Preamble. Power to make qua ranting rules. Quarantine rules to be deemed rules under section 271 of Penal Code. A. D. 1870. ACT I. AN ACT to provide Rules relating to Quarantine. WHEREAS it is expedient to empower expressly the Gover- I. It shall be lawful for the Governor General of India in Council and (with the previous sanction of the said Governor General in Council) for the local Governments respectively, from time to time, to make rules for putting any vessel into a state of quarantine ; for regulating the intercourse of vessels in a state of quarantine with the shore, or with other vessels; and for regulating the intercourse between ports where an infectious disease prevails and other ports. II. All such rules shall be published in the Gazette of India and also in the local gazette, and shall thereupon be deemed to be rules made and promulgated under Section 271 of the Indian Penal Code. Preamble. A. D. 1870. ACT VIII. AN ACT for the prevention of the Murder of Female Infants. Passed on the 18th March 1870. WHEREAS the murder of female infants is believed to be commonly committed in certain parts of British India; and whereas it is necessary to make better provision for the prevention of the said offence; it is hereby enacted as follows:I. If it shall appear to the local Government that the said dis offence is commonly committed in any district, or by any class, or family, or persons residing therein, the local Government may, with the previous sanction of the Governor Power to take mea General of India in Council, declare, by notification published in the official gazette, and in such other manner as the local Government shall direct, that measures for the prevention of such offence shall be taken under this Act in such district, or in respect of such class, or family, or persons. The notification shall define the limits of such district, or shall specify the class, or family, or persons to whom such notification is to be deemed to apply. II. When such notification shall have been published Power to make rules.' as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the local Government, Subject to the provisions of Section 3, from time to time. to make rules consistent with this Act, for all or any of the following purposes: (1.) For making and maintaining registers of births, marriages, and deaths occurring in such district, or in or among the class, family, or persons to whom such notification has been made applicable; and for making, from time to time, a census of such persons or of any other. persons residing within such district : (2.) For the entertainment of any police force in excess of the ordinary fixed establishment of police, or for the entertainment of any officers or servants for the purpose of preventing or detecting the murder of female infants in such district, or in or among such class, family, or persons, or for carrying out any of the provisions of this Act: (3.) For prescribing how and by whom information shall be given to the proper officers of all births, marriages, and deaths occurring or about to occur in such district, or in or among such class, family, or persons: (4.) For the regulation and limitation of expenses incurred by any person to whom such notification applies on account of the celebration of marriage or of any ceremony or custom connected therewith: (5.) For regulating the manner in which all or any of the expenses incurred in carrying into effect rules made under this section shall be recovered from all or any of the inhabitants of such district, or from the persons to whom such notification is applicable: Confirmation publication rules. Punishment breach of rules. and of for Saving of prosecu~ tions under other laws. Power to place neg lected child ren (6.) For defining the duties of any officer or servant appointed to carry out any rule made under this section. III. No rule or alteration made under Section 2 shall take effect until it shall have been confirmed by the Governor General of India in Council and published in the Gazette of India and also in the local gazette. Copies of every such rule shall be affixed in such places and shall be distributed in such manner as the local Government may direct. IV. Whoever disobeys any such rule shall, on conviction before any officer exercising the powers of a magistrate, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. V. Nothing in this Act, or in any rule made and published as aforesaid, shall prevent any person from being prosecuted and punished under any other law for any offence punishable under this Act: provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same offence. VI. If it appears to the magistrate of the district that under supervision. any person to whom the. notification mentioned in Section 1 applies, neglects to make proper provision for the maintenance of any female child for whose maintenance he is legally responsible, and that the life or health of such child is thereby endangered, such magistrate may, in his discretion, place the child under such supervision as he may think proper, and shall, if necessary, remove the child from the custody of such person. The magistrate of the district may order him to make a monthly allowance for the maintenance of the child at such monthly rate not exceeding fifty rupees as to such magistrate shall seem reasonable, and if such person wilfully neglects to comply with such order, such magistrate may, for every breach of the order, by warrant direct the amount due to be levied in manner provided by Section 61 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Nothing in this section shall affect the powers of magistrates under Section 316 of the same code. VII. This Act shall, in the first instance, extend only to Extent of Act. the North-Western Provinces, to the Punjáb, and to Oudb; but the Governor General of India in Council may by order extend it to any part of the territories (other than Oudh) under the immediate administration of the Government of India; and the Governor of Madras in Council, the Governor of Bombay in Council, and the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, may severally by order extend it to any part of the territories under their respective governments. Every order under this section made by the Governor General of India in Council shall be published in the Gazette of India. Every other order made under this section. shall be published in the local official gazette. A. D. 1870. ACT XXII. AN ACT to confirm certain Laws affecting European Passed on the 30th August 1870. WHEREAS the Governors of the Presidencies of Fort St. George and Bombay in Council, and the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal in Council, have severally passed divers Acts purporting to apply generally to all persons within the local extent of the said Acts; and whereas doubts have been raised as to the validity of such Acts in so far as they effect. to render European British subjects liable to be convicted and punished by tribunals other than the high courts of judicature at Fort William, Madras and Bombay; and whereas doubts have also been raised as to the application to European British subjects of certain Acts of the Governor General in Council; for the purpose of removing such doubts, it is hereby enacted as follows: I. Every such Act passed by the Governor of the Presidency of Madras in Council, or by the Governor of the Presidency of Bombay in Council, or by the LieutenantGovernor of Bengal in Council, shall, so far as regards the liability of European British subjects to be convicted and Confirmation of local Acts so far as regards European British subjects. Acts conferring sum. mary jurisdiction over offences to ap punished thereunder, be and be deemed to have been as valid as if it had been passed by the Governor General of India in Council at a meeting for the purpose of making laws and regulations. II. Unless there be something repugnant in the context, all Acts heretofore or hereafter passed by the Governor ply to European General in Council, which confer summary jurisdiction over British subjects. offences, shall be deemed to apply to European British sub jects, although such persons be not expressly referred to therein. Amendment of Act III. Act No. XVIII of 1859 (to amend the law relating No. XVIll. of 1859, Sections 1, 2 to offences declared to be punishable on conviction before a Magistrate) shall be construed as if, in Sections 1, 2 and and 4. Saving of limits of magistrates' or 4, after the word heretofore' the words or hereafter' were inserted. IV. Nothing in this Act shall be taken to authorize a dinary jurisdiction. magistrate to exceed the limits of his ordinary jurisdiction as to the amount of punishment which he may inflict, or to confer jurisdiction on any magistrate not being a justice of the peace. Indemnity-clause. Preamble. Liability for act done V. All magistrates and other persons are hereby indemnified for anything done before the passing of this Aot which might lawfully have been done if this Act had been then in force; and no suit or other proceeding shall be maintained against auy such magistrate or other person in respect of anything so done. A. D. 1870. ACT XXVII. AN ACT to amend the Indian Penal Code. Passed on the 25th November 1870. For the purpose of amending the Indian Penal Code; it is hereby enacted as follows: I. For Section 34 of the said code, the following section shall be substituted : "34. When a criminal act is done by several persons in in furtherance of furtherance of the common intention of all, each of such by several persons |