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Coll 25/25 'Orders in Council: Kuwait and Bahrain: Celebration of marriages between foreigners by Political Agents at Bahrain and Koweit' [15r] (30/235)
The record is made up of 1 file (115 folios). It was created in 24 May 1937-18 May 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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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir R. Hay, K#C.I.E., 0,3.I.,
Persian G-ulf
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
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Bahrein.
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Would you please refer to Galloway*s letter
No.1941-1 fii/11 of 11th September enclosing a draft
King*s Regulation to permit the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
,
Bahrein to marry persons ordinarily resident at .
Dhahran in Saudi Arabia?
2. Legal opinion here is doubtful whether the
extension of the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
*s jurisdiction for
this purpose beyond the limits of the Order-in-
Council would not be ultra vires the Order. It is
considered, however, that there would be no
objection to introducing a King*s Regulation to
■ intnbty
Sections 38,^ 41, 42 and 51 of the
Indian Christian Marriage Act^-l872£so as to give tii
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
authority, in his capacity as
Marriage Registrar, to dispense with the
requirements of residence in Bahrein in individual
cases and ifi=flaader to make it clear that notice of
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Correspondence, drafts, and minute papers relating to the drafting and issue of amendments to The Christian Marriage Regulation, 1922, made under the Bahrain Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913. Amendments to the regulation were thought necessary in order to authorise the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain, to marry non-British subjects (The Christian Marriage (Amendment) Regulation, 1946) and those who were resident in Saudi Arabia (The Christian Marriage (Amendment) Regulation, 1948). Discussion of the need for and wording of the amendments occur in exchanges between officials at 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. , Foreign Office, Government of India (External Affairs Department), and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Also included in the file is correspondence concerning similar questions in Kuwait, namely, whether the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. is able to solemnise the marriage between foreigners or non-Christians (folios 87-98). A copy of The Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1935 is included for reference purposes.
A copy of The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 (XV of 1872) is also contained in the file (folios 16-39).
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- 1 file (115 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 117; 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.
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- Coll 25/25 'Orders in Council: Kuwait and Bahrain: Celebration of marriages between foreigners by Political Agents at Bahrain and Koweit'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:116v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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