File 951/1912 Pt 1 'Bahrein Order in Council' [‎13r] (34/424)

to a penalty in accordance with the stipulations of the Treaty, or the provisions
of this Order.
32. The Foreign Jurisdiction Neutrality Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1904, shall apply
♦to all persons and to all property subject to this Order.
33. Where a person entitled to appeal to the Chief Court 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 to the Chief 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 Chief Court.
34. The Court against whose judgment or order the appeal is preferred
may 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 for safe custody, or shall admit him to bail, and may take
security, by recognizance, deposit of money, or otherwise, for his payment
of any fine.
Part IY. — Civil.
35. -(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Order, the Code of Civil
Procedure and the other Indian enactments, relating to the administration of
Civil justice and to insolvency and bankruptcy, shall have effect as if Bahrein
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 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 be
deemed to be the District Judge, and his Court shall be deemed to be the
District or Principal Civil Court of Original Jurisdiction in the District; the
Judicial Assistant to 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. shall be deemed to be an Additiona
District Judge, and his Court shall be an Additional District Court of Original
Civil Jurisdiction; the Court of 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. shall be deemed to be the
highest Civil Court of Appeal for the District, and the Court authorized to hear
appeals from the decisions of the District Court; and the powers, both ot the
Governor-General in Council and 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.
(2) Any jurisdiction exercisable by the Chief Court under this Order in
civil matters may be exercised by the Judge of that Court, either within the
limits of this Order or elsewhere.
36. When a suit between persons to whom this Order applies is filed in the
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , 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 enquire from the several parties
whether they desire that proceedings shall be instituted in accordance with
the Code of Civil Procedure and the Indian enactments made^ applicable to
Bahrein, or in accordance with local usage, and shall record their replies.
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O. C. 1786*.