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Coll 35/16 'Opening of an Indian Post Office at Dubai: postal arrangements in the Persian Gulf' [183v] (366/739)
The record is made up of 1 file (368 folios). It was created in 23 May 1933-10 Jan 1949. 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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50
Penalty for theft
of postal articles.
Penalty for
opening,
detaining or
delaying postal
articles.
Penalty for fraud
in connexion with
official marks and
for receipts of
excess postage.
Penalty for
fraudulently
preparing,
altering,
secreting or
destroying post
office documents.
Penalty for
fraudulently
sending unpaid
postal articles.
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Pont Office Decree
imprisonment for six months or to both such fine and
imprisonment.
37. Any person who, being an officer of the
Postal Department, commits theft in respect of. or
dishonestly misappropriates, or for any purpose
whatsoever, secretes, destroys or abandons any postal
article in course of transmission by post or anything
contained therein, is guilty of an offence and able
to imprisonment for seven years.
38. (1) Any person who, being an officer of
the Postal Department, contra<y to his duty opens or
causes or suffers to be opened any mail bag or postal
article in course of transmission by post or wilfully
detains or delays or causes or suffers to be detained
or delayed any such mail bag or postal article, is
guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for
two years.
(2) Nothing in this section shall extend
to the opening or delaying of any mail bag or postal
article under the authority of this Decree or in
obedience to the order in writing of the British
Resident or the direction of a competent court.
39. Any person who, being an officer of the
Postal Department—
(a) fraudulently puts any wrong official
mark on a postal article:
(b) fraudulently alters, removes or causes to
disappear any official mark which is on
a postal article; or
(c) being entrusted with the delivery of any
postal article knowingly demands or
receives any sum of money in respect of
the postage thereof which is not
chargeable under this Decree,
is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment
for two years.
40. Any person who, being an officer of the
Postal Department entrusted with the preparing or
keeping of any document, fraudulently prepares the
document incorrectly or alters or secretes or destroys
the document, is guilty of an offence and is liable to
imprisonment for two years.
41. Any person, who being an officer of the
Postal Department, sends by post or puts into any
mail bag any postal article upon which the postage
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The file concerns postal offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The file contains:
- Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office at Sharjah, 1933-37
- Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office in Dubai, 1938
- Note on the Indian Post and Telegraph Services in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1946
- Future administration of postal services in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. after Indian and Pakistan Independence, 1947
- A copy of 'A decree to provide for the establishment and regulation of post offices and the conveyance of mail' at the Zanzibar Protectorate, 1935
- A copy of agreement between the Governor General in Council and the Kuwait Zubair Transport Company to provide a motor vehicle service for transit, conveyance and delivery of mail in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1947
- Postal service to the British Post Office agencies in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1948.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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. ; the Foreign Office; the Government of India; the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain; the General Post Office; the Air Ministry; the Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Said bin Maktoom; the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi; the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, India; HM Treasury; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations of the Government of Pakistan; the HM Ministry of Civil Aviation; the Commonwealth Relations Office: the HM Ministry of Works; and Cable and Wireless Limited.
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- 1 file (368 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 369; 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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- 175r:186v
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