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'File 18/6 II Trucial Coast Order in Council' [66r] (131/424)
The record is made up of 1 file (211 folios). It was created in 23 Jul 1945-29 Nov 1950. 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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6 7
( 3 ) I n any case where a person sentenced to imprisonment
for a term exceeding one month is detained in a prison tem
porarily appointed in accordance with the provisions of sub-
Article (2) of Article 18, the Court by which the sentence was
awarded shall report the case and the circumstances thereof
to 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.
for his directions.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 20, 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.
upon the receipt of such report may make an
order under sub-Article (1) of this Article, or may direct that the
sentence shall continue to be served at the place where the
prisoner is at present detained.
l 1 ). Where an offender convicted before any Court under
this Order is sentenced to imprisonment, and the Political Resi
dent proceeding under section 7 of the Foreign Jurisdiction
A.ct, 1890, authority in that behalf being hereby given to him,
^ expedient that the sentence should be carried into
effect elsewhere than within the limits of this Order, and the
cdfender is accordingly sent for imprisonment to a place outside
the limits of this Order, the place shall be either a place in the
Province of Bombay, or a place in some other part of His
Majesty's dominions the Government whereof consents that
offenders may be sent thither under this Article, or a place in
which by treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, or other lawful means
His Majesty has jurisdiction, provided that if a person is not a
British subject he shall only be sent under this Article to a place
in His Majesty's dominions.
(2) A warrant under the hand and seal of the Political Resi
dent shall be sufficient authority to any person to whom it is
directed to receive and detain the person therein named and to
carry him to and deliver him up at the place named according
to the warrant.
21.— (1) In cases of murder or culpable homicide, if either
the death or the criminal act which wholly or partly caused the
death happened in Qato/a Court acting under this Order shall THer
have the like jurisdiction over any person to whom this Order
applies who is charged either as a principal offender or as an
abettor as if both such criminal act and the death had happened
in ( 4 ftt^r. 77 //T TRoar*^ sr^rss r
(2) In the case of any offence committed on the high seas or
within the Admiralty jurisdiction by any person who at the time
of committing such offence was on board a British ship, or by
any British subject on board a foreign ship to which he did not
belong, the Court shall, subject to the provisions of this Order,
have jurisdiction over such person as if the offence had been
committed within its jurisdiction.
(3) In cases tried under this Article no different sentence can
be passed from the sentence which could be passed in India if
the crime were tried there.
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The file relates to proposals for, and the drafting of The Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1950. The file includes correspondence from the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent, Sharjah; 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; 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Government of India; the Foreign Office; and rulers of the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (also referred to as the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. of Oman) and Bahrain (also referred to as Bahrein).
The papers include:
- correspondence with individual rulers of the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. on the question of their agreement to the legal cession to the British Government of jurisdiction in their territories over British subjects and foreigners, July-August 1945;
- papers concerning the preparation by the Government of India of a draft version of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. based on the Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939, November-December 1945;
- papers relating to the status of Persians domiciled on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , May 1946;
- papers relating to a request by the United States Consul, Saudi Arabia for details of the treaties and agreements that underlay the British Government's claim to be entitled to hold jurisdiction within the territories of the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , June-September 1947;
- correspondence concerning the rejection by Sheikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain of a proposal by Cornelius James Pelly, 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 that prisoners sentenced for offences within the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. be allowed to serve their sentences in the Bahrain Government gaol, July-August 1948;
- papers concerning amendments to the final draft of the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1950, October 1950.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (211 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers in both crayon and ink (red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence) can be found throughout the file. They refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 212 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. A second foliation sequence, numbered 1-180, is present between ff. 2-183. These numbers are written in a combination of pencil (not circled) and blue ink, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. There are also three printed pagination sequences in the file. They can be found between ff. 61-76, ff. 106-117, and ff. 152-166.
The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 194-206, ff. 208-210.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/576
- Title
- 'File 18/6 II Trucial Coast Order in Council'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:11v, 12v:13v, 14v:15v, 16v:17v, 18v:22v, 23v:33v, 35v:39v, 40v:46v, 48v:49v, 50v:53v, 54v, 55v, 56v:98v, 99v:100v, 102v, 103v, 104v:129v, 130v:139v, 140v:212v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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