Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
An Act to extend the provisions of Act No. XII, of 1843.
Whereas it is expedient that every decision, sentence, or final order, made or passed by any Officer of the East India Company acting judicially, together with the reason for the same, should be written in the
Vernacular language of the officer by whom the same is made or passed, and should be signed by him at the time of pronouncing such decision, sentence, or order; it is enacted as follows:
I. Every decision, sentence, or final order, which shall hereafter be made or passed by any Officer of the East India Company acting judicially, together with the reasons for making or passing the same, shall be written in the Vernacular language of such Officer, and shall be dated and signed by such Officer in Court at the time of his making or passing the same, and the original shall be filed with the record or proceedings in the case, and a translation thereof, where the original is recorded in a different language to that in ordinary use in proceedings before such Officer, shall be incorporated in the decree, or record of the decision, sentence, or order.
Source: India Code