Section I. This Act may be called

I. This Act may be called c c The Rural Police ( N o ~ h - Short title. Western Provinces) Act." 2, Act No. I1 of 1865 (to provide fog* the maintearnee `of` the R w a l Police h. the ters~itories under Ihe gover~melzt `of` the Lieuten- Repeal of Acts. amt Governor of the North- Fkestem Provinces w d elsewhe?*e) and Act No. I1 of 1866 (to mnerzd Act NO. `I . of` 1865/, are hereby repealed. `3.` This Act extends to every District in which Act No. I1 Extent of Act. of 1865 was in force immediately before the passing hereof. 11.---TAXES. I 4. Three kincls of taxes sha.1.l. be 1cvi~bI.c ~ ~ n d c r this Act (that is to say), Taxes leviable under[I.", ][a ][13ouse Tax. ][; ] [2", ][a,a ][Estate ][-Tax ][; ][:tud. ] [3", ][a ][Tax ][on ] this hct. I\T-uAfi.dArs, Sub~.])~op;:ict.or:; aiicl Nn.~r6~rt6d.h,1~s, -1 ,". . fj'z;. < -,. ~. i~ ~ . ' ' -%v `,b` ACT No. `III OF` 1869. `2'4` 1."-The House Tox. 5. The proprietor of every M U B ~ ~ , Nazrhd or other estate situate in any Power to assess[~istrict to which this Act applic(i shall have power ][to ][assess ] house-tax. and 'collect in each year from the occupant of every house on such estate, a sum not exceeding one rupee. The Collector of the District shall have power to determine what shall, for the purposes of this section, be held to Be a house. 6. All sums assessed under section five shall be payable in advance for Time of paying the revenue year next after the assessment, at the time -when house-tar;. the &st instalment of rents is ordinarily payable in that year for lands comprised in or adjacent to such estate. - Recovery of housc- 7. All sums so assessed shall be recoverable as if they tax. were rent of land : Provided that no person shall he liable to be ejected from any house in his occupation for non-payment of any such sum. - , `8.`[Any person assessed under section five, and unable to pay the amount ] Petition as-[of the assessment, may present a petition on unstamped ] sessment. paper to 'the Collector of the District, andsuch Collector - . may, if he thinks fit, remit wholly or in part the said assessment. , All complaints of illegal collection under seotion five shall be cognizable ' . Complaints of illegal[by the Collgctors of Land Revenue ][; ][and the provisions 'con- ] collection. tained in Act No. X of 1859 (to m e n d the Luw reluting to ' the recovery of relzt h the p~esideacy of Bengul), section twenty-three, as to institution, trial and appeal, shall apply to complaints under this section. - 2.'-The Zstute Tux. `9.`[If, in any year, any such proprietor fails altogether to ,assess the suin ] power to Collector mentioned in section five, or assesses under section five a `to'asscss` estate of pro. prietor failing t o melie[sum which, in the opinion of the Collector of the District ] sufficient assessnlenL.. wherein the proprietor's estate is situate, is inadequate, it sbail be lawful for such Collector to assess ul3on snch esta,te sum payable ycs~ly 1,y the psolj?;ic-':ui. l!lercof for the ti11.1~ beiag, a,nd not e:i~e~cli~ig in any ACT No. `ITI` OF 1869. year the amount which might have been assessed in the same year under the same section on the occupants of the houses in such estate, less ten per centum. `iO.` If, shall be iawfui for f,he Coiiectol., or for aiiy oacei; making a settlePower to assess ment of land-revenue, to assess upon any MufLfi, h'azr&n&, estates. or other estate situate in any District to which this Act applies, a sum to be paid yearly by the proprietor thereof for the time being not exceeding the aggregate amount of the sums payable in respect of such estate or by the occupants of the houses thereon under sections five and nine, less ten per centum. Such assessment shall be in addition to the municipal cess or percentage (if any) levied for the maintenance of rural police on the land-revenue payable in respect of such estate. 11. The sum assessable under section t,en may froh1 time to time, with the Alteration of assess-[sanction of the Local Government, be altered by the Col- ] ment. lector or officer aforesaid. 3".-The Tux 0% Mdfiddrs, Sub-propietors, and Naxrdndddrs. 12. Besides the assessments made under section ten, it shall be lawful for Power to levy cess[the Collector or for any such officer as aforesaid, to levy ] `[in ]` On subprp rietors and NazrBthe case of any MuAfi or EazrhA estate upon the NuAfidhrs, nafi.rs. or (where a sub-settlement has been made) on the Subproprietors, or on the Nazriin&dArs, a municipal cess on the estimated jama at the same rate as the estate would have been charged with, had it not been held under a Muhfi or EazrAnA title. `13.` The Local Government may from time to time prescribe, by notification in the official Gazette, by what instalments and at what Mode and time of paying assessments. times the assessments payable under sections ten ancl twelve shall be paid, and dl sums a,ssessed unc1c.r cither bf those sections shall be recoverable as if they were arrears of revenue. OF TAXES. 111.-APIIJ~ICATION OF P4. Subjcct to the orclers of thc Local Go~rer:1.nment, d l taxes levied ~~ncler t,l\is Act in any Ilistrict shdl, in the first instance, be applied App!ication of tases ILnc2el. tllip to t>llc ~ I ~ ~ ~ I I ~ C ~ I ~ L I ~ C C . . of * t11v -\-illage police ill snc:ll I)isf.~.ict, .. . aa.lil `{'j:` f j l ~ ; 1 Ypqjo>;z 0.c '[,k!.[~ $ i ~ ( . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ( ) l ~ ~ ' ] : ~ ; ~ i ~ ) ~ ~ . y ~ : ~ ~ ) ( : ( : ' `,$]L:{` 1 i I C : I C : ( ~ ~ ; ~ ; ~ l ~ ~ ~ , ( ~ `-A` 1 I `i r` i , ( : W'" `y.` ACT No. III `OF` 1869. 26 to include their wages, the price of all necessaries and accoutrements supplied to them, rewards and other incidental e9penses. . s ~ p i u s (if anyj may be applied by the Local Government, at its 6seretion, to the sanitapy improvement of the District, or to any other useful purpose thereh. 15,[Accounts of the taxes levied under this Act and of the application ] thereof shall be kept by such persons and in such form, and Accounts to be kept. shall be furnished at such times and to such officers as the Local Governinent shall, by rules to be published `in` the official Gazette, from time to time, prescribe. Accounts to be open 316. Such accounts shall be open to public inspection to public. at all reasonable times without the payment of any fee. 17,[Any proprietor failing to comply with any rule made under section ] Failure to keep or[fifteen, shall be liable, on conviction before a Magistrate, to ] furnish accounts. a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees, and every such fine shall when recovered be applied for the purposes of this Act in the District where it is imposed. , 18.[Every person authorized to nominate a person to the office of village ] Nominatioll of vil. watchinan shall, within fifteen days after the occurrence of lage watchmen. a vacancy ill the office, noininate a proper person to the vacant post, and communicate the nomination to the Magistrate of the District. The person so nominated shall, after due enquiry into his age, character Appointmeut or re-[and ability, ][. ][be appointeci or rejected by such Magistrate at ] jectioll of nominee. his discretion, or by some officer authorized by him in that behalf. lg.[111 ][clcfault, of such nomination within the said fift,een cia,ys, the Magis- ] tyate of the Dist~ict shall appoiut such ~APSOII. R.R 118 thi~lks fit I~ailure to appoint. to the vacancy. . - - . - - .If tilt: nomi~lat,i.on I-tas l)c:c~l ~na.cle ~vit~lli~l tJ~e srlitl fift,ce~-r claysj 1)nt- tl~c: ACT No. T I 1 OF 1869'. 2 9 village watchman shall, within fifteen days from thc date of such rejection, nominate another person to the vacant post ; and in default of such nomination, or if such uon~iwation has been made but the nominee is rejected, the Magistrate of the District shall appoint such person as he thinks fit to the vacancy. `20.`[Any village watchman appointed under this Act shall be liable to ] Duties of village[perform within the limits of his village, and in addition to his ] watchmen. other duties, all or any of the duties imposed CC)I? Pc!ize ijiiicers by Act No. V of 1861 (for the vegzclation of Police) ; and for any neglect or disobedience in his official callacity, he shall be liable to the penalties which he would have incurred had he been a Police officer subject to the provisions of that Act and guilty of neglect or disobedience as the case nGght be. 21. Thc Local Government may, from time to t h e , make rules, consistent Power to make with this Act, for the guidance of officers `in` all matters conrules. nected with its enforcement. All such rules shall be published in the local official Gazette.. 22.[The Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces and the ] Po-iver to extend[Lieutenant Govcrnor of the PanjAb may respectively, by ] ~ o t . notification in the local Gazette, extend this Act to any part of the territories for the time being under their respective gover&nts and the Governor General of India in Council may, by notification in the Gazette of India, extend this Act to any province for the time being under the immediate administration of the Government of India : ; Provided that this Act shall have no operation in any village to which Act No. XX of 1856 (to make bette~ pmaovision for the qpohtment and mfihtenmce of Police Chmkiddrs h cities, towns, stations, wbwrbs m d bdzdrs h the Presidemy of B r t Titlimz in, Beagfiv, or Act No. VI of 1868 (to make 6etter provisiorn for the qpohtnzemt of Mmicipal Comnmittees in, the North- TPcstern P ~ o v - dnces, m d for othe~ pzcrposesj, or any other special municipal law shall have been extended, so long as such Act or law continues in force in such village. 23.[Prom the date of any such extension of this Act, so much of any rule ] Repeal of inconsist.[having the forcc of law in operation in the tei~ito~ies ] to wliicli ent rules. the extension is liiade as is inconsisteiit vit1i any lwoyision of this Act, shall ceasc to have eirect thcrein, e