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Coroners Act, 1871 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1871

.....order the removal of the body to any place within his jurisdiction which may have been provided for that purpose - Coroners (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1954 (Bom. Act 69 of 1954), S. 4 (15-11-1954). SECTION 19: EVIDENCE TO BE ON OATH. EVIDENCE ON BEHALF OF ACCUSED - All evidence given under this Act shall be on oath, and the Coroner shall be bound to receive evidence on behalf of the party (if any) accused of causing the death of the deceased person. Interpreter. Witnesses unacquainted with the English language shall be examined through the medium of an interpreter, who shall be sworn to interpret truly as well the oath as the questions put to, and the answers given by, the witnesses. Questions suggested by jury. After each witness has been examined, the Coroner shall inquire whether the jury wish any further questions to be put to the witness, and, if the jury wish that any such questions should be put, the Coroner shall put them accordingly. State Amendments Maharashtra: For Section 19, substitute the following: 19. Evidence to be on oath.- (1) All evidence given under this Act, shall except in the case provided in sub-section (2), be on oath and the Coroner shall be.....

Coroners Act, 1871 Chapter III

Title: Duties and Powers of Coroners

State: Central

Year: 1871

.....and give evidence or produce such document on the inquest. Any person disobeying such summons shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 174, section 175 or section 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), as the case may be.] For the purpose of causing prisoners to be brought up to give evidence, the Coroner shall be deemed a Criminal Court within the meaning of {Subs by Act 4 of 1938 for "Act No.XV of 1869 (to provide facilities for obtaining the evidence and appearance of prisoners and for service of process upon them)".} [Part IX {Now see the Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955 (32 of 1955)} of the Prisoners Act, 1900 (3 of 1900)]. Section 18 - Post-mortem examinations.Fees to medical witnesses. The Coroner may direct the performance of a post-mortem examination with or without an analysis of the contents of the stomach or intestines by any medical witness summoned to attend the inquest: and every medical witness, other than the Chemical Examiner to Government, shall be entitled to such reasonable remuneration as the Coroner thinks fit. Section 18A - Report of Chemical Examiner {Ins. by Act 4 of 1908, s.6.} Any document purporting to be.....

The Coroners Act, 1871 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1871

.....is hereby enacted as follows: CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY. SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This act may be called the coroners act, 1871. SECTION 02: (REPEAL OF ENACTMENTS.) Rep act X of 1873. CHAPTER II APPOINTMENT OF CORONERS SECTION 03: CORONERS OF CALCUTTA AND BOMBAY (1) Within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of each of the High Courts of Judicature at Fort William and Bombay there shall be a Coroner. Such Coroners shall be called respectively the Coroner of Calcutta and the Coroner of Bombay. (2) The State Government may, from tune to time direct that there shall be one or more Additional Coroners within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay. Every such Additional Coroner shall be competent to exercise and perform all the powers and duties conferred upon or assigned to the Coroner of Bombay by or under this Actor any other law for the time being in force. SECTION 04: THEIR APPOINTMENT SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL Every such officer shall he appointed and may be suspended or removed by the State Government. SECTION 04A: POWER OF CORONER OF BOMBAY TO DISTRIBUTE WORK BETWEEN HIMSELF AND ADDITIONAL CORONER.....

Coroners Act, 1871 Section 30

Title: Cessation of Jurisdiction as to Treasure Trove, Wrecks, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1871

It shall no longer be the duty of the Coroner to inquire whether any person dying by his own act was or was not felo de se, to inquire of treasure trove or wrecks, to seize any fugitive's goods, to execute process or to exercise as Coroner any jurisdiction not expressly conferred by this Act. Felo de se.-- A felo de se shall not forfeit his goods. Deodands.-- Deodands are hereby abolished.

Cattle Trespass Act, 1871 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1871

.....S. 3(16-4-1950). Vindhya Pradesh is in the State of Madhya Pradesh now -See Act 37 of 1956, S. 9(1)(e); Manipur and Tripura are States now: see Act 81 of 1871. This Act is made applicable to the Merged States by Bombay Act 4 of 1950; M. P. Act 12 of 1950-, Madras Act 35 of 1949; Orissa Act 4 of 1950; and Punjab Act 5 of 1950 [15-10-1962]. The Act has been extended to transferred territories in :- Punjab by Punj. Act 5 of 1957; Madras by Mad. Act 23 of 1960; Andhra Pradesh by A. P. Act 16 of 1959. This Act has now been extended to the Union Territory of Pondicherry: by Reg. 6 of 1963 [w.e.f. 1- 10-1963); of Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands now known as Lakshdweep Islands by Reg. 8 of 1965 (w.e.f. 1-10-67) and to the North-fast Frontier Area (Now known as Arunachal Pradesh under Act 81 of 1971) by Reg. 3 of 1960 (w.e.f. l-11-1960); to the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of l963 (w,e.f. 1-7-1965). CHAPTER 01: PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: TITLE AND EXTENT [(1) This Act may be called The Cattle-Trespass Act, 1871; and (2) It extends to 6[the whole of India except3[the territories which immediately before the 1st November, 1956. were comprised in.....

Cattle Trespass Act,1871 Chapter III

Title: Impounding Cattle

State: Central

Year: 1871

.....delay".] [send them or cause them to be sent within twenty-four hours] to the nearest pound. [Substituted by Act 17 of 1921, Section 2, for the original Section 12 See Section 71 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (17 of 1927) under which the State Government may fix a different scale of fines for cattle impounded under Section 70 of that Act.] Section 12 - Fines for cattle impounded For every head of cattle impounded as aforesaid, the pound-keepers shall levy a fine in accordance with the scale for the time being prescribed by the State Government in this behalf by notification in the Official Gazette.Different scales may be prescribed for different local areas. All fines so levied shall be sent to the Magistrate of the District through such officer as the State Government may direct. [List of fines and charges for feeding.] A list of the fines and of the rates of charge for feeding and watering cattle shall be posted in a conspicuous place on or near to every pound.]

Cattletrespass Act, 1871 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 1871

.....for the words "Provincial Government" and "rupees" respectively by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973). An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Trespasses by Cattle. Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to trespasses by cattle; It is hereby enacted as follows: - CHAPTER I : PRELIMINARY Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided, the words "Government" and "Taka" were substituted, for the words "Provincial Government" and "rupees" respectively by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973. [1. Title and extent (1) This Act may be called the Cattle-trespass Act, 1871; and (2) it extends to ( Sub-section (2) was substituted, for the former sub-section (2) by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973) ) [the whole of the India except ( The word "Pakistan" was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973) ) [the territories which,.....

Coroners Act, 1871 Section 26

Title: Power to Arrest and Commit for Trial

State: Central

Year: 1871

{Subs. by Act 4 of 1908, section.9, for the original section.} The Coroner may also, where the verdict justifies him in so doing, issue his warrant for the apprehension of the person who is found to have caused the death of the deceased person, and send him forthwith to a Magistrate empowered to commit him for trial.]

Cattle Trespass Act,1871 Section 10

Title: Cattle Damaging Land

State: Central

Year: 1871

The cultivator or occupier of any land, (Cattle damaging land.) or any person who has advanced cash for the cultivation of the crop or produce on any land, or the vendee or mortgagee of such crop or produce or any part thereof, may seize or cause to be seized any cattle trespassing on such land, and doing damage thereto or to any crop or produce thereon, and [Substitute by Act 1 of 1891, Section 3, for "take them or cause them to be taken without unnecessary delay".] [send them or cause them to be sent within twenty-four hours] to the pound established for the village in which the land is situate. All officers of police shall, when required, aid in preventing (a) resistance to such seizures and (b) rescues from persons making such seizures.(Police to aid seizures.) [As to the application of Section 11 to forest, see the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (17) of 1927), Section 70; to railways, see the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890) Section 125 (4)]

Cattle Trespass Act,1871 Section 11

Title: Cattle Damaging Public Roads, Canals and Embankments

State: Central

Year: 1871

Persons in charge of public roads, pleasure-grounds, plantations, canals, drainage-works, embankments and the like and officers of police, may seize or cause to be seized any cattle doing damage to such roads, grounds, plantations, canals, drainage-works, embankments and the like, or the sides or slopes of such roads, canals, drainage-works or embankments or found straying thereon, and shall [Substituted by Act 1 of 1891, Section 4, for "take them without unnecessary delay".] [send them or cause them to be sent within twenty-four hours] to the nearest pound. [Substituted by Act 17 of 1921, Section 2, for the original Section 12 See Section 71 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (17 of 1927) under which the State Government may fix a different scale of fines for cattle impounded under Section 70 of that Act.]