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'File 18/55 I (C 101) Bahrain Order in Council' [‎34v] (77/477)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (237 folios). It was created in 22 Mar 1912-5 Oct 1916. 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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jurisdiction over such person as if the offcace liad been committed within its
jurisdiction.
(3.) In cases tried under-this Article no different sentence can he passed from the
sentence which could be passed in England if the crime were tr4ed there.
(k) The foregoing provisions of this Article shall be deemed to be adaptations,
for the purposes of this Order and of tbe Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, of the
following enactments, namely :—
The Admiralty O.Tences (Colonial) Act, 184-9 ;
The Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act, 1860:
The Merchant Shipping Act^ 1894, Part XIII;
and those enactments shall apply accordingly, and be administered in Bahrein.
20. Where a person is convicted of an offence, tlie Court before which he is
convicted may, if it thinks fit at any time before he is discharged, require him to
give security to the satisfaction of the Court for his future gootl behaviour, and for
that purpose may, if it thinks fit, cause him to come., or be brought before the
Court.
21.—(1.) Where it is shown by evidence on oath, to the satisfaction of the
Dislrict Court, that any British subject has com nitte l, or is about to commit, an
offence against this Order, or is otherwise conducting himself so as to be dangerous
to peace and good order, or is endeavouring to excite enmity between the people of
Bahrein and His Majesty, or is intriguing within the limits of this Order
against His Majesty's power and authority, the Court may, if it thinks fit, by order
under its seal, prohibit that person from being within tbe limits of this Order, during
any time therein specified, not exceeding two years.
(2,^ The Court, by order in writing under its s-eal, may vary any order of
prohibition (not extending the duration thereof), and may revoke any order of
prohibition or removal.
(3.) The Court shall forthwith report tiie o '-der and the grounds thereof to the
Chief Court, which shall forthwith report to the Governor-General of India in Council
every order made under this Article, and the grounds thereof, and the proceedings
thereunder.
22—(1.) If any British subject fails to give security for good behaviour or
for keeping the peace when Inwfully required to do so, or fails to comply with an
order of prohibition made under this Order, the Chief Court or the District Court
may, if it thinks fit, order that he be deported from any p'.aee within its jur sdiction
as prescribed by this Order.
(2.) If the order of deportation is made by the District Court, it shall forthwith
report to the Chief Court the order and the grounds thereof.
(3.) Thereupon the person ordered to be deported shall, unless the Chief Court
thinks fit otherwise to direct, be as soon as practicable, and in the case of a person
convicted either after execution of the sentence or while it is in course of execution,
removed in custody under warrant to the place named in the warrant.
(4.) The place shall be a place in that part of His Majesty's dominions, or in the
British Protectorate, to which the person belongs, or the Government ol" which
consents to the reception of persons deported under this Order.
(5.) The Court, on making an order of deportation, may, if it thinks fit, order
the person to be deported to pay all or any part of the expenses of his deportation,
to bo fixed by the Court in the order. Subject thereto, the expenses of deportation
shall be defrayed as the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Treasury, or
witii the previous or subsequent assent of the Secretary of State, the Governor-General of
India in Council, directs
(6.) The Chief Court shall forthwith report to the Governor-General of India
in Council every order of deportation made under this Order, and the grounds
thereof, and the proceedings thereunder.
(7 ) If a person deported under this Order returns to Bahrein without permission
in writing of the Chief Court, or the Governor-General of India in Council, or the
Secretary of State (which permission the Chief Court, or the Governor-General of
India in Council, or the Secretary of State respectively may give), he shall be punished
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months, or with a tine
which may extend to 1,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , or with both.
(8.) He shall also be liable to be forthwith again deported under the original or a
new order, and a tresh warrant.

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Papers relating to the drafting, publication and implementation of The Bahrain Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ( His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1913). Includes papers relating to slave trade jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , February - August 1913; the design of a notarial seal for sealing documents to be used 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. , Bahrain, January - February 1914; a draft slave trade treaty (including documents in Arabic), March-February 1915; difficulties over the implementation of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , especially in view of the background of hostilities caused by the outbreak of World War One, 1914-1916; the legal powers of the Majlis in Bahrain under the terms of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , May 1915; and fees to be charged under the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and the issue of the levying of Khidmah [Arabic 'service' - used to mean a percentage fee on legal cases] by the Sheikh of Bahrain, May 1915 - October 1916.

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1 volume (237 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the system in use starts at the title page and continues to the third folio from the rear of the volume. The foliation sequence appears in pencil, circled, in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Foliation anomalies: folio 86 is followed by folios 87A and 87B; folio 92 is followed by 93A, 93B and 93C. Folio 102 folds out slightly beyond the edge of the volume. A second sequence, written in pencil (uncircled) runs from folios 2-229, and appears only on those pages that contain text.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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