'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [‎166v] (347/534)

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(2) Any jurisdiction exercisable by the Chief Court in criminal
matters under this Order may be exercised by the Judge of that
Court either within the limits of this Order or elsewhere. -.
15. In cases in which the Code of C riminal 1 rocedure requires
the sentence of a Court of Session to be confinne'd b} the High
Court, the sentence shall be referred for confirmation to^ the
Governor-General of India in Council instead of to the Chief
Court.
16. Where a person subject to the Order is accused of the com
mission of an offence, the cognisance whereof appertains to the
Court, and it is expedient that the offence be enquired of, tried
determined, and punished in a British Possession, the accused
may (under the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, section 6j be sent
for trial to Bombay.
The Chief Court may, where it appears so expedient, t>y
warrant under the hand and seal 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. , caube
the accused to be sent for trial to Bombaj accordingly.
The warrant shall be sufficient authority to any person to whom
it is directed to receive and detain the person therein named and
to carry him to and deliver him up at Bombay, according to the
warrant. . ^
Where any person is to be sent to Bombay, the Court before
which he is charged shall take the preliminary examination, and
sfliall bind over such of the proper witnesses as are British sub
jects in their own recognisances to appear and give evidence on
the trial.
17.— (1) 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. may by General Order pre
scribe the manner in which, and the places at which, sentences of
imprisonment are to be carried into execution within the limits
of the Order. .
(2) The Court may in any case by warrant, sealed witn its seal,
cause an offender convicted and sentenced to imprisonment before
the Court to be removed to, and imprisoned in, any place that
shall be prescribed by 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. under the authority
provided for in sub-section (1) of this article.
18. Where an offender convicted before any Court under this ^
Order is sentenced to imprisonment, and the Pol^ical Resident
proceeding under section 7 of the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, s . ,
authority in that behalf being hereby given to him, considers it
expedient that the sentence should be carried into effect else
where than within Khe limits of this Order, and the offender is
accordingly sent for imprisonment to a place outside the limits of
this Order, the place shall be either a place in the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of
Bombay, or a place in some other part of His Majesty s
Dominions, the Government whereof consents that offenders may
be sent thither under this article, or a place in which by treaty,
ffrant, usage, sufferance, or other lawful means His Majesty ms
jurisdiction, provided that if a person is not a British subject he
shall only be sent under this Article to a place in His Majesty 3
Dominions.