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'File 6/82 Rent Control' [6r] (11/570)
The record is made up of 1 file (283 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1943-24 Nov 1949. 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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(ii) Any person desirous of qualifying for the licerce under
sub-rule (i) may obtain a temporary permit from the Commandant
of police valid for three months. On or before the expiry of
such a permit the holder may appear before the Bahrain State
Engineer to undergo the necessary test in driving, and should
such person pans the test satisfactorily, a licence to drive
may be issued to him. Persons holding temperary permit? shall not
drive vehicles containing passengers excepting only the instructc
who is teaching the driver.
(iii) No person shall be given a licence to drive a motor
vehicle until his eyesight has been tested by the Government
Medical Officer.
(iv) A licence must invariably be carried by the holder
whenever he is driving a motor vehicle.
II (1) Every application for & licence under rule 1 of the
Act shall contain a full and correct statement of facts on the
particulars specified in Schedule A.
(2) An applicant who makes a false or incomplete statement
of any of the particulars will render himself liable to have
his licence, if issued, cancelled in addition to prosecution.
(3) The application of a professional driver or a driver of
a motor Vehicle let or plying for hire shall be accompanied
by two Photographs of the applicant.
III Txhe fees for licences and permits granted under rule 1 (i)
and (ii) shall be i-
(a) for a driving licence Hs,10/8
(b) for each renewal of the driving licence if renewed
within ten days from the date of its expiry, Rs.5/-
(c) for a temporary permit Rs.1/8/-
(d) for a duplicate driving licence, Rs. -/8/-
If a licence is not renewed within ten days from the da*
of its expiry, the holder shall, unless he can show good reason
for his failure to renew within time (c.g,, absence from Bahrain,
illness, &c.), pay, on his licence being renewed by the
Commandant of Police, the fee laid down in (a) above.
IV. (i) Bvery driving licence shall remain in force for a
period of 12 months from the date on which it was granted
and shall be renewable from the date of its expiry.
(ii) The provisions applicable to the grant of a driving
licence shall, so far as mav be nece sary, arnly to the renewal
thereof.
V. No person holding a temporary permit under rule 1 (ii)
shall drive a motor car or motor lorry unless there ii beside hii
in the car or lorry a person duly licenced under rule 1XXH£
1 (i). There shall be no other passengers in the motor car or
motor lorry.
VI. (i) No motor vehicle other than a mechanically propelled
road roller, fire-engine or fire-escape tender shall be used
(a) unless it has been registred by the registering authority
(who shall be the Commandant of Police); (b) unless the Regist-
-ration Certificate granted in respect thereof is in force.
(li) Registration shall be va^-id for a period of twelve
months or six months, and shall thereafter be renewable for the
same periods.
(iii) Failure to present the Certificate of Registration
for renewal on or before or within ten days of the date of expirj
shall render the person liable to a fine in addition to the fee
due for registration.
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The file contains correspondence, government proclamations and regulations concerning rent control in Bahrain. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), and the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The file includes:
- correspondence between Belgrave, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , and the British Consulate-General in Basra regarding the introduction of rent control in Bahrain following complaints of high rates;
- correspondence from private individuals, business-owners, and representatives of companies (such as Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), British Overseas Airways Company (BOAC), and Gray, Mackenzie and Company) complaining of high rents and requesting that action be taken;
- correspondence related to the Government of Bahrain's response of public proclamations, new regulations, and the formation of a Rent Committee and sub-committees;
- minutes of meetings between members of the Rent Committee (folios 115-16, 132, and 235-36);
- numerous drafts, modifications, and updates of the government regulation regarding the renting of private and business premises.
Folios 5-12 and 15 concern the registration, licensing, and control of motor vehicles and drivers in Bahrain and is seemingly unrelated to the rest of the file.
Folios 244-83 are internal office notes.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (283 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 285; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 16-214; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1301
- Title
- 'File 6/82 Rent Control'
- Pages
- 2r:12v, 33r:34v, 36r:38v, 47r:47v, 59r:60v, 64r:67v, 69r:72v, 78r:81v, 95r:95v, 107r:107v, 117r:117v, 119r:119v, 124r:124v, 126r:126v, 152r:154v, 160r:162v, 166r:169v, 177r:180v, 183r:185v, 199r:199v, 206r:207v
- Author
- Government of Bahrain
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