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THE 1[***] SATI REGULATION, 1829

(BENGAL REGULATION XVII OF 1829)

How to act when intelligence of sacrifice does not reach them until after it has taken place

Third.- Should intelligence of a sacrifice declared illegal by this Regulation not reach the police officers until after it shall have actually taken place, or should the sacrifice have been carried into effect before their arrival at the spot, they will nevertheless institute a full inquiry into the circumstances of the case, in like manner on all other occasions of unnatural death, and report them for the information and orders of the Magistrate or Joint Magistrate to whom they may be subordinate.


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