'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [‎96r] (206/534)

(ii) For the portions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854
and 1867, referred to in the said Schedule, shall be
substituted Tart XIII of the Merchant Shipping Act,
1894:.
(m) In section 51 of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act,
1874, the Court of 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. is substituted
for a Court of Probate in a Colony.
(tv) With respect to the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881 ;
{a) So much of the 4th and 5th sections of the said Act
as relates to sending a report of the issue of a war
rant together with the information or a copy there
of or to the sending of a certificate of committal
and report of a case, or to the information to
be given by a Magistrate to a fugitive shall be
excepted, and in lieu of such information the person
acting as the Magistrate shall inform the fugitive
that m the British Possession or Protectorate to
which he may be conveyed he has the right to apply
for a writ of habeas corpus or other like process.
(6) So much of the Hth section of the said Act as requires
the expiration of fifteen days before issue of warrant
shall be excepted.
(c) 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 not be bound to return
a fugitive offender to a British Possession unless
satisfied that the proceedings to obtain his return
are taken with the consent of the Governor of
that Possession.
{d) For the purposes of Part II of the said Act, Maskat,
Bahrein, Kuwait, the Persian Coast and Islands^
and all other places on the shores of the Persian
Gulf or the Gulf of Oman, Aden and British India,
shall be deemed to be one group of British Posses
sions.
13. Where, by virtue of any Imperial Act, or of this Order or
otherwise, any provisions of any Imperial Acts, or of any Law in
force m India, or of any Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. other than this Order are
applicable within the limits of this Order, or any forms, regulations
or procedure prescribed or established by or under such Act Law'
0 !t, A 1 '/ 1,6 m , ade apphcable for ^ P^pose of this Order or anv
other Order relating to Kuwait, such Acts, Laws, Orders forms
regulations, or procedure may be construed or used with such
alterations and adaptations not affecting the substance as mav
be necessary having regard to local circumstances, and anvthins
required to be done by, to, or before any Court, Judge Officer
or Authority may be done by, to, or before a Court, Judge,' Officer'
or Authority having the like or analogous functions, or bv to or
before any Officer designated by the Secretary of State or by the
Court (as the case may require) for that purpose ; and in case any
difficulty occurs in the application the Secretary of State, or with
his previous or subsequent assent the Governor-General of India in
Council, may direct by, to, or before whom and in what manner
anything is to be done, and such Act, Law, Order, Form, Regulation
or procedure shall be construed accordinglv.
Where, under any such Imperial Act, Law, or Order anv
publication is required to be made, as respects any judicial proceed
ing in any Gazette ' or otherwise, such publication shall be made
by such mode as the Court shall think fit to direct.
Part III.—Criminal.
r. j 14 ri 1) Sub 1 j e ^ t t0 the otller Provisions of this Order, the
Code of Cnmma 1 Procedure and the other enactments relating to
the administration of criminal justice in British India for the time
being shall applicable to Kuwait. 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. in
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shall hold and form a Court, to be called the Chief
ourt, which shall have all the powers of a High Court of Judi-
cature : 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 Kuwait shall be deemed to be the
District Magistrate and Sessions Judge ; the Judicial Assistant to
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