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Coll 1/71 'Aden Protectorate Order in Council 1937' [38v] (76/178)
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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52 & 53
Viet. c. 63.
Governor.
Governor to
observe
instructions
etc.
Powers of
legislation
reserved
to the
Crown.
Contin
uance of
laws, and
powers to
make rules
and orders.
the appointed day ” means the first day of April nine
teen hundred and thirty-seven;
“ the Gazette ” means the Gazette of the Protectorate;
" native of the Protectorate ” means any person who is
a member or either of whose parents is or was a member of
a tribe or community indigenous to the Protectorate.
( 2 ) The Interpretation Act, 1889 , shall apply for the inter
pretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an
Act of Parliament.
4 . The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony shall
be the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Protectorate,
and he is hereby empowered and commanded to exercise on His
Majesty's behalf all such powers and jurisdiction as His Majesty
now has, or may from time to time have, therein, and to that
end to take or cause to be taken all such measures and to do or
cause to be done all such things therein as in the interest of His
Majesty's service he may think expedient.
5 . The Governor is hereby empowered and commanded to do
all things that belong to his said office in accordance with such
Commission as may be issued to him under His Majesty’s Sign
Manual and Signet, such Instructions as may from time to time
be addressed to him under His Majesty’s Sign Manual and
Signet or through the Secretary of State, and such Orders in
Council and other laws as may from time to time be in force in
the Protectorate.
6 . His Majesty hereby reserves to Himself, His heirs and
successors power, with the advice of His or their Privy Council,
from time to time, to make laws for the peace, order and good
government of the Protectorate.
7 . — ( 1 ) Subject to the provisions of this Order, all Acts,
Orders, Rules, Regulations and other enactments having the
force of law in the Protectorate on the appointed day shall,
except so far as the same shall, in their application to the Pro
tectorate, thereafter be repealed, amended or otherwise affected
by or under any subsequent order, rule or other law, continue
to have effect in the Protectorate, but shall be construed subject
to such modifications as may be necessary to bring them into
conformity with the provisions of this Order and of the Aden
Colony Order, 1936 . ( a )
( 2 ) Without prejudice to any powers otherwise vested in
him, the Governor is hereby empowered to make rules and orders
for the following purposes: —
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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)
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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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