File 959/1914 Pt 2 'Abyssinia: Order in Council. Recovery of maintenance charges of prisoners convicted in Abyssinia and confined in Aden District Prison.' [‎400r] (725/878)

ENCLOSURES.
ENCLOSURE No. 1 : Foreign Office to 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. .
No 58,468/13. • Foreign Office,
Sir, ^ 10th March 1914.
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit to you herewith, for
the information of the Marquess of Crewe, three copies of an Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ,
entitled u The Abyssinia Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913,” which it has been found
necessary to issue for the purpose of regularising the exercise of His Majesty’s
extra-territorial jurisdiction in Abyssinia. The jurisdiction has in fact been
exercised for many years past, but no Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. under the Foreign
Jurisdiction Act had previously been issued.
You will observe that Articles 37 and 56 contain the usual provisions under
Sections 6 and 7 of the Foreign Jurisdiction Act. and that under them a
prisoner may be sent for trial or to serve his sentence at Aden or Bombay.
I am to enquire whether Lord Crewe will be prepared to make the
necessary arrangements with the Governments concerned, and to express
Sir E. Grey’s regret that, owing to an oversight, a communication was not
made to you before the Order had passed His Majesty in Council.
I am, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State A. Law.
for India.
Annex to Enclosure 1 : —( Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ) attached at end.
ENCLOSURE No 2:—India Office to Foreign Office.
P. 959. 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. ,
gi r? 7th April 1914.
With reference to your letter of the 10th March 1913, No. 58,468, as to
the Abyssinia Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913, 1 am directed by the Secretary of State
for India to state that, before asking the Government of India to make the
necessary arrangements to give effect to the provisions of Articles o7 and 56
of the Order, in so far as they relate to the trial and imprisonment of persons
at Aden and Bombay, he would be glad to learn whether he may assume that
any expenses incurred by the Government of India in connection with such
persons will be recoverable from Imperial revenues, in accordance with the
procedure indicated in Article 53 pf the Zanzibar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1897.
I have, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
T. WC llOLDERNESS.
ENCLOSURE No. 3
No. 15,563.
Sir,
Foreign Office to 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,
29th April 1914.
With reference to vour letter No. P. 959, of the 7th instant, respecting
Articles 37 and 56 of the' Abyssinia Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913 I am directed by
Secretary Sir E. Grey to say that the wording of Article o2 of the Zanzibar
Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1897, to which reference is made in your letter, would not
seem to justify an assumption that any expenses incurred by the government
of India in connection with the trial and imprisonment of persons at Aden and
Bombav will be recoverable from Imperial revenues. ,111 > p , •
The article in question states that such expenses ‘ shall be defrayed m
“ such manner as the Secretary of State with the concurrence of the treasury
“ directs.”
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