'File 18/16 II B Series: Qatar Order-in-Council' [‎10v] (20/48)

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be determined in accordance wlth r th ® Co ^ e ^^^ the District
and other enactments made applicable to Qatar, tne uismcr
Court shall forthwith proceed to decide the suit m accordance
with the provisions of such enactments, as far as local conditions
Pe NoMng in this article shall prevent the District Conrt from
referring; any matter in the progress of a suit which involves a
point of Muhammadan law to a Qazi for a decision^ or fiom
sending any party or witness, being a Muhammadan, to a Qazi
for the administration of an oath; or sa me
in the nro^ress of a suit between parties belonging to tne same
cornmunity which, in the discretion of the Court, is a fit and
proper subject for the decision of the local leaders of that com
SS to a punch or jama'at of the leaders of such com
munity; or, in commercial cases, from referring any matter
the progress of a suit which, in the discretion of the Court
is a fit and proper subject for the decision of the principal local
merchants to a majlis or jama'at of suchmer chants.
41. — (i) The Foreign Jurisdiction (Mmnalty) ^
Council, i9io,( a ) shall apply to Qatar and the Chicf Cou
shall have the jurisdiction conferred by Article 4 of that Order,
and the District Court shall be deemed to be a Provincial Court,
and the Registry thereof a District Registry withm the meaning
(2) Admiralty actions commenced in the said Registry shall
be tried in the District Court unless the Chief Court is at the
time sitting within the limits of this Order, or unless all parties
a^ee that the action shall be tried in the Chief Conrt sitting
elsewhere than within the limits of this Order
(3) The duties of the Registrar and of the Marshal, either ot
the Chief Court or of the District Court, under the said Order
shall be performed by such Officers as 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 direct. „ ^ ,, • _
42.—f 1) The District Court shall endeavour to obtain as
early as may be, notice of the deaths of all persons subject to
this Order leaving property i n any place within the juri sdiction
(a) S.R. & O. 1910, No. 1183.
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(2) Any jurisdiction exercisable by the Chief Court under this
Order in civil matters may be exercised by die Judge of that
Court, either within the limits of this Order or elsewhere.
39 When a suit between persons to whom this Order applies
is filed in the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , 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 en
quke from the several parties whether they desire ffiat proceed-
chall be instituted in accordance with the ^ode^ot Civu
plicednre and the Indian enactments made appteable to Q^ar ^ J
accordance with local usage, and shall record
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