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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/51896

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Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Preamble1 - Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859
Section1 - Repeal of Acts Xxiv of 1845 and 1 of 1851
Section2 - Trial of Pilots Accused of Breach of Duty
Section3 - Appointment of Judge
Section4 - Appointment of Prosecutor
Section5 - Trial to Be Held Before Judge Arid Jury
Section6 - Lists of Merchants and Plots Liable to Serve on Jury
Section7 - Notice to Prosecutor and Place for Appoint in Jury
Section8 - Appointment of Jury
Section9 - Day of Trial to Be Fixed and Summons to Issue to Jurors. Penalty for Non-attendance
Section10 - Trial How to Proceed Lf Any Jurors Does Not Attend
Section11 - Register of Jurors Who Have Served
Section12 - Repealed
Section13 - Judge May Summon Witnesses to Attend at Certain Time and Place, Examination of Witnesses About to Leave Calcutta
Section14 - Penalty for Witnesses Not Attending or Refusing to Give Evidence
Section15 - Arrest
Section16 - Verdict of Jurors
Section17 - Sentence if Accused Found Guilty
Section18 - No Sentence Final Till Approved by Government
Section19 - If Verdict of Jurors Be Manifestly Contrary to Evidence, or Trial Otherwise Insufficient
Section20 - Power to Make Rotes
Section21 - Commissioners of Part of Calcutta May Pass Orders Upon Charge of Breach of Duty Where Trial Unnecessary
Section22 - Withdrawal of License from Licensed Pilot
Section23 - Act Applicable to Persons in Pilot Service and to Licensed Pilots

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