Section LVI
Adjudication of offences and recovery of penalties.
The Joint-stock Companies Act, 1857
About this Act
An Act to make better provision for the order and good government of the Suburbs of Calcutta and of the station of Howrah.
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.