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punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months, or with
a fine which may extend to 1,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , or with both.
29. —(1.) If any person to whom this Order applies—
(i.) Publicly derides, mocks, or insults any religion established or observed (f
within the limits of this Order; or
(ii.) Publicly offers insult to any religious service, feast, or ceremony established
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, 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.) 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.
30. Any person being within the limits of this Order may be proceeded against,
tried, and punished under this Order for piracy wherever committed.
31. If any person, subject to this Order, violates, or fails to observe within the
limits of this Order, any stipulation of any Treaty between His Majesty, his prede
cessors, heirs, or successors, and the Sheikh of Bahrein for the time being in force,
and applicable to such person, in respect of the violation whereof any penalty is
stipulated for in the Treaty, he shall be deemed guilty of an olfence, and on conviction
thereof under this Order shall be liable 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 recognisance, deposit
of money, or otherwise, for his payment of any fine.
Part IV.— Civil.
35. 0 •) 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 Additional District Judge, and his Court shall be an Additional
District Court of Original Civil Jurisdiction; the Court of the Political Kesident shall
be deemed to be the highest Civil Court of Appeal for the District, and the Court
authorised to hear appeals from the decisions of the District Court; and the powers,
both of 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