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Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG' [‎72r] (148/968)

The record is made up of 1 volume (480 folios). It was created in 12 Oct 1933-3 Jun 1937. 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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Order had not been made, and any sucli proceeding may be
akefe.j amended in such manner as may appear necessary and proper in
lp t0 prirm it into conformity with the provisions of this Order
5 and of the Government of India Act, 1935.
19, Claims which, if the Government of India Act, 1935, had
■ eCt ^l not been passed, might have been enforced by or against the
^ Secretary of State for India in Council in connection with the
ac [ m inistration of the Province, may he enforced in such manner
10 as may be prescribed by the law of the Colony by or against the
f, His!. Government of tbe Colony.
2 Q__(d) An appeal shall lie from tbe Supreme Court to tire
’ 0 ^ er| ' High Court of Judicature at Bombay (in this section referred to as
“tbe High Court”)—
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(a) in civil cases—
(i) from any final judgment of the Supreme Court,
where the appeal involves, directly or indirectly, some
claim, or question respecting property or some civil right,
of the value of five thousand rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. or upwards, being a
judgment from which, if it were a judgment of a District
Couit in the Province of Bombay, an appeal would lie
to the High Court, under the Indian Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908, as amended prior to the appointed
day; and
(ii) with the leave of the Supreme Court or of the
High Court, from any other judgment of the Supreme
Court whether final or interlocutory, if, by reason of the
importance of the question involved in the appeal or
otherwise, the Court is satisfied that leave to appeal
ought to he granted ; and
(b) in criminal cases, from any judgment of the Supreme
Court from which, if it were a judgment of a Court of
Session in the Province of Bombay, an appeal would lie
to the High Court under the Indian Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1898, as amended prior to the appointed clay :
Provided that no appeal shall lie where the sentence imposed is
one of imprisonment not exceeding six months or of fine not
exceeding five hundred rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. or of both such imprisonment
and fine.
(2) When any person is sentenced to death and no appeal has
been lodged by him within the time limited for that purpose, the
Supreme Court shall transmit the record of the case to the High
Court and an appeal shall thereby he deemed to have been lodged
by the said person ; and the sentence shall not he carried out
unless and until it shall have been confirmed by the High Court.

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The volume contains papers regarding the transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office, and the preparation of the Aden Colony Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (1936), and 'Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Aden (1937)'.

The volume is predominantly made up of correspondence between 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, the Colonial Office, the Aden Chief Commissioner (later Governor) Bernard Reilly, 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. Legal Advisor's Department, and the Secretary of State for India. The volume also contains numerous heavily-annotated drafts of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and the Royal Instructions, plus minutes of meetings held at the Colonial Office, and extracts from the Home Affairs Committee and the Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform. Final drafts can be found at folios 13-20, in addition to copies of Reilly's inauguration speech (folios 25-28).

The correspondence covers a range of topics, including: Indian and Arab sentiment over the transfer; problems of condominion; the importance of Aden to Britain's imperial aims; representations from the Indian and Aden business communities; the maintenance of representation for Aden subjects at the Bombay High Court; Aden's free port status; questions of income tax and salt duty; the wording of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and Royal Instructions; and a proposal to list the Kuria Muria Islands as a named dependency of Aden, comparable to Shaikh Othman, Imad and Hiswa, and Perim.

The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 4).

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1 volume (480 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 480; 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. The fold-outs on f 147, f 158 and f 159 are A and B items which are attached to the folios in order to add additional information about the document.

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