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'File 18/16 II B Series: Qatar Order-in-Council' [‎11v] (22/48)

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The record is made up of 1 file (24 folios). It was created in 9 Mar 1939-29 Mar 1948. 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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45. Where a person to whom this Order applies is named
executor in a will and survives the testator, but either dies with
out having obtained probate or, having been called on by the
Court to apply for probate, does not appear, his right in respect
of the executorship wholly ceases; and, without further renuncia
tion, the representation of the testator and the administration
of his property shall go and may be committed as if that person
had not been appointed executor.
46. Where it appears to the Court that the value of the pro-
perty or estate of a deceased person subject to this Order does
not exceed 1,500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. the Court may, without any probate,
letters of administration or other formal proceeding, pay there
out any debts or charges and pay, remit or deliver any surplus
to such persons and in such manner as the Court thinks proper,
and no member or Officer of the Court shall be liable to <1'W
action, suit, or proceedings in respect of anything done under
this Article.
47. The Foreign Jurisdiction Probates Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ,
1935, (a) shall apply to all persons and to all property subject
to this Order.
48. —(1) When the circumstances of the case appear to the
District Court so to require, for reasons recorded in its pro
ceedings, the Court may, if it thinks fit, of its own motion or
otherwise, grant letters of administration to an Officer of the
Court. , , r
(2) The Officer so appointed shall act under the direction ot
the Court, and shall be indemnified thereby.
(3) He shall publish such notices, if any, as the Court thinks
fit, in Qatar, the Persian Coast and Islands, Bombay, the
United Kingdom, and elsewhere. .
(4) The Court shall require and compel him to file m tiie
proper Office of the Court his accounts of his administration
at intervals not exceeding three months, and shall forthwith
examine them and report thereon to the Chief Court.
(5) The accounts shall be audited under the direction of the
District Court. ^
(6) All expenses incurred on behalf of the Court m execution
of this article shall be the first charge on the estate of the
deceased as dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this
Order; and the Court shall, by the sale of that estate or other
wise, provide for the discharge of those expenses.
49. In cases where parties are Muhammadans the District
Court may refer any question concerning probate of wills or
administration of property of deceased persons to whom this
Order applies to a Qazi for settlement under the general super
vision of the Court.
(a) S.R. & O. 1935, No. 896.

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The papers consist of a certified copy of The Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939 (His Majesty's Stationery Office Press, 1939), with accompanying correspondence relating to the date of its enactment, and its publication and recording, April 1939; and papers relating to King's Regulation under Article 83 of The Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939 : Special Police Officers' Regulations, February-March 1948.

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1 file (24 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use runs from the front cover to the back cover and appears written in pencil enclosed in a circle 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. The individual documents in the file are also numbered in pencil (not enclosed in a circle) in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of the first folio of each document in the file in the following sequence: 4, 10, 11, 30, 31, 35, 38.

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