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Coll 30/187 'Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf States.' [55v] (110/217)
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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O.XIV. r. 5.
O. XIV. r.
O. XV. r. 11.
68
No. 39.
Caveat Warrant.
(Heading and Title as in No. i.j
Caveat entered this day of against the issue
of any warrant for the arrest of (state name and nature of property) with
out notice being first given to (state name and address of person to whom,
and address at which, notice is to be given), who has undertaken to appear
and to give bail in any cause for prize salvage which may have been or
may be instituted against the said property in this Court.
On withdrawal of caveat, add: Caveat withdrawn this day
of
No. 40.
Notice of Withdrawal of Caveat.
(Heading and Title as in No. 1.)
Take notice that I withdraw the caveat (warrant, release, or payment
as the case may be) entered by me in this cause.
Dated this day of
(Signed) C.D.
No. 41.
Commission to Examine Witnesses.
(Heading and Title as in No. 1.)
George the Fifth, &c. (as in No. 2).
To (state name and address of examiner or commissioner appointed),
Greeting.
Whereas in a cause for commenced in Our said Court
on behalf of against (ship or cargo, &c.,
or as the case may be) the Judge has ordered a commission to be issued for
the examination of witnesses concerning the truth of the matters at issue
in the said cause.
We therefore hereby authorize you upon the day of ,
19 , at , in the presence of the parties, their
counsel or solicitors, or in the presence of their or either of their lawfully
appointed substitutes, or otherwise notwithstanding the absence of either
of them, to swear the witnesses who shall be produced before you for
examination in the said cause, and cause them to be examined, and their
depositions to be reduced into writing. We further authorize you to
adjourn, if necessary, the said examinations from time to time and from
place to place, as you may find expedient. And We command you, upon
the examinations being completed, to transmit the depositions and the
whole proceedings had and done before you, together with this commission,
to the Registry of Our said Court.
Witness, &c. (as in No. 2).
Commission to examine witnesses.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3925
- Title
- Coll 30/187 'Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf States.'
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- 6r:7v, 17r:75v
- Author
- Privy Council Office
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