Coll 25/24 'Orders in Council: Bahrain: King's Regulation No. 2 of 1937; Bahrain Passport Regulations, 1937' [12v] (24/115)
The record is made up of 1 file (56 folios). It was created in 9 Mar 1937-18 Oct 1937. 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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Sa’udi Arabia arriving from the Ilasa ports and bearing valid national
passports or travel papers and in such other cases as the Political
Agent may deem fit.
2. Any person subject to the Bahrain Order-in-Council who after
this Regulation comes into force enters Bahrain in contravention of
Article 1 shall be liable to a punishment of imprisonment for a term
which may extend to three months or with a fine not exceeding
500
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or with both, and may Jbe directed to remove himself ^
forthwith or by any date specified or may be removed from Bahrain,
and any direction or order for such removal shall be deemed to be
an order to which the provisions of Articles 22, 23 and 24 of the
Bahrain Order-in-Council, 1913, as amended by the Bahrain
(Amendment) Order-in-Council, 1924, are applicable.
3. Any person who attempts to commit or abets or attempts to
abet the commission of any offence or offences punishable under
Article 2 shall be punished in like manner as if he had committed the
offence or offences.
4. Should the master or nakhuda of anv vessel or any member
of the crew commit or attempt to commit or abet or attempt to abet
(be commission of any offence punishable under Articles 2 or 3, the
vessel may be detained pending the payment of any fine, or sold in
order to meet the fine.
• 5 h .P erson who has entered Bahrain before the date on which
tins Regulation came into force, without complying with the require
ments specified in Article 1 of this Regulation, and who, on beim*
called upon, does not produce satisfactory evidence that he has visible
means of support, shall be liable to be removed from Bahrain and
any direction or order for sm>b rpmmja 1 aUnll J j i
6. This Regulation may be cited as
Regulation, 1937.”
Bu shire
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.
.
, 1937.
Allowed :
ANTHONY EDEN,
His Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs.
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Correspondence, drafts, and minute papers relating to the passing of The Bahrain Passport Regulation, 1937'. The regulation was seen as necessary for addressing the large numbers of people entering Bahrain without valid passports or visas. The interdepartmental consultation over the drafting and issue of the legislation includes exchanges between officials at the 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, Government of India (External Affairs Department), and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file includes draft and final copies of the regulation and an extract from Intelligence Summary 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. , Bahrain, for the period 16-30 April 1938, in which the effects of the new regulation are reported (folio 3).
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- 1 file (56 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 57; 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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- Coll 25/24 'Orders in Council: Bahrain: King's Regulation No. 2 of 1937; Bahrain Passport Regulations, 1937'
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- front, front-i, 2r:57v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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