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'File 18/55 I (C 101) Bahrain Order in Council' [‎151r] (315/477)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (237 folios). It was created in 22 Mar 1912-5 Oct 1916. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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(c) For applying, amending, modifying, or repealing with
respect to Bahrein any Acts or enactments which
apply, or are made applicable or have been bronght
into operation in Bahrein by or under any of the
provisions of Article 11 of this Order.
{<!) For regulating or preventing the importation or exporta
tion m British ships or by any person to whom this
()rder applies of arms or munitions of war, or any
V parts or ingredients thereof, and for giving effect to
an} 1 reaty relating to the importation or exportation
of the same.
(c) For requiring lieturns to be made of the nature,
quantity, and value of articles exported from or im-
poited inlo Bahrein, by or on account of any person
to whom this Order applies or in any British ship,
and tor prescribing the times and manner at o/ in
which, and the persons by whom, such Returns are
to be made.
(/) For the governance, visitation, care, and superintendance
of prisons.
71.—(1) Any Regulations made under the preceding Article
may provide for forfeiture of any goods, receptacles, or things
m relation to which, or to the contents of which, any breach is
committed of such Regulations, or of any Treaty or any native
or local law or custom, the observance of which is provided for
by such Regulations.
('") pel son to whom this Order applies committin<> a
breach of any such Regulations shall, in addition to any "for
feiture prescribed thereby, be liable, on conviction, to imprison
ment for a period not exceeding three months, or to a fine or to
both.
£3) Any tine imposed for a breach of Regulation shall not
exceed 1,500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. : provided that in the case of any breach of
any native or local law relating to customs law, or under which
the importation or exportation of any goods is prohibited or
restricted, the fine may extend to a sum equivalent to trebly the
value of the goods in relation to which the breach is committed.
72.—(1) King's Regulations shall not take effect until they
are allowed by a Secretary of State, or, with his previous
or subsequent assent, by the Governor-General of India in
Council: provided that in case of urgency declared in any
such Regulations, the same shall take effect before such
allowance, and shall continue to have effect unless and until they
are disallowed by the Secretary of State, or, with his previous or
subsequent assent, by the Governor-General of India in Council,
and until notification of such disallowance is received and pub
lished by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , and such disallowance shall be
without prejudice to anything done or suffered under such Regu-
* lations in the meantime.
(2) All King's Regulations shall be published by the Political
Resident in such manner and at such places as he may think
" proper.

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Papers relating to the drafting, publication and implementation of The Bahrain Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ( His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1913). Includes papers relating to slave trade jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , February - August 1913; the design of a notarial seal for sealing documents to be used by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain, January - February 1914; a draft slave trade treaty (including documents in Arabic), March-February 1915; difficulties over the implementation of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , especially in view of the background of hostilities caused by the outbreak of World War One, 1914-1916; the legal powers of the Majlis in Bahrain under the terms of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , May 1915; and fees to be charged under the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and the issue of the levying of Khidmah [Arabic 'service' - used to mean a percentage fee on legal cases] by the Sheikh of Bahrain, May 1915 - October 1916.

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1 volume (237 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the system in use starts at the title page and continues to the third folio from the rear of the volume. The foliation sequence appears in pencil, circled, in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Foliation anomalies: folio 86 is followed by folios 87A and 87B; folio 92 is followed by 93A, 93B and 93C. Folio 102 folds out slightly beyond the edge of the volume. A second sequence, written in pencil (uncircled) runs from folios 2-229, and appears only on those pages that contain text.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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