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Qatar Order in Council, 1938 [‎9r] (17/32)

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The record is made up of 1 file (16 folios). It was created in 1938. 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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34. Any person being within the limits of this Order may be
proceeded against, tried, and punished under this Order for
piracy wherever committed.
•i 35 *—W The Foreign Jurisdiction Neutrality Order in Coun-
to th?^ Order appiy to P ersons and to property subject
, ^'othing in this Order shall affect the operation within
the limits of the Order of the Foreign Jurisdiction (Military
Forces) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1927.( b )
36. Where a person entitled to appeal to the Chief Court
from any judgment or order passed in the exercise of criminal
junsdiction under this Order desires so to appeal, he shall
present his petition of appeal to the Court which passed the
judgment or order; and the petition shall with all practicable
speed be transmitted to the Chief Court with certified copies
ot tne charge (if any) and proceedings, of all documentary
eymence submitted or tendered, of the depositions, of the notes
o the oral testimony, and of the judgment or order, and any
argument on the petition of appeal that the appellant desires
to submit to the Chief Court.
37. 1 he Court against whose judgment or order the appeal is
prelerred may postpone the execution of the sentence pending
the appeal, and shall, if necessary, commit the person con
victed to prison for safe custody, or detain him in prison for
sate custody, or shall admit him to bail, and may take security
by recognisance, deposit of money, or otherwise, for his pay
ment of any fine. ^
Part IV.—'Civil Matters.
38. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Order, the
Code of Civil Procedure and the other Indian enactments
relating to the administration of civil justice and to insolvency
and bankruptcy, shall have effect as if Qatar were a district
in the I lesidency of Bombay. 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. shall be
deemed to be the District Judge, and his Court shall be deemed
to be the District or Principal Civil Court of Original Juris
diction in the district; the Judicial Assistant to the Political
Resident shall be deemed to be an additional District Judge,
and his Court shall be an additional District Court of Original
Civil Jurisdiction; the Court of 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. shall be
deemed to be the highest Civil Court of Appeal for the district,
a 5?d the Court authorised to hear appeals from the decisions
or the District Court; and the powers, both of the Governor-
General in Council and the Local Government under those
enactments, shall be exercisable by the Secretary of State or
with his previous or subsequent assent, by the Governor-
General of India in Council.
(a) S.R. & O. 1904, No, 1654, (b) S.R. & O. 1927, NoT^jT

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The file consists of The Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1938 (His Majesty's Stationery Office Press, 1938).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 16 on the last folio. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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.

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