File 791/1904 Pt 1 'Orders-in-Council: Persian Coast and Islands' [‎148r] (28/357)

PERSIAN COASTS AND ISLANDS (AMENDMENT) ORDER
IN COUNCIL, 1912.
-A.t tile Court at Buckingham Palace, the
14th day of May, 1912.
PRESENT,
The KING’s Most Excellent Majesty.
Lord President.
Lord Chamberlain.
Lord Haversham.
Sir Arthur Nicolson.
W HEREAS by treaty, grant, usage, suf
ferance and other lawful means, His
Majesty the King has power and jurisdiction
within the dominions of His Majesty the Shah
of Persia:
And whereas the exercise of such jurisdic
tion is at present regulated by “ The Persia
Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1889,” and “ The Persian
Coast and Islands Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1907 ”:
And whereas it is desirable more strictly to
define the limits within which “ The Persian
Coast and Islands Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1907,”
applies:
Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and
in exercise of the powers in this behalf, by
“ The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890,” or
otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by
and with the advice of His Privy Council, to
order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows : —
1. Article 2 of “ The Persian Coast and
Islands Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1907,” is hereby
repealed, and the following article is sub
stituted therefor: “ The limits of this Order
aie Mohammerah with its dependencies, the
coast, and maritime provinces of Persia from
Mohammerah to Gwettur, both inclusive, and
the islands of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ‘and Gulf of
Oman, being within the dominions of His
Majesty the Shah of Persia, including the ter
ritorial waters of Persia adjacent to the said
coast and islands.
“ Mohammerah with its dependencies in
cludes all places within the territory geo
graphically known as Arabistan.
“ The term 1 the maritime provinces of
Persia ’ means the provinces of Arabistan,
Ears, Laristan, Karman, Persian Baluchistan,
and those districts by custom and for the time
being included under the authority of the Per
sian Governor of the Gulf ports.”
2. This Order may be cited as “ The Persian
Coast and Islands (Amendment) Order in
Council, 1912,” and shall be read as one with
“ The Persian Coast and Islands Order in
Council, 1907.”
And the Most Honourable the Marquess of
Crewe, K.G., and the Right Honourable Sir
Edward Grey, Baronet, K.G., two of His
Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, are
to give the necessary directions herein as to
them may respectively appertain.
A Imeric FitzRoy.
{Extract from the London Gazette of Tuesday, 21 May, 1912.)
Printed by Wyman & Sons, Ltd.,
For Rowland Bailey, Esq., C.B., M.V,0,, the King’s Printer of Acts of Parliament.
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