File 791/1904 Pt 1 'Orders-in-Council: Persian Coast and Islands' [‎269v] (271/357)

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(iii) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring any reli
gion established or observed within those limits, or its ceremonies"
mode of worship, or observances, into hatred, ridicule, or contempt*
and thereby to provoke a breach of the public peace;
He shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof liable to
imprisonment which may extend to two years, with or without a fine not
exceeding 500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , or to a fine alone not exceeding 500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
(2) Consular officers shall take such precautionary measures as seem to
them proper and expedient for the prevention of such offences.
24. Any British subject being within the limits of this Order may be
proceeded against, tried, and punished
Piracy. under this Order for piracy wherever
committed.
25. If any British subject within the limits of this Order violates or fails
Violation of Treaties. to observe any stipulation of any Treaty
. between His Majesty, His predecessors,
heirs, or successors, and the Shah of Persia for the time being in force, in
respect of the violation whereof any penalty is stipulated for in the Treaty he
shall be deemed guilty of an offence against the Treaty, and on conviction
thereof, under this Order shall be liable to a penalty in accordance with the
stipulations of the Treaty.
26. Where a person entitled to appeal to the High Court of Bombay
Criminal appeals to Bombay. from any judgment or order passed in
the exercise of criminal jurisdiction
under this Order desires so to appeal, he shall present his petition of appeal to
the Court which passed the judgment or order ; and the petition shall with all
practicable speed be transmitted by or through the Consul-General to the
High Court, with certified copies of the charge (if any) and proceedings, of all
documentary evidence admitted or tendered, of the depositions, of the notes of
the.oral testimony, and of the judgment or order, and any argument on the
petition of appeal that the appellant desires to submit to the High Court.
27. The Court against whose judgment or order the appeal is preferred may
Suspension of execution. postpone the execution of the sentence
., ,, . pending the appeal, and shall, if necessary,
commit the person convicted to prison for safe custody, or detain him in prison
or sate custody, or shall admit him to bail, and may take security, by recog
nizance, deposit of money, or otherwise, for his payment of any fine.
Part IV. —Civil Matters.
28. Subject to the other provisions of this Order, the Code of Civil Proce-
m^tte P rs. Catl ° n o£ enactments bating to civil dure, and the other Indian enactments
. relating to the administration of civil
justice and to insolvency and bankruptcy for the time being applicable to the
rersian coast and islands, shall have effect as if the Persian coast and islands
were a district m the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Bombay; the Consul-General shall be
deemed to be the District Judge, and the Judicial Assistant shall be an addi
tional -District Judge of the district, and the Court, whether held by the Consul-
general or by the Judicial Assistant, shall be deemed to be the District Court
or Principal Civil Court of Original Jurisdiction in the district; the High Court
of Bombay snaU be deemed to be the highest Civil Court of Appeal for the
nkw p Ud t f he C w, rt authorlze , d J 0 k®" appeals from the decisions of the
tW nc,?"? 5 and “f P <n y ers - both of Governor-General in Council and
Secre^rv Of Cf rnmen ’-.r, et enaotme “fa, shall be exercisable by the
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29. The following enactments of the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act,
Admiralty jurisdiction. 1890, that is to say, section 2, sub-sections
section (3), shall apply to the Court as
^ J Vj0Urt as lX m said sections the Court were