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Coll 1/71 'Aden Protectorate Order in Council 1937' [37r] (73/178)
The record is made up of 1 file (87 folios). It was created in 8 Jul 1936-2 Sep 1948. 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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7
(9) Sections 6 , 7, 8 , 36, 37 and 38 of the Aden Civil and
Criminal Justice Regulation, 1933, shall cease to have effect.
21. No subject of His Majesty shall on grounds only of religion,
place of birth, descent, colour, or any of them be ineligible for
■j office under the Crown in the Colony, or be prohibited on any
such ground from entering the Colony or from acquiring, holding
or disposing of property or carrying on any occupation, trade,
^ ^ business or profession in the Colony.
22. The Governor, in His Majesty’s name and on His Majesty’s
behalf, may make and execute, under the Public Seal, grants and
dispositions of any lands within the Colony which may be lawfully
granted or disposed of by His Majesty :
Provided that every such grant or disposition shall be made in
conformity either with some
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
or law or regulation
in force in the Colony or with some Instructions addressed to the
Governor under His Majesty’s Sign Manual and Signet, or through
the Secretary of State.
23. The Governor may constitute and appoint all such Judges
and other necessary officers as may be lawfully constituted or
appointed by His Majesty, all of whom, unless otherwise provided
by law, shall hold their offices during His Majesty’s pleasure.
24. The Governor may, subject to the provisions of any law for
the time being in force in the Colony and to such Instructions as
may from time to time be given to him by His Majest } 7 through
the Secretary of State upon sufficient cause to him appearing,
dismiss or suspend from the exercise of his office any person
holding any public office within the Colony, or, subject as afore
said, may take such other disciplinary action as may seem to him
desirable.
25. When any offence has been committed for which the
offender may be tried within the Colony, the Governor may, as
he shall see occasion, in His Majesty’s name and on His Majesty’s
behalf, grant a pardon to any accomplice in such offence who shall
give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the
principal offender or of any one of such offenders if more than
one; and further, may grant to any offender convicted in any
Court within the Colony, a pardon, either free or subject to lawful
conditions, or any remission of the sentence passed on such
offender, or any respite of the execution of such sentence, for such
period as the Governor thinks fit, and may remit any penalties or
forfeitures due to His Majesty.
26. All His Majesty’s officers, , civil and military, and all other
inhabitants of the Colony are hereby required and commanded
to be obedient, aiding and assisting unto the Governor and to such
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The file contains correspondence between the Colonial Office, 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. Political Department, and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, regarding the drafting of the following Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (copies included):
- Aden Colony Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (1936), ff 54-57;
- Aden Protectorate Order (1937), ff 63-68;
- Royal Instructions to the Governor of the Protectorate of Aden (1937), ff 69-72;
- Aden Colony Amendment Order (1944), ff 7-10;
- British Protected Persons (Amendment) Order (1944), ff 15-17.
The file also contains extracts of minutes from the House of Lords and House of Commons.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).
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- 1 file (87 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 89; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 2-88 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1508
- Title
- Coll 1/71 'Aden Protectorate Order in Council 1937'
- Pages
- 63r:68v, 54r:57v, 34r:40v, 28r:31v, 7r:10v, 15r:17v
- Author
- Privy Council Office
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