Part III.-Regulations of the Bengal Code in force in Assam.

I For enacting into a Re- The Bengal Permanent Settlement Regulagulation certain Arti

cles of a Proclamation
bearing date the 22nd
March 1793.

tion, 1793.

II For abolishing the Courts The Bengal Land-revenue Regulation, 1793.
of Mál Adálat or Rev-
enue Courts and trans-
ferring the trial of the
suits which were cogni-
zable in those Courts
to the Courts of De-
wání Adálat; and pre-
scribing Rules for the
conduct of the Board
of Revenue and the
Collectors.

VIII For re-enacting, with mo- The Bengal Decennial Settlement Regulation,

difications and amend

ments, the rules for the
Decennial Settlement
of the public revenue
payable from the lands
of the zamindárs, inde-
pendent taluqdars and
other actual proprie
tors of land, in Bengal,
Behar, and Orissa,
passed for those prov-
inces respectively on
the 18th September,
1789; the 25th Nov-
ember, 1789; and the
10th February, 1790,
and subsequent dates.

1793.

XI For removing certain re- The Bengal Inheritance Regulation, 1793.

strictions to the opera

tion of the Hindu and
Muhammadan

laws

with regard to the in-
heritance of landed pro-
perty subject to the
payment of revenue
to Government.

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1793 XXXVIII

1799

1800

1804

For re-enacting, with
modifications, such part
of the rule passed on
the 27th June, 1787, as
prohibits Covenanted
Civil Servants of the
Company employed in
the administration of
justice or the collection
of the public revenue
lending money to za-
mindárs, independent
taluqdars or other ac-
tual proprietors of land,
or dependent taluqdars
or farmers of landhold-
ing farms immediately
of Government, or the
under-farmers or raiats
of the several descrip-
tions of proprietors and
farmers of land above
mentioned, or their re-
spective sureties.

The Indian Civil Service (Bengal) Loans Prohibition Regulation, 1793.

V To limit the interference The Bengal Wills and Intestacy Regulation,

of the Zila Court of
Diwání Adálat in the
execution of wills and
administration to the
estates of persons dying
intestate.

1799.

X For preventing the divi- The Bengal,Inheritance Regulation, 1800. sion of landed estates in

the Jangal Mahals of

the Zila of Midnapore

and other Districts.

X For declaring the powers The Bengal State Offences Regulation, 1804.

of the Governor Gene

ral in Council to pro-
vide for the immediate
punishment of certain
offences against the
State by the sentence
of Courts-martial.

1806

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1812

1818

1819

1820

XI For facilitating the pro-
gress of detachments of
troops through the Com-
pany's territories, for
affording any requisite
assistance to persons
travelling through those
territories.

The Bengal Troops Transport and Travellers
Assistance Regulation, 1806.

To empower the Gover- The Bengal Foreign Immigrants Regulation, nor General in Council

to order the removal of
emigrants from foreign
countries, and their de-
scendants, from any
place in the vicinity
of the frontier of the
State from which they
may have emigrated;
and, in certain cases,
to place and detain any
such persons in safe
custody; and likewise
to provide for the trial
of emigrants and their
descendants who may
excite disturbances in
the countries from
which they may have
emigrated, and of
persons aiding them in
the prosecution of such
attempts.

1812.

III For the confinement of The Bengal State Prisoners Regulation, 1818.
State Prisoners.

VIII To declare the validity of The Bengal Patni Taluqs Regulation, 1819. certain tenures, and to

define the relative
rights of zamindars and
patni taluqdars; also to
establish a process for
the sale of such taluqs
in satisfaction of the
zamindár's demand of
rent.

I For providing that all The Bengal Patni Taluqs Regulation, 182 0. sales of certain taluqs

made answerable by sale

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for arrears by the za-
mindar's rent shall be
conducted in the mode
provided by Regulation
VIII, 1819, for the
sales therein described.

VII For prohibiting loans by
Covenanted Civil Ser-
vants from persons sub-
ject to their official au-
thority and influence.

VI For rendering more effec-
tual the rules in force
relative to supplies and
preparations for troops
proceeding through the
British territories.

XI For declaring the rules
to be observed in deter-
mining claims to lands
gained by alluvion, or
by dereliction of a river
or the sea.

III For modifying

and

amending the rules in
force relative to the law
officers and ministerial
native officers of the
Courts of Judicature,
who may be guilty of
corruption or extortion.

The Indian Civil Service (Bengal) Loans Prohibition Regulation, 1823.

The Bengal Troops Transport Regulation, 1825.

The Bengal Alluvion and Diluvion Regulation, 1825.

The Bengal Corruption and Extortion Regulation, 1827.

V For modifying the rules The Bengal Attached Estates Management

at present in force for

the management of
estates under attach-
ments by orders of the

Courts of Justice in
certain cases.

Regulation, 1827.

XVII For declaring the prac- The Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829.

tice of Sati or of burn

ing or burying alive the
widows of Hindus ille-
gal and punishable by
the Criminal Courts.

XXVI of 1881.

(Secs. 1-3.)

ACT No. VI OF 1897.1

[4th March, 1897.]

An Act to amend the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.2

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881;"

It is hereby enacted as follows:

1. (1) This Act may be called the Negotiable Instruments Act Amend- Short title ment Act, 1897; and

(2) It shall come into force at once.

and commencement.

2. To section 72 of the said Act the following words shall be prefixed, Amendment namely, "Subject to the provisions of section 84".

of section 72,
Act XXVI
of 1881.

3. For section 84 of the said Act the following section shall be substituted, Substitution namely:

of new section for section 84, Act

XXVI of

1881.

"84. (1) Where a cheque is not presented for payment within a reasonable When cheque time of its issue, and the drawer or person on whose account it is drawn had not duly presented the right, at the time when presentment ought to have been made, as between and drawer damaged himself and the banker, to have the cheque paid and suffers actual damage thereby. through the delay, he is discharged to the extent of such damage, that is to say, to the extent to which such drawer or person is a creditor of the banker to a larger amount than he would have been if such cheque had been paid.

(2) In determining what is a reasonable time, regard shall be had to the nature of the instrument, the usage of trade and of bankers, and the facts of the particular case.

(3) The holder of the cheque as to which such drawer or person is so discharged shall be a creditor, in lieu of such drawer or person, of such banker to the extent of such discharge and entitled to recover the amount from him."

Illustrations.

(a) A draws a cheque for Rs. 1,000, and, when the cheque ought to be presented, has funds at the bank to meet it The bak fails before the cheque is presented. The drawer is discharged, but the holder can prove against the bank for the amount of the cheque.

(b) A draws a cheque at Umballa on a bank in Calcutta. The bank fails before the cheque could be presented in ordinary course. A is not discharged, for he has not suffered actual damage through any delay in presenting the cheque.

1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1896, Pt. V, p. 36; for Report of the Select Committee, see ibid, 1897, Pt. V, p. 51; and for Proceedings in Council, see ibid, 1896, Pt. VI, pp. 79 and 250, and ibid, 1897, pp. 39 and 54.

As being part of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881), the Act is in force in the whole of Upper Burma (except the Shan States), see the Burma Laws Act, 1898 (XIII of 1898), printed, Burma Code, Ed. 1899.

"Printed, General Acts, Vol. III, Ed. 1898, p. 399.