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'File 18/6 II Trucial Coast Order in Council' [111v] (222/424)
The record is made up of 1 file (211 folios). It was created in 23 Jul 1945-29 Nov 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: 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. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
or to a sum equal to treble the value of the goods (whichever
shall be the greater), or with both imprisonment and fine.
30 . Any act which, if done in British India, would be an offence against
the law for the time being in force in British India, relating to trade-marks,
merchandise marks, copyright designs, or inventions, shall, if done in the
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
by a person to whom this Order applies, be an offence punishable
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months, or with a
fine which may extend to i,ooo
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or with both.
31 . — (i) If any person to whom this Order applies:—
(1) Publicly derides, mocks or insults any religion, established or observed
within the limits of this Order; or
(ii) Publicly offers insult to any religious service, feast, or ceremony estab
lished or kept in any place within those limits, or to any place of worship,
tomb, or sanctuary belonging to any religion established or observed
within those limits, or belonging to the ministers or professors thereof; or
(iii) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring any religion
established or observed within those limits, or its ceremonies, modes 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 imprison
ment, 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) 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 take such precautionary measures as seem to
him proper and expedient for the prevention of such offences.
32 . — (1) If any person subject to this Order prints, publishes, or offers
for sale any printed or written newspaper or other publication containing
seditious matter, 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 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
or to a fine alone not exceeding 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
,
and may, in addition to, or in lieu of, any other sentence, be ordered to give
security for good behaviour, or to be deported.
(2) Where any printed or written newspaper or other publication con
taining seditious matter is printed, published, or offered for sale within the
limits of this Order by a Company incorporated under the laws of any part
of His Majesty's dominions, protectorates, protected states or mandated terri
tories, the Court may, after notice to the Company, and on proof of the facts,
require the Company to give security to abstain from such printing, publishing’,
or offering for sale in future. If the Company fail to give security, or if
the Company is shown to have again printed, published, or offered for sale
such newspaper, or other publication containing seditious matter after giving
such security, the Court may make an order prohibiting the Company from
carrying on business within the limits of the Order, and may make such
other orders as to the Court may seem just. The Court may also declare all
the property of the Company within the limits of the Order to be forfeited to
His Majesty, and shall dispose of it, subject to any general or special directions
of the Secretary of State, as it thinks fit.
(3) Matter calculated to excite tumult or disorder, or to excite enmity
between persons subject to this Order and the Trucial Sheikhs or their sub
jects, or between different classes of person subject to this Order, or between
fb<3 Trucial Sheixhs or their subjects, shall be deemed to be seditious matter
within the meaning of this Article.
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The file relates to proposals for, and the drafting of The Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1950. The file includes correspondence from the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent, Sharjah; 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. , Bahrain; 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Government of India; the Foreign Office; and rulers of the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (also referred to as the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. of Oman) and Bahrain (also referred to as Bahrein).
The papers include:
- correspondence with individual rulers of the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. on the question of their agreement to the legal cession to the British Government of jurisdiction in their territories over British subjects and foreigners, July-August 1945;
- papers concerning the preparation by the Government of India of a draft version of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. based on the Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939, November-December 1945;
- papers relating to the status of Persians domiciled on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , May 1946;
- papers relating to a request by the United States Consul, Saudi Arabia for details of the treaties and agreements that underlay the British Government's claim to be entitled to hold jurisdiction within the territories of the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , June-September 1947;
- correspondence concerning the rejection by Sheikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain of a proposal by Cornelius James Pelly, 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. , Bahrain that prisoners sentenced for offences within the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. be allowed to serve their sentences in the Bahrain Government gaol, July-August 1948;
- papers concerning amendments to the final draft of the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1950, October 1950.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (211 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers in both crayon and ink (red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence) can be found throughout the file. They refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 212 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. A second foliation sequence, numbered 1-180, is present between ff. 2-183. These numbers are written in a combination of pencil (not circled) and blue ink, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. There are also three printed pagination sequences in the file. They can be found between ff. 61-76, ff. 106-117, and ff. 152-166.
The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 194-206, ff. 208-210.
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- IOR/R/15/2/576
- Title
- 'File 18/6 II Trucial Coast Order in Council'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:11v, 12v:13v, 14v:15v, 16v:17v, 18v:22v, 23v:33v, 35v:39v, 40v:46v, 48v:49v, 50v:53v, 54v, 55v, 56v:98v, 99v:100v, 102v, 103v, 104v:129v, 130v:139v, 140v:212v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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