'File 18/55 I (C 101) Bahrain Order in Council' [‎35v] (79/477)

piimsliable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months, or with
a ime winch may extend to 1,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , or with both.
(!•) J' a ny person to whom this Order applies—
('.) PuMicly derides, mocks, or insults any religion established or observed
within the limits of tins Order; 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 belongin- to any religion established or observed within those limits or
belonging to the Ministers or professors thereof ; or
(in.) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to biing anv religion
established or observed within those limits, or its ceremonies, mode of worship, or
onsen ances, into hatred, ridicule, or contempt, and therebv to provoke a breach of the
public peace ; ' 1
lie shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof, liable to imprisonment
v ' '" ch ™ a . v extfin 'l to two years, with or without a fine not exceeding 500 ninces or to
a tine alone not rxceeaing 500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
(2.) 1 he 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.
30. Any person being within the limits of this Order may be proceeded against
in (I, and punished under this Order for piracy wherever committed.
J 51 - " , an - v Person, subject to this Order, violates, or fails to observe within the
limits ot this Order, any stipulation of any Treaty between His Majestv, his prede
cessors, heirs or successors, and tlie Sheikh of Bahrein for the time' bciii" in force
and applicable to such person, in respect of the violation whereof anv "penalty is
stipulated tor in the Treaty he shall he deemed guilty of an offence, and on conviction
l ! e ' c ' ,' ln '' er t'nsOrder shall be liable to a penalty in accordance with the stipulations
Ot the treaty, or the provisions of this Order.
32. The Foreign Jurisdiction Neutrality Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1904, shall apnlv to
all persons and to all property subject to this Order.
33. Where a person entitled to appeal to the Chief Court from anv iud^ment or
order passed in the exercise of criminal jurisdiction under this OrJer desires so to
appeal, he shall present his petition of appeal to the Court which passed the imWunrnt
or order; and the petition shall with all practicable speed be transmitted to the^Chief
Court with certified copies of the charge (if any) and proceedings of all documentarv
evidence admitted or tendered, of the depositions, of the notes of the oral testimonv
and ot the judgment or order, and any argument on the petition of appeal that the
appellant desires to submit to the Chief Court.
34. The Court against whose judgment or order the appeal is preferred mav
postpone the execution of the sentence pendimr the appearand shall, if nccessarv
commit the person convicted to prison for safe custody, or detain him in prison for safe
custody, or sha 1 admit him to bail, and may take security, by recognisance, deposit
of money, or otherwise, for his payment of any fine.
Part IV.— Civil.
^ to tIie othCT provisions of this Order, the Code of Civil Procedure
and the other Indian enactments, relating to the administration of Civil iustice and to
msolvency and bankruptcy, shall have effect as if Bahrein were a district in the
residencv of Bombay. Hie 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 be deemed to be the District Judee
and iis Court shall be deemed to be tbe District or Principal Civil Court of Ori^iini
Jurisdiction in the District; the Judicial Assistant to 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. shall be
deemed to he an Additional District Judge, and His Court shall be an Additional
District Court of Original Civil Jurisdiction; the Court of the Political Kesident shall
be deemed to be the highest Civil Court of Appeal for the District, and the Court
authoiised to hear appeals trom the decisions of the District Court; and the powers
both ol the Governor-General in Council and the Local Government, under those
enactments shall be exercisable by the Secretary of State, or, with his previous or
su xscqnent assent, by the Governor-General of India in Council.
(-■) Any jurisdiction exercisable by the Chief Couit under this Order in civil
matters may be exercised by the Judge of that Court, cither within the limits of this
Order or elsewhere.
36. When a suit between persons to whom this Order applies is filed in the