Skip to item: of 217
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

Coll 30/187 'Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf States.' [‎33r] (65/217)

This item is part of

The record is made up of 1 file (107 folios). It was created in 11 Jul 1939-21 Dec 1939. 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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

23
5. When the motion or summons comes on for hearing the Judge may,
after hearing the parties, or in the absence of any of them, on proof that
the notice of motion or summons has been duly served, make such order
as he shall deem right.
6. Save as hereinafter provided, no motion or summons shall be heard
without previous notice to or service on the parties afiected thereby, but
the Judge, if satisfied that the delay caused by proceeding in the ordinary
way would, or might, entail irreparable or serious mischief, may make any
order ex parte upon such terms as to costs or otherwise, and subject to
such undertaking, if any, as the Judge may think just; and any party
affected by such order may move to set it aside.
7. Any application made in chambers ex parte shall, if the Judge think
fit so to require, be made by summons.
8. The Registrar may transact all such business and exercise all such
authority and jurisdiction in respect of the same as under these Rules
may be transacted or exercised by the Judge in chambers, except in respect
of the following proceedings and matters, that is to say—
(1) all matters relating to the liberty of the subject or attachments;
(2) awarding of costs other than the costs of or relating to any pro
ceeding before the Registrar and costs which, by these Rules
or by the order of the Judge, the Registrar is authorised to
award;
Provided that the Registrar shall only transact such business and
exercise such authority and jurisdiction where he has power to transact
the like business and exercise the like authority and jurisdiction in matters
arising out of the ordinary jurisdiction of the Court.
Provided, further, that any application in chambers may, if required
by any party thereto, be heard by the Judge.
9. Any party affected by any order or decision of the Registrar may
appeal to the Judge by summons, and such appeal shall be made within
three days after the order appealed from.
10. The Judge may on due cause shown vary or rescind any order or
decision previously made on motion or summons other than an order
made in Court on an appeal from chambers.
n. An appeal from the decision of the Registrar in chambers shall be no
stay of proceedings unless so ordered by the Judge or Registrar.
ORDER XXI.
Affidavits.
1. Every affidavit shall be intituled in the cause or matter in which it is
sworn, or, if sworn before the commencement of a cause, it shall be headed
with the name of the captured ship or, in the case of an aircraft, with the
word “ Aircraft ” followed by the nationality and registration marks of the
captured aircraft, and shall be divided into short paragraphs numbered
consecutively, and shall be in the first person, and signed by the deponent.
2. The name, address, and description of every person making an affidavit
shall be inserted therein.
Where an affidavit is made by two or more persons, the names of all
such persons, and the dates when, and the places where, it is sworn, shall
be inserted in the jurat.
Form of heading and jurat to an affidavit will be found in Appendix A,
No. 49.

About this item

Content

The file concerns the application to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. of amended prize jurisdiction in the run-up to, and following the outbreak of, the Second World War. Prize law related to the capture of enemy ships and goods during wartime. The Prize Act, 1939 extended prize law to aircraft also.

The papers include: a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle, 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. , concerning special measures in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on the outbreak of war, April 1939, including comments on Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Muscat and Oman, and the states that would automatically be at war on the side of the United Kingdom (Kuwait, Bahrain, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ); copies of the Prize Act, 1939, and the Prize Courts Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939; 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. correspondence and minutes; correspondence from the Government of India; the special position of Muscat and Oman in terms of prize jurisdiction (e.g. folio 16); and a copy of the Reprisals Restricting German Commerce Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format
1 file (107 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 109; 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.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

Coll 30/187 'Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf States.' [‎33r] (65/217), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3925, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100055145069.0x000044> [accessed 23 May 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100055145069.0x000044">Coll 30/187 'Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf States.' [&lrm;33r] (65/217)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100055145069.0x000044">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001ef/IOR_L_PS_12_3925_0068.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001ef/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image