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Coll 30/187 'Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf States.' [‎37r] (73/217)

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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. .

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filed, the petition shall be heard in Court, on an early day to be appointed
by the Registrar, upon the application of either party, upon such evidence
as the Judge shall think fit.
4. If in a cause instituted against a ship or aircraft for condemnation
as prize, or in a cause for prize salvage, a cause of joint capture is
instituted before condemnation or adjudication, the Judge may, at the
hearing of the principal cause, upon condemnation of the ship or aircraft
as lawful prize to the Crown, determine the title of the petitioner to share
as aforesaid.
Forms of decree in joint capture will be found in Appendix A,
No. 53 (xviii) to (xxi).
5. The costs of and occasioned by the petition shall, as the Judge shall
direct, be borne by the petitioner or respondent or be paid out of the
proceeds of the ship or aircraft if condemned.
6. Except by special leave of the Judge no party shall be admitted to
claim to share as a joint captor in a prize, or in prize salvage, unless he
shall institute his cause and file his petition within six months from the
date on which the Judge shall have pronounced any other party entitled to
such prize, or prize salvage.
7. A claim by a flag officer to share in prize, or prize salvage, by virtue
of his flag shall not be made until after condemnation, and shall then be
made in the same form and manner, and the same proceedings shall be had
thereon, as in cases of asserted joint capture:
Provided, that such flag officer shall not be required to pay costs or
give security for costs.
8. Where in any proceedings instituted for condemnation, or for prize
salvage, the title or interest of the party instituting such proceedings is
denied by any other party who asserts that he has as captor the sole title
or interest in the prize, or prize salvage, proceedings may be taken for the
purpose of determining such title or interest in the form and manner herein
provided for determining the title and interest in a claim of joint capture.
Provided, that the petitioner shall not be required to give any security or
pay any costs before so proceeding unless so ordered by the Judge, and
that the form of proceedings shall assert such sole title and interest instead
of a joint title and interest, and that the petition shall be filed within
ten days after the cause is instituted by the petitioner instead of after
security given.
9. All other applications to share in prize proceeds, or prize salvage,
shall, unless the Judge shall otherwise direct, be made by motion.
ORDER XXXIII.
Prize Bounty.
In claims for prize bounty the procedure shall be as follows: —
(1) where the ship is brought in for adjudication the application for
a decree under the Naval Prize Act, 1864, section 43, shall be
made in Court at the hearing of the principal cause, or as soon
thereafter as possible.
(2) where the ship has been destroyed, or, having been taken, has
not been brought in for adjudication, the application for a
decree as aforesaid shall be made by motion in Court.
(3) not less than four clear days before such application, notice thereof
shall be served upon the proper ofiBcer of the Crown.
(4) the witnesses in support of the application shall be examined
before the Judge in Court, or their evidence may be given by
affidavit.

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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.

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1 file (107 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 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.

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