'File 18/55 I (C 101) Bahrain Order in Council' [‎148v] (310/477)

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Order applies desires to bring a suit against a ItaLrein subject,
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 admit the complaint, aiu
(a) With the concurrence of the Sheikh of Bahrein, may hear
and determine the suit in his District ( ourt, or
(h) May hear and determine it in a Joint Court, or
(c) May refer it to the Majlis-el-Urf for decision, or
(d) In cases between pearling -masters and divers, may refer
it to the Salifah Court, or 1
(c) With the consent of the several parties, may refer i lie case
to one or more Arbitrators for settlement.
(2) The iudgment of the Joint Court or of the Majlis-e r
shall for all purposes be considered the same as if it were that
of the District Court.
(3) An appeal from the decision of the Salifah Court shall he
to 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. acting in concert, with ^ ,
Bahrein, and in all Salifah cases their joint decision shall he fina .
(4) The award of the Arbitrator under eub -Article I (e) sha
be final, and shall not he open to appea the ^ame sha
within a reasonable time have been ordered by the 1 olitical Agent
tobeset aside on the ground that it is not fina or -^t
or that the Arbitrator has exceeded his authority, or has
guiltv of misconduct in the matter. _
r^^ 8 oriX^eIn"!ar£ e a Kazi tor
decision or from sending any party or witness, being a
Mahommedan. to a Kazi tor the administration ot an oath.
40.—(1) Where a Bahrein subject obtains, in a Court^tah-
lislied under this Order, a decree or order against a de cii. ant
being a British subject, or foreigner, »nd m anothCT «mt that
defendant is plaintiff and the Bahrein snhject is
n + rr u' U tliinks fit on the application ot the Jmtisn
fX dT foreilne X the enfuieeii/ent of the decree or order
pending That other suit/and may set ofl any amount decreed or
ordered^ to be paid by one party in one suit against any amount
decreed or ordered to be paid hy the other party in the other suit.
/ q \ wi lpr o a nlaintiff, being a Bahrein subject, obtains a decree
or ordCT in a Court estahlishecl under this Order ,a g ain S t two or
more defendants, being British subjects or foreigners jointly
nmlin another suit one of them is a plaintiff and the Bahrein
subiect is defendant, the Court may, if it thinks fit, on the appli
cation of the British subjects, or foreigners, stay the eiiforcement
n'f the decree or order pending that other suit, and ma> v
any ammint decreed or'ordered to be paid by '■- Party >n "n®
fiuit against an^amoun^tdecreed^or orderecUo be ^
British''subject or foreigner to obtain contribution from his co-
defendants under the joint liability. _ , . „
(3) Where in a snit a Bahrein subject is co-plaintift with a
Britlh .subject or foreigner who is in Bahrein, it shall not be