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'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [‎113r] (240/534)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (264 folios). It was created in 6 Feb 1919-20 Dec 1928. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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13
Uuil publication, as the Governor-General ol'
India in Council may, by notification in the said
(inzette, appoint in this behalf.
(2) But any appointment under this Order
may be made at any time after its passing, and
no proof shall, in any proceedings, be required
of any of the matters prescribed by this article.
And the Right Honourable Austen Chamber-
ban and the llight Honourable the Earl of
Birkenhead, two of His Majesty's Principei
Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary
directions herein as to them may respectively
appertain.
M. P. A. Hankcy.
SCHEDULE.
India Acts applied.
The Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of 18G0).
The Indian Succession Act (Act X of 1865).
The Indian Divorce Act (Act IV of 1869) except
so much as relates to divorce and nullity of
marriage.
The Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869 (Act XIV
of 1869), except sections 6, 15. 23, 32, 33, 34, 38 to
43 (both inclusive), the last clause of section 19,
and the last two clauses of section 22
The Indian Court Fees Act, 1870 (Act VII of
1870).
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Act I of 1872).
The Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Act IX of 1872).
The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 (Act
XV of 1872).
The Indian Oaths Act, 1873 (Act X of 1873).
The Indian Majority Act, 1875 (Act IX of 1875).
! he Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration
Act of 1886 (Act VI of 1886).
The Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 (Act
IX of 1887).
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1S9C
(Act XI of 1890).
The Code of Criminal Procedure (Act V of 1898),
except Chapter XXXIII.
So much of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898 (Act
M of 1898), as relates to offences against the Post
Office.
The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of
1908).
The Indian Limitation Act, 1908 (Act IX of 1908),
so far as it applies to appeals and applications.
The Whipping Act, 1909 (Act IV of 1909).
The Indian Lunacy Act, 1912 (Act IV of 1912).
The Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1923 (Act
XXI of 1923, Part IV, except sections 174 to 1921
inclusive.
And the enactments relating to insolvency and
bankruptcy for the time being in force in the Presi
dency of Bombay beyond the limits of the ordinary
original jurisdiction of the High Court of Judica
ture of Bombay.
DENYS BRAY,
Secy, to the Govt, of India.
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Papers relating to the composition, drafting and publication of The Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1925 (His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1925). The volume includes papers relating to initial objections and subsequent agreement on the part of Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah], the ruler of Kuwait, to the exercise by the representative of the British Government of jurisdiction over the subjects and protected persons of all non-Muslim foreign governments in Kuwait, including a letter of agreement from the Sheikh written in Arabic, November - December 1925; Rules of Court relating to fees, October 1926; papers relating to the registration of British subjects in Kuwait, November 1925 - December 1926; and papers relating to the regularisation of the position of American missionaries in Kuwait, so that, if the need arose, they would be entitled to British protection, February - December 1928.

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1 volume (264 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximately chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences on the title page and continues to the last folio that bears any text (seven folios from the end of the volume). The sequence appears written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, in the top right hand recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: folio 1 is followed by folios 1A, 1B and 1C. Folio 186 needs to be folded out in order to be read. A second sequence also appears, again written in pencil in the top right hand corner of most of the folios, but not enclosed within a circle. This appears to start at [3] on folio 4 and continues to 287 on folio 254. This sequence marks all pages bearing text.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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