Lawgist22Copies of the original Deed of Association and of all rules, etc., to be kept for inspection at the office of the Company in Calcutta and in the office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, or the Keeper of the Records of the Supreme Court at Fort William
A copy of the original Deed of Association of the said Company, and of every other instrument registered under the said "Joint Stock Companies' Act, 1856", as constituting the Regulations of the said Company, and a copy of every special resolution of a General Meeting whereby any change shall have been, or at any time shall be made in the Regulations of the said Company, shall be kept at the office of the said Company in Calcutta, and shall there be open to the inspection of all persons during the usual hours of business of the said office; and a copy of such original Deed of Association, and of every other such instrument, and of every special resolution as aforesaid, shall also be deposited by the said Company as soon as it can be done after the passing of this Act, or after the making of any such special resolution hereafter to be made, in the office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, or, if there be no such officer, in the office of the Keeper of the Records of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William1 , and shall there be filed; and an examined copy of any such filed copy as aforesaid, certified by and under the hand of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, or of the Keeper of the Records of the said Supreme Court, shall be good and sufficient evidence of each such original Deed, instrument, or special resolution, in all actions, suits, and proceedings whatsoever, whether civil or criminal, to be had in any Court of Justice or before any Magistrate, or Revenue or other officer, and whether acting judicially or in any proceedings preliminary to a judicial inquiry, throughout the territories of the East India Company
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1. Now High Court at Calcutta.
- 1 Power to break up streets, etc., under superintendence, and to open drains
- 2 Not to enter on private land without consent
- 3 Notice to be served on persons having control, etc., before breaking up streets or opening drains
- 4 Streets or drains not to be broken up except under superintendence of persons having control of the same. If persons having the control, etc., fail to superintend, Company may proceed with the work
- 5 Streets broken up to be reinstated without delay
- 6 Penalty for delay in reinstating streets
- 7 In case of delay, other parties may reinstate, and recover the expenses. Expense how to be ascertained and recovered
- 8 Power to enter buildings for ascertaining quantity of gas consumed
- 9 Recovery of rent due for gas
- 10 Power to take away pipes when supply of gas discontinued
- 11 Meters not liable to distress for rent, etc
- 12 Penalty for fraudulently using gas
- 13 Penalty for wilfully damaging pipes
- 14 Satisfaction for accidentally damaging pipes
- 15 Penalty for causing water to be corrupted. Daily penalty during the continuance of the offence
- 16 Daily penalty during escape of Gas after notice
- 17 Penalty if water be fouled by Gas
- 18 Power to examine Gas-pipes to ascertain cause of water being fouled
- 19 Expenses to abide result of examination
- 20 How expenses to be ascertained
- 21 Liability to indictments for nuisance
- 22 Copies of the original Deed of Association and of all rules, etc., to be kept for inspection at the office of the Company in Calcutta and in the office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, or the Keeper of the Records of the Supreme Court at Fort William
- 23 Service of process
- 24 Recovery of penalties, etc
- 25 Levy by distress
- 26 No distress unlawful for want of form, etc
- 27 Interpretatio
