Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory' [‎139v] (278/340)

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for a Superior Court or Supreme Court, and the
.District Court for a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace
of a colony or British possession. ^
(ii) For the portions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1So4
and 1867, referred to in the said Schedule, shall be
substituted Part XXII. of the Merchant Shipping
Act, 1894.
(hi) In Section 51 of the Conveyancing (Scotland) A£
1874, the Court of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. is substituffTi
for a Court of Probate in a colony
(iv) With respect to the Fugitive Offenders Act 1881—
(d) So much of the 4th and 5toh sections of the
said Act as relates to sending a report of the issue
of a warrant, together with the information, or a
copy thereof, or to the sending of a certificate of
committal and report of a case, or to the information
to be given by a Magistrate to a fugitive, shall be
excepted, and in lieu of such information the person
acting as the Magistrate shall inform the fugitive
that in the British possession or protectorate to which
he may be conveyed he has the right to apply for a
writ of habeas corpus or other like process.
(b) So much of the 6 th section of the said Act as
requires the expiration of fifteen days before issue of
warrant shall be excepted.
(c) 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. shall not be bound to
return a fugitive offender to a British possession
unless satisfied that the proceedings to obtain his
return are taken with the consent of the Governor of
that possession.
(d) For the purposes-of Part II. of the said Act,
Bahrein, Muscat, the Persian Coast and Islands, and
all other places on the shores of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. or
the Gulf of Oman, Aden, and British India, shall be
deemed to be one group of British possessions.
13. Where, by virtue of any Imperial Act, or of this Order,
or otherwise, any provisions of any Imperial Acts, or of any
Law in force in India, or of any Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. other than
this Order, are applicable within the limits of this Order, or any
forms, Regulations, or procedure prescribed or established by
or under such Act, Law, or Order are made applicable for any
purpose of this Order, or any other Order relating to Bahrein,
such Acts, Laws, Orders, forms, Regulations, or procedure may
be construed or used with such alterations and adaptations not
affecting the substance as may be necessary having regard to local
circumstances, and anything required to be done by, to, or before
any Court, Judge, officer, or authority may be done by, to, or be
fore a Court, Judge, officer, or authority having the like or analo
gous functions, or by, to, or before any officer designated by the
Secretary of State or by the Court (as the case may require) for
that purpose ; and in case any difficulty occurs in the application
the Secretary of State, or with his previous or subsequent assent