdify and another to be forwarded to the, Resident.
80 An amieal, in causes originating in this court, shall lie to that of the Resident; Appels to the
K j a j a j jÊM i'll hl I M w l i r ' i ~ „ „ Resident, with provided notice of the appeal being intended to be Slade, be givên ni on the day of limitations.
trial, and the appeal itself he wade Within a week after.
v. 81. In this case, the costs shall nevertheless S»e‘ immediately léüed, and held id Cost« to Se de-
deposit tti|'fihe iappeîdhfe-tiefi^iïBÉ<V.I&ffieieîl%eiBUï% 'Shall also bé giWeft för^thé
amount of the-sentence.
82. Moreoveiyonthe first institutidn of all civiî càses, in this and eveSfy other court, Security fdr
good security ttmstbe taken for the amount Of possible bdêîs; hoth from the complainant coste*
and per-son complained of.