Act Number: 19

Act Name: The Joint-stock Companies Act, 1857

Year: 1857

Enactment Date: 1857-07-10

Long Title: An Act to make better provision for the order and good government of the Suburbs of Calcutta and of the station of Howrah.

Ministry: Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Department:

Section LVI: Adjudication of offences and recovery of penalties.
    All offence under this Act, made punishable by any penalty, may be prosecuted summarily before a Magistrate or any person exercising the powers of a Magistrate. The provision of Act XIII of 1856, relating to the adjudication of fines and penalties and the enforcing payment thereof, shall apply to penalties imposed under this Act in the Towns of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, and the Settlement of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca.
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