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File 791/1904 Pt 1 'Orders-in-Council: Persian Coast and Islands' [‎287r] (306/357)

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Part III.— Criminal Matters.
Application of the
Code of Criminal
Procedure.
Commitments to
High Court of
Bombay.
Manner and place
of imprisonment.
Execution of
sentences.
10. Subject to the other provisions of this
Order, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the
other enactments relating to the administration of
criminal justice in British India for the time being
applicable to the Persian coast and islands, shall
have effect as if the Persian coast and islands were
a district in 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 Sessions
Judge; and the Judicial Assistant shall be
deemed to be the District Magistrate and
additional Sessions Judge; the High Court
of Judicature at Bombay (hereinafter called the
High Court of Bombay) shall be deemed to be
the High Court; and the powers both of the
Governor-General in Council and of the Local
Government under those enactments shall be
exercisable by the Secretary of State, or, with
his previous or subsequent assent, by the
Governor-General of India in Council.
11. When any person is committed to the High
Court of Bombay for trial, the Consul-General may,
under, and in accordance with, the provisions of
section 4 of the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890,
send him to Bombay for trial, and may, if he thinks
fit, bind over such of the proper witnesses as are
British subjects, or any of them, in their own
recognizances, to appear and give evidence on
the trial.
12. (1.) The Consul-General may by General
Order prescribe the manner in which, and the
places within the Persian coast and islands at
which, sentences of imprisonment are to be carried
into execution.
(2.) The Court may, in any case, by warrant
sealed with the Consular seal, cause an offender
convicted and sentenced to imprisonment before
the Court to be removed to, and imprisoned in,
any place within the Persian coast and islands.
13. Where an offender convicted before any
Court established under this Order is sentenced to
imprisonment, and the Consul-General pioceeding
under section 7 of the Foreign Jurisdiction
Act, 1890, authority in that behalf being hereby
given to him, considers it expedient that the
sentence should be carried into effect withm His

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Part 1 concerns 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. 1905 (folios 282-298; 264-276) and 1907 (folios 200-205), with comments, amendments and related correspondence between 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. officials.

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File 791/1904 Pt 1 'Orders-in-Council: Persian Coast and Islands' [‎287r] (306/357), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/28/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100026682268.0x0000b3> [accessed 12 August 2026]

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