The Bengal Kanungos Regulation, 1816

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    "title": "The Bengal Kanungos Regulation, 1816",
    "short_title": "The Bengal Kanungos Regulation, 1816",
    "act_number": "(Bengal Regulation 5 of 1816)",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Office of Kanungo not hereditary.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Salaries of Kanungos.",
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            "title": "7. Duties of Kanungos.",
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            "title": "8. Kanungos not to hold farms or become sureties.",
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            "title": "10. Punishment on refusal to give them up.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Right of Government to vary number of Kanungos.",
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            "number": "12",
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        "Act Year": "1816",
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