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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Section 9

Day of Trial to Be Fixed and Summons to Issue to Jurors. Penalty for Non-attendance

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About this section

Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Section 9 is part of Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 - Day of Trial to Be Fixed and Summons to Issue to Jurors. Penalty for Non-attendance. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

When a jury has been appointed under the last preceding section, the Judge shall fix a day for the trial and shall summon by writing under his hand the persons so appointed, to list as a jury.

If any such person when duly summoned shall, without such excuse as the Judge shall allow to be sufficient, neglect or refuse to attend at the time appointed or to remain in attendance until the trial shall be completed, it shall be lawful for the said Judge to impose upon any such person a fine not exceeding two hundred rupees for every such default; and such fine, if not paid, shall be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the defaulter under a warrant to be issued for that purpose by the Judge.

Such warrant may be transmitted by the Judge to any Presidency Magistrate for the town of Calcutta, and thereupon such Magistrate shall endorse the same and shall cause it to be executed in the same manner as if the warrant had been issued by such Magistrate.

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What does Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Section 9 provide?

Section Section 9 of the Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 (Day of Trial to Be Fixed and Summons to Issue to Jurors. Penalty for Non-attendance) is reproduced on this page as part of the Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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