'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [‎170v] (355/534)

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custody, disposai, or traubmission of the property or the proceeds
thereof, and, in case of any contravention of this Article, he shall
be punished with a fine, which may extend to 1,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
42.—(1) When the peculiar circumstances of the case appear
to the District Court so to require, for reasons recorded in its
proceedings, the Court may, if it thinks fit, of its own motion or
otherwise, grant letters of administration to an Officer of the
Court.
(2) The Officer so appointed shall act under the direction of
the Court, and shall be indemnified thereby.
(3) He shall publish such notices, if any, as the Court thinks
fit, in Kuwait, the Persian Coast and Islands, Bombay, the
United Kingdom, and elsewhere.
(4) The Court shall require and compel him to file in the
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 in execution
of this article shall be the first charge on the estate of the deceased
as dealt with in iiccordance with the provisions of this Order; and
the Court shall, by the sale of that estate or otherwise, provide
for the discharge of those expenses.
43. 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.
P art V.—K uwait and F oreign S ubjects and T ribunals.
(a) Criminal.
44.—(1) When any person not subject to this Order dbsires
to institute a complaint against a person to whom the said Order
applies, 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 entertain the same, and shall
(a) himself hear and determine it in his District Court, or _(b) if
both parties are Muhammadans, refer it, with their consent, to
a Qazi for decision, sending a representative of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. lo
record briefly the proceedings. Such decision, when endorsed by
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 for all purposes be considered as if it
were that of the District Court.
Provided that the Kuwait subject or person not subject
to this Order, if so required by fhe Court, first obtains and files
in the proper Office of the Court the consent, in writing, of the
competent authority (if any) on behalf of his own nation to his
submitting, and that he does submit by writing, to the jurisdic
tion of -^he Court, and, if required by the Court, gives security to
the satisfaction of the Court, and to such reasonable amount a.8