CHAPTER XVIII

EXECUTION OF SENTENCES AND ORDERS

Procedure to deal with the cases in which the accused has undergone the 

imprisonment awarded in default of payment of fine

1. Attention of all the Courts is invited to the provisions contained in section 70 ofthe Indian Penal Code read with section 421 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973,and the Rules framed by the Government of Maharashtra under section 421 (2), called“Criminal Procedure Code (Execution of warrants for levy of   Fine and Determination,Claims to Property Attached) Maharashtra Rules, 1977”,  regulating the manner in whichthe   warrants   for   levy   of     fine   issued   are   to   be   executed   and   for   the   summarydetermination of any claims made by any person other than the offender in respect of anyproperty attached in execution of such warrant, etc.(reporduced in Chapter VI of CriminalMannual).

In such cases, it is the duty of the Court under section 421 of the Code of CriminalProcedure, 1973, to find out  whether  there are any special reasons to issue a warrantunder the proviso and to issue the warrant   where there are special reasons. Where thereare special reasons, such as discovery of property within the time specified, it is the dutyof the Court to proceed with the execution proceedings regarding the fine.

Even in the absence of special reasons, under the said section 421, it is the duty ofthe Court to pursue the execution of warrant or warrants issued under the said section,wherever the Court has made an order for the recovery of expenses or compensation outof the fine under section 357 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973. Where there issuch an order, the Court cannot just return the warrant to the Court issuing it, stating thatthe sentence of imprisonment in default of payment of fine has been undergone.

If, all the processes of law issued under the aforesaid provisions prove abortive,and   the   Court   ultimately   comes   to   the   conclusion   that   the   amount   of   fine   is   not

recoverable, the Court may write off the fine from the Fine Register after passing thenecessary orders in that behalf.

2. When an accused, who is sentenced to pay a fine, applies to the Court convictinghim that the amount of fine may be recovered from the amount deposited by him in suchCourt as security, the said Court shall make an order accordingly, and the amount of fineshall be recovered from the amount, if any, deposited as secutiry.

3. When any Court recovers a fine, or any portion thereof, inflicted upon a prisonerwho is already in jail, or who is liable to be further detained in jail in default of paymentof  that fine, such Court  shall   immediately send a communication to  the Jailor of theamount of the fine so recovered in the form given at the end of this chapter.

4. When a Court has committed a person to jail in default of payment of fine, andsuch person is subsequently transferred to another jail, the Superintendent of the formerjail shall at once notify the transfer to the Court.

5. The following rules are framed to provide for the execution of orders of Courts ofappeal, reference, or revision:­

(i) Before signing the warrant, the Judges and Magistrates should see that completeorder  and recommandations,  if  any,  are  incorporated  in  the warrant.  In any case,   thewarrant should not be prepared on the basis of the operative order of the oral judgment.

(ii) All the Courts should give immediate effect to the orders of the Supreme Court onreceipt by them directly from the Supreme Court or on production before them of thecertified   copies   of   the   orders   of   the   Supereme   Court,   without   waiting   for   formalendorsements thereon from the High Court,  though the High Court would, as a matter ofprecaution,   continue   to   send   a   copy   of   the   order   of   the   Supreme   Court   with   itsendorsement thereon to the lower Court, when the same is received from the SupremeCourt,

(iii) When a sentence on a prisoner is reversed, or modified on appeal by a Court otherthan the High Court, a fresh warrant shall be issued by the appellate Court to the Officerin charge of the jail, and its order shall be communicated to the lower Court for record;Provided  that  when the  appellate Court  orders  the re­trial  or committal   for  trial  of aprisoner under section 386 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973, it shall communicate

its order to the Court whose decision has been reversed and that Court shall thereuponmake such orders as are conformable to the judgment or order of the appellate Court.

(iv) When an appeal is dismissed, or a sentence confirmed by an Appellate Court otherthan the High court, an intimation to that effect shall be sent to the Officer in charge ofthe jail by such appellate Court, and its order shall be communicated to the lower Courtfor record.

(v) When a case is decided on apepal, or revised by the High Court,  the Court towhich the High Court certifies its order shall proceed, under the provisions of sectin 388or 405 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973, to issue, when necessary, a fresh warrantor order to the jailor.

(vi) On the rejection by the High Court of an appeal or application for revision from aprisoner in jail being communicated to the Court by which he was convicted, such courtshall at once cause intimation of the decision to be given to the prisoner.

(vii) In cases referred by the Court of Session for the confirmation of a sentence ofdeath by the High Court, the High Court will send a copy of its order to the Court ofSession, which shall then issue a warrant to the Officer in charge of the jail, as providedin section 413 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

(viii) In  all  cases  in  which a  sentence or  order  is  modified  or  reversed, whether  inappeal or revision, a separate warrant should be issued as regards each prisoner whosesentence has been so modified or reversed.

(ix)In all cases, the Superintendent of the jail shall acknowledge, by letter, the receipt ofany warrant, or order, or intimation, and shall inform the prisoner of the result of hisappeal or application; a  report whereof shall  also be made by him in his  letter ofacknowledgeme

x) In all cases in which a fresh warrant has been issued whether in appeal or revision, thewarrant should be returned to the court issueing it when it has been fully executed.

xi)When the High Court either (1) sentences on appeal a person who has been acquitedby subordinate court, or (2) passes in revision a sentence involving re­improsonmentof a person who has already completed the terms of improsonment awareded by aSubnordinate court; (a) if the accused person appears, the high court will immediately

upon passing sentence of improsonment order the arrest of the convict, and a warrantwill be issued in the usual form, either to the keeper of the common jail in Bombay; orto   the   Officer   in   charge   of   same   District   Judge   (generally   that   of   Thane);   andimmediate orders will thereopens be issued to the Sheriff fot the conveyance of theconvict to the place of improsonment, (b) if accused person does not appear; the HighCourts   order   will   be   sent   to   the   Court   by   which   the   trial   was   held,   and   it  willthereopens be the duty of such court to carry into effct the sentence or order of theHigh Court, in the same manner as if such sentence or order has been passed by itself.

xii)In  cases were an Appellate courts  has  ordered a   file  inflicted by a  Court  of   firstinstance to be refunded, the appellate court should forthwith certify its orders to theCourt of first instance, and the Court of first instance should, on receipt of AppellateCourts order for such refund of the fine, immediately prepare a refund order if the finehas been levied, and deliver it to payee, whether he applies for it or not.  The Court offirst instance should at the same time accertain from the payee at what treasury or sub­treasury he desires the refund to be made, and at once directs the Officers incharge ofsuch tresury or sub­treasury to make th;e refund and inform the appellant of havingdone so.  The Courts should invariably prepre at advice in the form given below andforwarded it   to the Officer  in charge of  the treasury or  the sub­tressury concernedindependentely (i.e. Separately by post or otherwise, but not attached to or enclosedwith the refund order or refund bill) to enable the said Officer to verify the amountreceipted by the payee on the refund order.

The officer in charge of the treasury or sub­treasury should, on presentation of therefund order by the payee and on receipt of the advice from the court make the refundupon demand of the payee, as soon as he has furnished satisfactory proof of his identiywithout   requiring  the payee  to   furnish and official  or  certified copy of   the appellateCourts order or Judgment or any other documents besides his bare application.

                                               {  FORM BTR ­38­A on page 204}

6. The provisions of paragraph 5 shall ,in so far as they relate to the enforcementof orders passed by the High Court in its appellate or revisional jurisdiction , apply to orders passed by the Supreme Court in exercise of its appellate jurisdiction.

7. (1) The Jailor is the officer in charge of the Jail to whom the warrants for the execution of capital sentences should be addressed by the Sessions Courts.(2) Every execution of such sentence shall be attended by an Executive Magistrate deputed by the District Magistrate and the Officer so attending shall countersign the return of executior to be sent to the Court of Session.

8.  Or the recipt from the High Court of the order of capital sentence, the Court of Session shall direct in the warrant addressed to the Jailor that the execution shall not be carried out until the day therein named. Such date shall not be earlier than 70 days and ordinarily not later than 80 days from the date of receipt of the order of the High Court.

9.1)When a sentence of death has to be carried into execution ,the Sessions Judgeshall make arrangements to secure the attendance thereat of an Executive Magistrate deputed by the District Magistrate, as specified in the foregoing paragraph 7, and in the warrant which the Sessions Court issues to the Jailor ,he shall be directed to carry out the execution in the presence of an Executive Magistrate.

(2)When sending a warrant for execution to the Jailor ,the Sessions Judge shallat the same time inform the Superintendent of the Jail of his having done so.

      J 4641­14 

                                                  (FORM BTR­38­A)

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words)                                                                                                                     ional                                                                                                                     Court.  1             2              3                 4                   5                6           7             8          910

                                                                                                                                  (i)                                                                                           (i)(ii)                                                                                          (ii)(iii)                                                                                         (iii)(iv)                                                                                         (iv)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Notes­ (1) Against (i),(ii),(iii) etc. in columns 3 and 9 show the names of the accusedpersons                 concerned and in columns 4 ,5 and 10 the amount of fine imposed ,recoveredand                             to be refunded respectively against the persons concerned maintaining thesame                  serial order in columns 3 and 9 in regard to the accused persons.

(2)This pro forma should be forwarded to the Treasury Officer independently (i.e.Separately by post or otherwise ,but not attached to or enclosed with the refundbill.)

                                                                                     Signature of the Magistrate or theJudge   (Vide High Court Notification No. P.2120/68,dated the 1st  July 1969, published in theMaharashtra Government Gazette,part IV­C at pages 710 and 711).

                                                          Mercy Petitions10.The following instructions regarding procedure to be observed by the States

 for dealing with petitions for mercy from or on behalf of convicts under sentence of death and with appeals to Supreme Court and applications for special leave to appeal to that Court by such convicts are reproduced for convenience of reference:­­

                                                           PART   A                                                     A. Petition for Mercy

I. A Convict under sentence of death shall be allowed ,if he has not already sub­mitted a petition for mercy, for the preparation and submission of petition for mercyseven   days  after,   and   exclusive   of,   the   date  on  which   the  Superintendent   of   Jailinformshim of the dismissal by the Supreme Court of his appeal or of his application  for special leave to appeal to the Supreme Court:  Provided that in cases where no appeal to the Supreme Court has been preferred  or no application for special leave to appeal to the Supreme Court has been lodged,  the said period of seven days shall be computed from the date after the date on which  the period allowed for an appeal to the Supreme Court or for lodging an application  for special leave to appeal to the Supreme Court  expires.

II. If the convict submits a petition within the above period ,it shall be addressed:(a) in the case of the State to the Governor of the State (Sadar­i­Riyasat in the case of Jammu and Kashmir) and the president of India;(b) in the case of the Union Territories to the President of India ;

     The execution of sentence shall in all cases be postponed pending receipt of their   orders.

III.The Petitions shall in the first instance­­­(a) in the case of the States be sent to the State Government concerned for consi­deration and orders of the Governor (Sadar­i­Riyasat in the case of Jammu and Kashmir )

    If after consideration ,it is rejected ,it shall be forwarded to the Secretary to the Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs. If it is decided to commute the sentence of death, the petition addressed to the President of India shall be withheldand an intimation of the fact shall be sent to the petitioners;

Note:­ The Petition made in a case where the sentence of death is for an offence againstany law   exclusively relatable to a matter to which the executive powers of the Unionextends,   shall   not   be   considered   by   the   State   Government   but   shall   forthwith   beforwarded to the secretary to the Government of India ,Ministry of Home Affairs.

  (b) in the case of the Union Territories ,be sent to the Lieutenant Government /        Chief Commissioner /Administration who shall forward it to the Secretary to the         Government of India ,Ministry of Home Affairs ,stating that the execution has been         postponed pending the receipt of the orders of the President of India.

IV.If the convict submits the petition after the period prescribed by Instruction Iabove,   it   will   be   within   the   discretion   of   the   Lieutenant   Governor/ChiefCommissioner/Administrator or the Government of the State concerned ,as the case may be, to consider the petition and to postpone execution pending such consideration and also to withhold or not to withhold the petition adressed to the President . In the follow­ing circumstances, however, the petition shall be forwarded to the Secretary to the Government of India ,Ministry of Home Affairs :­­­(i) If the sentence of death was passed by the appellate Court on an appeal against the convict’ s acquittal ,or as a result of an enhancement of sentence by the Appellate Court, whether on its own motion or on an application for enhancement  of sentence ; or J 4641­14a

(ii)When there are any circumstances about the case, which in the opinion of theLieutenant Governor /Chief Commissioner/Administrator or the Government of theState concerned, as the case may be ,render it desirable that the President should have an opportunity of considering it, as in case of a political character and those in which for any special reason considerable public interest has been arousedwhen the petition is forwarded to the Secretary to the Government of India,Ministry of Home Affairs ,the execution shall simultaneously be postponed pendingreceipt of orders of the President thereon.

V. In all cases in which a petition for mercy from a convict under sentence ofdeath is to be forwarded to the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, the Lieutenanat Governor /Chief Commissioner /Administrator orthe Government of the State concerned , as the case may be, shall forward such petitionas expeditiously   as   possible   along   with   the   records   of   the   case   and   his   or   its

observationsin respect of any of the grounds urged in the petition. In the case of the States , the Government of the State concerned shall, if it had previously rejected any petition addressed to itself or the Governor/Sadar­i­Riyasat also forward a brief statement of the reasons for the rejection of the previous petition or petitions.

VI.Upon the receipt of the order of the President ,an acknowledgment shall besent to the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, imme­diately in the manner hereinafter provided . In the case of the Assam and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, all orders will be communicated by telegram and the receipt thereof shall be acknowledged by telegram. In the case of other States and Union Territories, if the petition is rejected, the orders will be communicatedby express letter and receipt thereof shall be acknowledged by express letter Orderscommuting the death sentence will be communicated by express letter in the case ofDelhi and by telegram in all other cases and receipt thereof shall be acknowledged by express letter or telegram ,as the case may be.

VII.A petition submitted by a convict shall be withheld by the LieutenantGovernor/Chief Commissioner/Administrator or the Government of the State concerned, as the case may be, if a petition containing a similar prayer has already been submitted to the President . When a petition is so withheld ,the petitioner shallbe informed of the fact and of the reason for withholding it.

VIII.Petitions for mercy submitted on behalf of a convict under sentence ofdeath  shall  be  dealth  with   ,mutatis  mutandis,   in   the  manner provided  by   theseinstruc­tions for dealing with a petition from the convict himself . The Petitioner on behalf of a condemned convict shall be informed of the orders passed in the case. If the petition is signed by more than one person, it shall be sufficient to inform the first signatory. The convict himself shall also be informed of the submission of any petition on his behalf and of the orders passed thereon.

                                                       PART B.

       B. Appeal to the Supreme Court and Applications for Special Leave to Appeal                                                      to the Supreme Court.

IX.Whenever a sentence of death has been passed by any Court or Tribunalthe sentence shall  not  be executed until  after  the dismissal  of  the appeal  to  theSupreme Court or of the application for special leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, or in case no such appeal  has been preferred or no such application has been lodged,until after the expiry of the period allowed for an appeal to the Supreme Court or for lodging of an application for special leave to appeal to the Supreme Court:­­­

              Provided that, if a petition for mercy has been submitted by or on behalf of the           convict , execution of the sentence shall further be postponed pending the orders           of the President thereon.

        Note:­­ If the sentence of death has been passed on more than one person in the samecase   and if an appeal to a higher Court or an application for special leave to appeal tothe Supreme Court is lodged by, or on behalf of , only one or more but not all of them ,the execution of sentence shall be postponed in the case of all such persons and not onlyin the case of the person or persons by whom, or on whose behalf  ,the appeal or theapplication is lodged.

X. On receipt of the intimation of the lodging or an appeal to the Supreme Courtor of an application for special leave to appeal to the Court or of an intention to   do   so,   the   Lieutenant  Governor   /Chief  Commissioner   /Administrator   or   theGovern ­ment of the State concerned, as the case may be, shall forthwith communicate by telegram to the Government Advocate , Ministry of Law, and also to the Secretaryto the Government of India , Ministry of Home Affairs :­­­­

(i) the name of the convict under sentence of death , and(ii)Particulars relating to the appeal or the application.

      If it is desired to oppose the appeal or the application ,three copies of the Paper Books and of the Judgment of the High Court or the Judicial Commissioner’ s Court or the Tribunal ,as the case may be (one copy of each being a certified copy), a power of attorney in the form prescribed by the Supreme Court and instructions, if any for the purpose of opposing the appeal or the application shall be immediately sent to the Government Advocate ,Ministry of Law; Notice of the intended appeal or application ,if and when served by or on behalf of the convict ,shall also be trans­mitted to him without delay. If the intended appeal or application is not lodged 

   within the period prescribed by the Supreme Court Rules, the Government Advocate    shall intimate the fact by telegram to the Lieutenant Governor /Chief Commissioner/   Administrator or the Government of the State concerned, as the case may be. The    execution of the sentence shall not thereafter be postponed , unless a petition for    mercy has been submitted by or on behalf of the convict..

XI.If an appeal or an application for special leave to appeal has been lodged in theSupreme Court on behalf of the convict,the Government Advocate ,Ministry of Law,will intimate the fact to the Lieutenant Governor /Chief Commissioner /Administrator or the State Government ,as the case may be, and also to the Secretary to Govern­ment of India ,Ministry of Home Affairs. The Government Advocate ,Ministry of Law,will keep the aforesaid authorities informed of all developments in the Supreme Court,in those cases which present unusual features. In all cases, however ,he will communicate the result of the appeal or application for special leave to appeal ,to the Lieutenant Governor/Chief Commissioner/ Administrator or the State Government ,as the case may be, by telegram in the case of Assam and by an express letter in other cases ,endorsing a copy of his communication to the Secretary to the Government of India ,Ministry of Home Affairs. The Lieutenant Governor/Chief Commissioner/Administrator or the State Government ,as the case may be ,shall forthwith acknow­ledge the receipt of the communication received from the Government Advocate,Ministry of Law. A certified copy of the Judgment of the Supreme Court in each case will be supplied by the Government ,Advocate ,Ministry of Law in due courseto the Lieutenant Governor /Chief Commissioner /Administrator or the State Govern­ment, as the case may be, who shall acknowledge the receipt thereof . The execution of the sentence of death shall not be carried  until after the receipt of the certified copyof the Judgment of the Supreme Court  dismissing the appeal or the application for special leave to appeal and until an intimation has been received from the Ministry of Home Affairs about the rejection by the president of India , of the Petition for mercy submitted, if any ,by or on behalf of the convict.

11.An order of Government will be sufficient authority to the Superintendentof a jail to carry out a sentence of execution which has been postponed pending an   appeal   to   Government.   A   fresh   or   amended   warrant   by   the   Judge   is   notnecessary.

12.Under the provisions of section 419 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ,1973,

warrants should invariably be directed to the Officer­in­charge of the jail in which the Prisoner is at the time of conviction ,or is to be confined immediately upon conviction.

                                       Previously Convicted Offendrs

13.The following are among the rules under section 565(3) ,Criminal ProcedureCode,1898   (   Corresponding   section   356(5)   of   the   Code   of   CriminalProcedure,1973),made by the State Government:­­­­

(1)When a Court or Magistrate makes an order under section 565(1) of theCode of Criminal Procedure ,1898 (Corresponding Section 356(1) of the code of Criminal Procedure ,1973) (hereinafter referred to as “ the Code  ” ). that the sentenced person ’s residence and any change of or absence from such residenceafter   his   release   shall   be   notified   ,such   Court   or   Magistrate   shall   inform   theSuperin­

      tendent of the Prison in which the convict is or is to be confined by attaching a copy       of such order to the warrant issued under section 383 of the Code (Corresponding      section 418 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ,1973). The Superintendent of       police of the district wherein the offence for which the offender is convicted was       committed shall also be informed of the order passed by such Court or Magistrate.

(2)On the release of the convict in accordance with the rules for release ofprisoners made by the State Government under clause (i) of section 60 of the Prisons Act,1894, the convict shall be taken by a Police Officer authorised in this behalf in Greater Bombay by the Commissioner of Police and elsewhere by the District Superintendent of Police, to the Officer ­in­charge  of the Police Station at the Headquaters of the district. The Officer ­in­charge of that Police Station shallthereupon produce the convict before an Executive Magistrate authorised by the District Magistrate in this behalf . The Magistrate shall question the convict regarding his intended place of residence and explain to the convict  the instructionswhich the said convict is bound to observe as well as the penalties attached to any infringement thereof. After satisfying himself that the convict understands the instructions, the Magistrate shall give the convict a copy of the instructions (Form‘ A ’  appended) duly filled in, obtain the convit’ s signature or thumb impression to a duplicate copy thereof and deliver the duplicate copy to the said Police Officer.The convict shall then be at liberty to proceed to his intended place of residence.

                                                                  FORM  “ A” ( Vide rule 2 above) Court of Whereas an order has been made by the-------------------------------------------------under Magistrate section 356(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure ,1973, at the time of passing sentence on you, that you shall notify your residence and any change of or absence from such residence for a term of from the date of your release , and whereas you have notified your desire to reside in Village the ----------- of Police Station ...............................District...............................you are Town hereby directed to observe the following instructions:------

(1)Within 48 hours of your arrival at your residence you must report yourself,with this form, to the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station within whose jurisdic-tion your village is ...................situated viz.................................police Station.The said Police Officer will endorse on this form that you have given the requisite notification about taking up your residence.

(6)Youb shall not absent yourself from your place of residence for a period longer than 24 consecutive hours without previously notifying the fact to the Officer-in-charge of the said Police Station in the manner provided in the followingrules.

(10)If you disire to remain absent from your residence for a period longer than 24 consecutive hours, you must report yourself with this form to the Officer in-charge of the said Police Station and notify to him the place or placesl you will visit, and the period for which you will be absent . The said Police Officer

will endorse on this form that you have notified ,as required ,you intention to be absent. You must not remain absent beyond the period you have notified and, on your return, you must again report yourself within 48 hours to the Officer in-chaarge of the said Police Station and obtain his endorsement on this Form.

Note:- When the period of absence does not exceed one week, the village PolicePatil in the State is authorised to perform the functions of the Officer-in-charge of thePolice Station under this rule,.

(4)Whenever you are absent from your place of residence for a period exceeding24 consecutive hours, you must take this form with you and you must produce it for inspection on demand by any Police Officer.

(5)If you desire to change your residence permanently, you must appear with

this form before the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station within whosejurisdiction you reside and notify to him within a reasonable time before your departure your new place of intended residence, and the date and time of your departure.This said Police Officer will make the necessary endorsement on this from to showthat you have given the notice of your change of permanent residence.

(12)On arrival at your new place of residence, you must report yourself to the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station within whose jurisdiction your newresidenceis situated within 48 hours of your arrival, and present to him this form for his inspection and endorsement.

(16) You shall be subject to the above rules for a period of .................................years.(17) For any omission on your part to comply with the above rules, you will

be liable to simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or to fine which may extend to Rs.1,000 or both.

Read over and explained to the convict.

(Signed),..........................

Dated

Magistrate. ( ) Signature Thumb impression of ex-convict.

[Reverse of Form ,“ A” ] Name of ex-convict...................ordered under section 356(1) of the Code of CriminalProcedure ,1973,to notify his residence for a period of.................................years from .....................................

Place ofresidence

Policestation

andDistrict 

Timeand dateon which

the ex­convictreports

hisarrival at

thepolice

Stationand

signatureof the

Officer­in­

charge ofthe

PoliceStation .

Period ofnotified

temporary

absenceand

places tobe visited

andsignature

of theOfficer­

in­chargeof PoliceStation.

Date andtime of

ex­convictsreportafter

returnfrom

temporary

absenceand

signatureof the

Officer­in

charge ofthe

PoliceStation .

Signature and

designation ofPoliceOfficer

to whomthe ex­convictreportshimselfat anyplace

duringhis

temporary

absencetogetherwith thedate and

time .

Permanent

changeof

residence,date andtime of

departure ,and

signatureof the

Officer­in­

charge ofthe

PoliceStation .

Remarks.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Maintenance Orders

14.The following rules framed by the Government of India under section 12 ofthe Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act,192 1 (XVIII of 1921) and in supersession of the Notification of the Government of India in the late Home Department No. F-120-22, dated the 22nd September 1923, are reproduced for the information and guidance of the Criminal Courts:-----

1.1)These rules may be called the Maintenance Orders Enforcement Rules, 1955.(2) They extend to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.(2) In these rules ,the expression “ the Act ” means the Maintenance OrderEnforcement Act,1921 (XVIII of 1921).(3) The Officer to whom copies of Maintenance order shall be sent under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Act shall be, in the case of High Court, the Registrar of such Court and ,in the case of a Court of summary Jurisdiction ,the presiding Officer of such Court.

(4)When such copy is received by the Registrar or Officer, the contents thereofshall be entered in a register maintained for the purpose in the form shown in the Schedule to these rules.

(7)The notice referred to in sub-section (4) of section 6 of the Act shall be issued to the person who applied under sub-section (1) of that section ; it shall contain particulars of the further evidence which is required by the Court in the reciprocating territory ,and shall also state the date when the further evidence will be taken.

(12) The Officer of a Court of summary jurisdiction to whom the documents referred to in sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Act may be sent under the pro-visions of that sub-section shall be the presiding Officer of such Court.

(15)(1) When an order has been registered under rule 4, the party in whose favour the order has been made shall be entitled to appear ,either in person or by pleader or duly authorised agent, before the High Court or Court of summary jurisdiction in which the order has been registered or, as the case may be, before the Civil Court named by such High Court under sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Act, and to move such Court to enforce the order.(2) If within a period of one month from the date of the registration of the order, or ,as the case may be, of its transfer to the Civil Court named by the HighCourt no such appearance has been made ,the High Court ,Civil Court or Court of summary jurisdiction , as the case may be ,shall appoint an Officer of theCourt to apply for execution of the order, and such Officer shall be entitled to obtain

execution thereof on behalf of the person in whose favour order has been made,and shall pay into the Court any money realised in execution of the orders:

Provided that the appointment of such Officer shall cease to have effect in the event of the subsequent appearance under sub-rule (1) of the party in whose favour the order has been made.

(8)A Court of summary jurisdiction shall exercise in respect of a maintenanceorder registered or confirmed by it under the Act, the powers conferred on itby sub-section (3),excluding the provisos thereto, and sub-section(7) of section488of the Code of Criminal Procedure ,1898 ,in respect of an order passed by itunder sub-section (1) of that section [Corresponding section 125(3) and 126(3) ofthe Code of Criminal Procedure ,1973].

(14)(1) During the pendency of proceedings under the Act, or these rules with reference to a maintenance order made in reciprocating territory ,whethersuch order be provisional or otherwise , the person against whom the order hasbeen made shall without delay notify the Court in which such proceedings arepending

of any change in his address.(2)The Court shall at the outset of all such proceedings give notice to such

person of the obligation imposed by sub-rule (1).(10) The charges referred to in section 9 of the Act , and the sum in rupeesrequired for the purpose of a draft for the amount of the sum awarded as main-tenance in sterling or other non-rupee currency shall be assessed by the Court at the time of the registration or confirmation of the order., as the case may be , and any sum recovered in excess as a result of such assessment from the person against whom the order has been made shall be refunded to such person.

(11)Any payment required by a Court to be made in respect of a maintenanceorder registered or confirmed by it shall be made through the Court unless the Court otherwise directs.

(14) A Court recovering any sum on account of maintenance in accordance with a maintenance order registered or confirmed by it under the Act shall forthwithcause the said sum to be remitted by local head office or branch of the State Bankof India, or ,where there is no such local head office or branch by any other agency which the Court considers suitable , to the clerk of the Court from which the order has been received or such other Officer or person as may be specified by

that Court for that purpose.(21)(1) For every summons requiring the attandance of a witness or the pro-

duction of a document which is issued by a Court of summary jurisdiction in the course or proceedings under section 6 or 7 of the Act, there shall be chargedto the person at whose instance the summons is issued such fee as would be char-geable for the issue of a like summons in a proceeding under section 488 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 ( Corresponding section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ,1973.

(2)For any process issued in the course of proceedings taken in pursuance ofsection 8 of the Act, there shall be chargeable , in the case of proceedings in aHigh Court or a subordinate Civil Court named by High Court, such fee as would be chargeable for the issue of a like process in the course of the execution of adecreeof such Court, and in the case of proceedings in a Court of summary jurisdiction such fee as would be chargeable for the issue of a like process in the course of proceedings under section 488 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ,1898(Corresponding section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973.).

(10)Fees of the nature referred to in sub-rule (2) shall not be chargeable in advancebut the amount thereof shall be added to the amount to be recovered from theperson against whom the order has been made.

(12)The amount of the actual expenditure incurred in sending a certified copy of therecord to the Central Government under sub-section (6) of section 7 of the Actand its subsequent transmission to the Court which made the provisional order,shall be recovered from the applicant for the recession or variation of that orderas confirmed, and the confirming Court may decline to send the copy fortransmission under the probable amount of such expenditure has been depositedby the application: Provided that any excess of an amount so deposited over theactual expenditure shall be refunded to the applicant.

14.When a Court of summary jurisdiction has under sub-section (4) of section 7 of theAct confirmed with or without modifiction a provisional maintenance order made by aCourt in reciprocating territory or has decided not to confirm such order, notice ofsuch confirmation or decision, as the case may be, shall be sent to the Court fromwhich the order issued and to the Central Government.

SCHEULE(Referred to in Rule 4)

Register of maintenance orders made by Court outside India, for enforcement in India (except the State of Jammu and Kashmir)

Serial Name of the Court Nature of the Name and address Amount No. making the order order with of the person against recoverable particulars as whom the order is to parties. Made.

Date of order Date of receipt Date of issue Dates of recovery Date of despatch of the order by of notice of of any amount of money for court in India order due under the remittanceunder order rule 12.

(Notification No.S.R.O. 1618, dated the 25th July 1955

15.In Supersession of the previous notification in this behalf, the Government of Indiahave made reciprocal arrangements in regard to the enforcement of Maintenanceorders under section 3 of the Maintenance orders Enforcement Act, 1921 (XVIII of1921) in respect of the following Countries.:--

Name of the Country Government Authority(Government of

India Ministry of law.).

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Australian Capital Territory ... Notification No.G.S.R.,27 dated 13th

Feburary,1958.2. Northern Territory of ... Notification No. G.S.R.28 dated 13th

Australia Feburary,1958.3. Western Australia ... Notification No. G.S.R.1193 dated 10th

December 1958.

4. Union of Burma ... Notification No. S.R.O.673 dated 16th March ,1956.

5. British Protectorates of Basu- ... Notification No.S.R.O.2725 dated 26th tiland,Bechuanaland and August,1957.Swaziland.

6. Ceylon ... Notification No. G.S.R.1008 ,dated 20 th October,1958.

7. Territory of Coeos (Keeling) ... Notification No. G.S.R. 29 dated 13th

Islands. Feburary,1958.8. Colony and Protectorate of ... Notification No. S.R.O.818 , dated 4th

Kenya. March,1954.9. Federation of Malaya. ... Notification No. S.R.O.1869,dated 27th

August,1955.10.Colony of Mauritius .... Notification No. S.R.O . 3389,dated 6th

November,1954.11.Nyasaland ..... Notification No.S.R.O. 3523Dated 16th

November,1955.12.Northern Rhodesia .... Notification No. S.R.O.,6 dated 23rd

December,1954.13.Southern Rhodesia ..... Notification No. S.R.O.1075 dated 8th

May,1956.14.Colony of Sarawak .... Notification No.S.R.O.1891,dated 27th

August,1956.15.Colony of Seychelles .... Notification No.S.R.O.,2 ,dated 21st

December,1954.16.Somaliland Protectorate .... Notification No.S.R.O.3425,dated 8th

November,1954.17.Singapore .... Notification No.G.S.R.,1224,dated 9th

July,1971.18.Uganda Protectorate .... Notification No.S.R.O.,2411,dated 16th

July 1954.19.Zanzibar Protectorate .... Notification No.S.R.O.,3127,dated 24th

September,1954.

20.England and Ireland .... Notification No. F.120 ,dated 6th

March 1922.

21.Colony of Straits Settlements .... Notification No.F.863-24,dated 11th

December,1924.22.Isle of Man .... Notification No.G.S.R.,1005,dated 4th

July,1964.23.Fiji .... Notification No.G.S.R.,1224,dated 12th

July,1971.

Intimation of the recovery of fine of the undermentioned convicts sentencedby......................

Taluka................................District................(vide para 3 Chapter XVIII of CriminalManual 1980.

Nameof the

convict 

Date ofsentenc

e 

Offence Sentence withfine 

Theamountof finepreviou

slyrecover

ed.

Finenow

recovered.

Date onwhich

thepresentfine has

beenrecover

ed.

Totalfine

recovered

Remarks

Rs.  Ps. Rs.   Ps. Rs.   Ps.

No. of 19.Taluka.....................District..................

Forwerded to the Jailor of .................. (Date).................................

Seal.

Judge ---------------- Magistrate.