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'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [168v] (351/534)
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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12
Nothing herein shall interfere with the power of the Court to
remove or exclude persons who interrupt or obstruct the proceed
ings of the Court.
26. If any person to whom this Order applies smuggles or
imports into or exports from Kuwait any goods whereon any duty
is charged by or payable to the Sultan, with intent to e\;uie
payment of the duty, he shall be punished with imprisonment for
a term which may extend to two months, or with a fine which
may extend to 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or a sum equal to treble the value
of the goods (whichever shall be the greater), or with both im
prisonment and fine.
27. If any person to whom this Order applies smuggles or
imports into or exports from Kuwait any goods the importation
or exportation whereof is lawfully prohibited he shall be punished
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one ^eai, or
with a fine which may extend to 2,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or to a sum equal
to treble the value of'the goods (whichever shall be the greater),
or with imprisonment and fine.
28. Any act which, if done in British India, would be an
offence against the law for the time being in force in British India,
relating to trade-marks, merchandise marks, copyright designs,
or inventions, shall, if done in Kuwait by a person to whom this
Order applies, be an offence punishable with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to two months, or with a fine which may
extend to 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or with both.
29.— (1) If any person to whom this Order applies :—
(i) Publicly derides, mocks or insults any religion estab
lished or observed within the limits of this Ordei , or
(ii) Publicly offers insult to any religious service, feast, or
ceremony established or kept in any place within those
limits, or to any place of worship, tomb, or sanctuary
belonging to any religion established or observed
within those limits, or belonging to the ministers or
professors thereof; or
(iii) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring
any religion established or observed within those
limits, or its ceremonies, modes of worship, or observ
ances into hatred, ridicule, or contempt, and thereby
to provoke a breach of the public peace;
he shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof liable
to imprisonment, which may extend to two years, with or without
a fine not exceeding 500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or to a fine alone not exceeding
500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
(2) 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 take such precautionary measures
as seem to him proper and expedient for the prevention of such
offences.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- 'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:56v, 57v:130v, 131v:132v, 134r:254v, ii-r:vi-v, back-i
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