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MANUAL OP THE KILAGIRI DISTEICT. 



C HAP. XVI. trates. His territorial jurisdiction is as follows : Local limits 



Cr iminal and included in the tracts known as Segur, Kiindas, Todandd (except- 



Civir, 



Justice, &c. 



Honorary 

 Magistrate. 



ing the Ouchterlony Valley, the Ossington Estate, and the 

 GovernmeTit plantations at Neduwattam), and so much of Ootaca- 

 mand as lies within the Todanad. 



The Joint Magistrate of Wellington, who possesses full magis- 

 terial powers, is also Magistrate of the Military Cantonment 

 at that station. His territorial jurisdiction is as follows : the 

 local limits included in the tracts known as Peranganad and 

 Mekanad, excepting such portion of the latter as lies within the 

 settlement of Ootacamand. He also presides occasionally at the 

 sessions of the benches of Honorary Magistrates at Kotagii'i. 



The Sub-Magistrates of Coonoor and the South-East Waindd 

 possess second-class powers only. The territorial jurisdiction of 

 the Sub-Magistrate of Gudalur comprises the local limits included 

 in the three amshoms (Cheramkod, Munnandd and Nambalakod) 

 of South-East Waindd, the Ouchterlony Valley, the Government- 

 plantations at Neduwattam and the Ossington Estate. 



The territorial jurisdiction of the Coonoor Sub-Magistrate is 

 conterminous with that of the Joint Magistrate of Wellington. 



The bench of Magistrates at Ootacamand was constituted in 

 1875 under the orders of Government, dated 16th February 1875, 

 No. 378, Judicial Department. The bench, however, at present 

 rarely meets. The bench has first-class powers, with power to 

 try summarily all offences mentioned in Section 222, Criminal 

 Procedure Code. The benches of Magistrates in the South-East 

 Wainad and Kotagiri were constituted under the orders of 

 Government, dated 26th April 1878, No. 876. They consist of 

 planters, and were especially constituted to aid the State in 

 dealing more speedily and effectively with breaches of labor 

 contracts and other offences which more or less impede or 

 obstruct the progress of the planting industry. Their powers are 

 as follows : First-class magisterial powers, provided that the 

 Honorary Magistrate is a member of the bench and takes part 

 in the proceedings, and power, under Section 224 of the Criminal 

 Procedure Code, to try summarily all the offences mentioned 

 in Section 222 of the said Code, when the bench is presided over 

 by a Magistrate of the first class- 



From the retm-ns of 1878 it appears that the following work 

 each of the Mao^isterial Courts above 



if operations, was performed by 

 described : — 



