File 951/1912 Pt 1 'Bahrein Order in Council' [‎9r] (26/424)

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9. All His Majesty’s jurisdiction exercisable witbin the limits of this Order
for the hearing and determination of criminal and civil matters, or for the
maintenance of order, or for the control or administration of persons or property,
r^in relation thereto, shall be exercised, underand according to the provisions
of this Order, so far as this Order extends and applies.
10. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to relieve any officer or person
in the service of His Majesty of the duty, as far as there is proper opporcunit}^,
of promoting reconciliation and encouraging and facilitating the settlement
in an amicable way, and without recourse to litigation, of matters in difference
between persons subject to this Order, or between persons subject to this Order
and persons who are not subject to this Order, within the limits of this Order.
Part II.—Application of Law of British India and of the United Kingdom.
11. —(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Order, and to any Treaties
for the time being in force relating to Bahrein, His Majesty’s criminal and civil
jurisdiction in Bahrein shall, so far as circumstances admit, be exercised on the
principles of, and in conformity with, the enactments for the time being
applicable as hereinafter mentioned of the Governor-General of India in Council,
and of the Governor of Bombay in Council, and in accordance with the powers
vested in; and the course of procedure and practice observed by and before,
the Courts 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 beyond the limits of the ordinary
original jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay according to
their respective jurisdiction and authority, and so far as such enactments, powers,
procedure, and practice are inapplicable, shall be exercised in accordance with
justice, equity, and good conscience.
(2) The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Order shall as from
the commencement of this Order apply to all persons subject to this Order.
(3) Any other existing or future enactments of the Governor-General of
India in Council, or of the Governor of Bombay in Council, may be applied to
Bahrein by King’s Pegulations under Article ^0 of this Order,
(4) Any Act of the Governor-General of India in Council, or of the
Governor of Bombay in Council, whether passed before or after the
commencement of this Order, amending or substituted for any Act of either
of those Legislatures which applies or may be applied to Bahrein, shall, subject
to the provisions of this Article, also apply to Bahrein.
(5) The Court may construe any enactments in force in Bahrein, under the
provisions of this Article, with such alterations not affecting the substance,
as may be necessary or proper to adapt the same to the matter before the Court.
12. The enactments described in the first schedule to the Foreign Juris
diction Act, 1890, shall apply to Bahrein, as if it were a British colony or
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