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'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police' [50r] (122/478)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 folios). It was created in 13 Feb 1930-22 Dec 1944. 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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the disposition of his force, the methods to be employed
or the volume of fire to be used.
ilhen no gazetted police officer is present, the
magistrace should, as usua,l,be responsible for determining
when fire is to be opened and should also decide the
volume of fire to be used but not its direction.
The Madras delegate urges that when a gazetted
police officer is present it should not be
necessary for him to seek and obtain the
permission of the magistrate before ordering
the use of firearms.
Actual order to fire . - In all cases the actual
order to "fire" or to "cease fire" should invariably
be given by the police officer in comnand.
Warning to,unlawful assembly . - Before directing
the police officer in command to order the use of firearms,
the magistrate, as a part of the full and sufficient warning
of the consequences of failure to disperse which he is
required to give to the members of the unlawful assembly,
should warn them that the firing will be effective. The
direction to use firearms should be given only in the last
resort when it is considered impossible to disperse the
unlawful assembly by any other means.
Right of private__defence. - The conference considers
that nothing in these suggestions should be construe^hs
depriving the police of the rights conferred on them by
Chapter IV of the Indian Penal Code.
QE d &r- t, fl_cease fi re_when to_he ^ive n. - When no
magistrate is present the police officer in co,imand, as
is contemplated in the Criminal Procedure Code, shall be
responsible for the opening of fire. Invariably whether
the order to use firearms has been given by a magistrate
or by a police officer, the order to cease fire shall be
given by as soon as the unlawful assembly shows a disposi
tion to retire or to disperse.
Volume Q£_fii;;£ . - On the question of the extent
to which firearms should be used, the Conference having
examined the rules in force in various provinces is in
favour of the general adoption of the Punjab rule, that
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This file contains correspondence regarding the development of the armed police force in Bahrain between the years 1930 and 1944.
The documents discuss the British authorities' desire to reduce the number of Indians employed in the police force and make it appear less noticeably 'foreign'. Various other reforms and training initiatives during this period are also discussed.
A full, detailed report from 1940 entitled 'A Report on the Bahrain Police with Suggestions for their improvement' is contained on ff. 70-167a.
The file also contains detailed instructions regarding protocol for the use of force by the police against crowds (notably the use of firearms against illegal assemblies) and documents containing a broader discussion of the nature of Britain's role in Bahrain.
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- 1 volume (214 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
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Previously a bound correspondence file, its sheets have been unbound and are now loose. A foliation system of circled pencil in top right-hand corner of each front-facing page begins on the title page and ends on the last page of text. There is another inconsistent foliation system that is also in pencil in the top right-hand corner of each front-facing page but is not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/1/348
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- 'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1av, ii-r:ii-v, 1br:1cv, 2r:5v, 5ar:5av, 6r:7v, 7ar:7av, 8r:10v, 10ar:10bv, 11r:62v, 63ar:63av, 63r:92v, 93ar:93bv, 94r:95v, 96ar:96av, 96r:103v, 106r:166v, 167ar:167av, 167r:173v, 174ar:174av, 175r:178v, 180r:180v, 181ar:181av, 181r:190v, 191av:191bv, 192r:197v, 198ar:198cv, 199r:204v, 205ar:205av, 205r:214v, iii-r:v-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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