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‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [6r] (11/292)
The record is made up of 1 file (144 folios). It was created in 25 Oct 1939-28 Feb 1943. It was written in English. 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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PROVISIONAL RULES AND ORDERS, 1959
PRIZE COURTS
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
dated September 2, 1939, made under
Section 3 of the Prize Courts Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace the 2nd day of
September, 1939
Present
I he King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas by section three of the Prize Courts Act, 1894, His
Majesty in Council is authorised to make rules of court for
4 r regulating, subject to the provisions of the Naval Prize Act,
i864( a ), and the said Act, the procedure and practice of prize
courts within the meaning of the Naval Prize Act and the duties
and conduct of the officers thereof and of the practitioners
therein, and for regulating the fees to be taken by the officers
of the courts and the costs, charges and expenses to be allowed
to the practitioners therein:
And whereas by section five of the Naval Prize Act, 1864, it is
provided that every appeal from a prize court within the mean
ing of that Act shall be made in such manner and form and
subject to such regulations (including regulations as to fees,
costs, charges and expenses) as may for the time being be
directed by
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
:
And whereas it is expedient that the Prize Court Rules,
I9i4( b ), as amended by
Orders in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
dated the 28th day
of November, 1914, the 3rd day of February, 1915, the 29th day
of April, 1915, and the 21st day of December, 1917, should
cease to have effect except in the Union of South Africa and
Eire:
And whereas by section one of the Prize Act, I939( c ), it is
provided that the law relating to prize shall apply in relation
to aircraft and goods carried therein as it applies in relation to
ships and goods carried therein, and shall so apply notwith
standing that the aircraft is on or over land:
^ And whereas it is expedient that in the countries and terri
tories hereinafter mentioned the rules set out in the Schedule
hereto should come into force:
(a) Naval Prize Act, 1864, (27 & 28 Vict. c. 25).
(b) Prize Court Rules, 1914, S.R. & O. 1914 (No. 1407) III, p. 103.
(c) Prize Act, 1939, (2 & 3 Geo. VI. c. 65).
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The file comprises copies of official notices and correspondence relating to prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (the capture of enemy vessels and cargo) during the Second World War, based on the understanding, as described in a letter from 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. to his Agents, dated 16 November 1939, that, ‘as Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. are on the side of Great Britain the Crown has the right to exercise prize jurisdiction in these States’ (ff 2-3).
The file includes:
- two printed copies of a booklet entitled Provisional Rules and Orders, 1939: Prize Courts: Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. dated September 2, 1939. Made under Section 3 of the Prize Courts Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. C. 39) (ff 6-59, ff 61-114);
- a printed copy of an Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. entitled Reprisals for restricting German Commerce , dated 27 November 1939 (ff 117-118), and a press statement, issued by the Press Section of the Ministry of Economic Warfare, dated 28 November 1939, relating to the issue of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (f 120);
- correspondence relating to a Danish tanker, the Eleonora Maersk (also spelt Elonora Maersk and Eleanora Mearsk ) which arrived in Bahrain from Iran, in April 1940. In a letter 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) 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. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) stated that the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. has received instructions from the East Indies Commander-in-Chief that the vessel should be sent to Karachi, presumably as prize (ff 121-124);
- a Department of Commerce notification, dated 31 August 1940, stating that measures taken against German shipping can now be applied to Italian shipping (f 131);
- communications relating to prize procedure in respect of Finland, Hungary, Rumania [Romania] and Japan (ff 139-142).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (144 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 144-145) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 146; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-6, f 60, and ff 119-143, the intermediate folios being skipped; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: two printed booklets are present in the file (see ff 6-59 and ff 61-114); these booklets each have their own original printed pagination sequence. The file notes at the back of the file (144-145) have also been paginated using pencil.
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- ‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’
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- front, front-i, 2r:121v, 123r:145v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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