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Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG' [146v] (297/968)
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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15
4
and upon such conditions as may be specified in any such
Instructions.
12. It shall be lawful for the Governor to make laws for the
peace, order and good government of the Colony.
13. It shall be lawful for His Majesty to disallow any such law,
and to signify such disallowance through the Secretary of State.
Every law so disallowed shall cease to have effect from the time
when the signification of such disallowance shall be published by
the Governor by notice in the Gazette, but without prejudice to
anything lawfully done or suffered thereunder.
14. 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 Colony.
15. —(1) There shall be, in and for the Colony, a Court of
unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction to be called the Supreme
Court.
(2) The constitution and powers of the Supreme Court may,
subject to the provisions of this Order, be prescribed by laws
enacted by the Governor under this Order.
(3) The District and Sessions Court as constituted immediately
before the appointed day shall on that day become the Supreme
Court and, subject to the provisions of this section, all the
jurisdiction and powers then vested in the District and Sessions
Court shall become vested in the Supreme Court.
(4) The person holding the office of District and Sessions Judge
immediately before the appointed day shall, on that day, become
Judge of the Supreme Court but shall hold office subject to the
terms and conditions upon which he held office as District and
Sessions Judge.
16. Subject to the provisions of this Order, all Acts, Orders,
Ordinances, Regulations and other enactments having the force
of law in the Province immediately before the appointed day shall,
except so far as the same shall, in their application to the Colony,
thereafter be repealed, amended or otherwise affected by or under 35
any Order of His Majesty in Council or any law made by the
Governor under this Order, continue to have effect in the Colony,
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 Government of India Act, 1935.
17. Nothing in this Order shall affect the validity or future
operation of any lawful act done by any authority in the Province
before the appointed day. 18
18. ^ All proceedings commenced before the appointed day in
any Court of Justice in or having jurisdiction in the Province 45
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume
- Physical characteristics
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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- Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:67v, 70r:77v, 80r:146v, 147ar:147av, 147r:159r, 159av, 159r, 159av, 160r:355v, 357r:366v, 375r:376v, 385r:413v, 415r:423v, 426r:440v, 453r:459v, 462r:479v, back-i
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