Section XLVIII. In every case in which any person shall be given-in

XLVIII. In every case in which any person shall be given-in `a` Amends may be award- charge to a Constable, or in which 'ny information or ed for false or malicious ctsrges. complaint of any offence shall be laid or made before ACT No. X , any Justice of the Peace, and it shall appear to the Justice by whom the case shall be heard that there was no sufficient ground for making the charge, it shall be lawful for such Justice, at his discretion, to award such amends, not more than the sum of fifty rupees, to be paid by the informer to the party informed or complained against, for his 108s of time and exDenses in the matter, as to the Justice shall seem meet. `L` I Z A -