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File 951/1912 Pt 1 'Bahrein Order in Council' [‎203v] (417/424)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 8 Jun 1911-19 Jan 1915. It was written in English. 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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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Part I.—Preliminary and General.
Section.
1. Limits of Order.
2. Division of Order into Parts.
3. Interpretation.
4. Rules of construction.
5. Incapacity, letc., of 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. .
6. Extent of jurisdiction.
7. Exercise of jurisdiction.
Part II.— Application or Law of British India and of the United Kingdom.
8. Indian law to be applied.
9. Application of Imperial Acts.
10. Operation of Imperial or Indian Acts, etc.
Part III. —Criminal Matters.
11. Application of the Code of Criminal Procedure, constitution of Courts and pro
cedure which may be employed when the parties are Mohammedans.
12. Confirmation of sentence of Court of Session.
13. Manner and place of imprisonment.
14. Execution of sentences.
15. Murder or culpable homicide, or offences at Sea.
16. Backing of warrants.
17. Security for good behaviour.
18. Order of prohibition.
19. Deportation.
20. Process of removal or deportation.
21. No appeal against order of prohibition or deportation.
22. Obstruction and contempt o'f Court.

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The volume concerns proposals for, and the drafting and publication of the Bahrein [Bahrain] Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913.

The correspondence is mainly between 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox), the Viceroy of India (Lord Hardinge of Penshurst), and senior officials of the Government of India, the Foreign Office and the 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. . The volume also contains draft and published copies of the Bahrain Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , and a copy of the (Indian) Pilgrim Ships Act, 1895.

Topics discussed in the correspondence include the judicial powers to be granted to 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 proposal that 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 be empowered to act as a British Slave-Court under the Slave Trade Acts of 1873 and 1879; the application to the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. of the Pilgrim Ships Act, 1895 by King's Regulation rather than by inclusion in the schedule to the Order; publication of the Order in the Gazette of India ; and the need to bring the Order into operation without delay.

The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents and notes in the volume. The covering dates of the Political and Secret Department minute sheets are 1911-14.

Extent and format
1 volume (205 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 951 (Bahrain Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/248-249. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 207; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 111-206; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.

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