Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [2v] (6/476)
The record is made up of 1 file (189 folios). It was created in 27 Feb 1948-2 Jan 1950. 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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Legal Adviser^
In our express letter of 11th September (flagged) we
forwarded to 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.
a draft
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Order-
in-Council revised in consultation with yourself and the Foreign
Office to take account of the changed position in the Persian
Gulf resulting from the transfer of administration from the
Government of India to the U.K. Government and the changed
constitutional position in India. We asked the Political
Resident to consider^ t^iis revised draft of the
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Order-in-Council and, if he agreed with it, to let us have
drafts of the other
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Orders-in-Council revised on
the same lines.
2. 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.
has now done this and with his
letter No.424-S of 17th February has forwarded revised drafts
of the other Orders-in-Council. I have not examined these in
detail but can see nothing to dispute^/the conments given in his
letter No.424-3. Before forwarding his letter and the revised
drafts to the Foreign Office I should be glad to know whether
you have any comments.
3. Please see now 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.
's letter No.425-3 of
17th February. The suggestion of appointing a judge from England
to try important cases was originally put forward in the Foreign
Office ; who foresee difficulty^now tnat they will have to fill
the appointments of
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.
and Political Agents from
the P'oreign Senvice (except insofar as they are able to fill the
appointments “by ex-officers of the Indian Services on contract)^
in providing officers who have the requisite training in the Law
(mainly Indian) to enable them to administer the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Orders in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
. It appears from 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.
's
letter No.2*25-3 that the necessary provision for the appointment
of such a judge^ as Judicial Assistant to 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.
^
already exists in the Orders-in-Council but the Political'
Resident is worried about his own competence (and that of ary
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.
) to dispose of appeals against ary Orders
passed by such an expert and wonders whether it might be as well
to make provision in the revised Orders-in-Council to enable 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.
to refer to a Court in the U.K. aiy appeal
whicn he does not himself feel competent to decide or which he
may be directed by the Secretary of State to transfer. I should
be glad to have your comments on this also.
1-3.43.
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Correspondence relating to the revision of the five Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Muscat, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and The Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The revision was a result of Indian Independence and the transfer of power in the Gulf from the Government of India to HM Government of the United Kingdom. The papers consist of interdepartmental discussion over the amendments to the five orders in council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , principally between officials at the Commonwealth Relations Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, 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. . Copies of the finalised orders are contained in the file, as follows:
- Folios 14-25: The Bahrein Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1949
- Folios 26-38: The Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1949
- Folios 39-52: The Muscat Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1949
- Folios 53-65: The Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1949
- Folios 66-78: The Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1949
Also included in the file is a letter, dated 15 December 1948, from Edward Evans & Co., Consulting Engineers and Chartered Patent Agents, enquiring about patent in protection in Bahrain (folio 84).
Folios 2-10 are internal office notes.
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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 191; 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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