'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [‎174r] (362/534)

71. Whenever an Acting 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. or Acting Judicial
Assistant has commenced the hearing of any cause or matter,
civil or criminal, he may, unless 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. otherwise
A jirects, continue and complete the hearing and determination
thereof, notwithstanding that his authority to act as Political
Agent or Judicial Assistant has otherwise ceased by reason of the
expiration ol the time for which he was appointed to act or by
reason of the happening of any event by which his authority is
determined.
72. (1) 11 an officer of the Court, employed to execute a
dec ree or order, loses, by neglect or omission, the opportunity of
executing it, then, on complaint of the person aggrieved and
proof ol the fact alleged, the Court may, if it thinks fit, order the
officer to pay the damages sustained by the person complaininer
or part thereof.
(2) The order may be enforced as an order directing pavment
of money.
73.—(1) If a clerk or officer of the Court, acting under pre
tence of the process or authority of the Court, is charged with
extortion, or with not paying over money duly levied, or with
other misconduct, the Court may, if it thinks fit, enquire into the
charge in a summary way, and may for that purpose summon and
enforce the attendance of all necessary persons as in a suit, and
may make such order for the repayment of any money extorted,
or for the payment over of any money levied, and for payment of
such damages and costs as the Court thinks fit.
(2) The Court may also, if it thinks fit, on the same enquiry
impose on the clerk or officer such fine, not exceeding 50 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
for each offence, as the Court thinks fit.
(3) A clerk or officer punished under this article shall not,
without the leave of the Court, be liable to a civil suit in respect
of the same matter; and any such suit, if already or afterwards
begun, may be stayed by the Court in such manner and on such
terms as the Court thinks fit.
^4) Nothing in this article shall be deemed to prevent any
person from being prosecuted under any other British or British
^ Indian law for any act or omission punishable under this article,
or from being liable under that other law to any other or higher-
punishment or penalty than that provided by this article :
Provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same
offence.
74. The Political Hesident or 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. may exercise
any power conferred on any Justices of the Peace within His
Majesty's Dominions by any Act of Parliament, for the time
being in force, regulating merchant seamen or the mercantile
marine.
75. Where under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, anything
is authorised to be done by, to, or before a consular officer, such
thing may be done in any place in Kuwait by, to, or before 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. or 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. .