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Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [‎18r] (37/476)

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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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18. In cases in which the Code of Criminal Procedure requires the sentence
of a Court of Session to be confirmed by the High Court, the sentence shall
be referred for confirmation to the Secretary of State instead of to the Chief
Court.
19. —(1) Where a person subject to the Order is accused of the commission
of an offence cognisable by 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. , the Chief
Court may, where it appears so expedient, by warrant under the hand and
seal of 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. , cause the accused to be sent for trial by the
Cot " 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. established by Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. in Qatar,
Kuwait, Muscat and Oman or the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
(2) The warrant shall be sufficient authority to any person to whom it is
directed to receive and retain the person therein named and to carry him to
and deliver him up at Qatar, Kuwait, Muscat and Oman or Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
according to the warrant.
(3) Where any person is to be sent to Qatar, Bahrein, Kuwait, Muscat and
Oman or the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , the Court before which he is charged shall take
the preliminary examination, and shall bind over such of the proper witnesses
as are British subjects in their own recognisances to appear and give evidence
on the trial.
(4) Where a person subject to the Kuwait, Qatar, Muscat and the Trucial
States Orders is accused of an offence committed within the limits of the
aforesaid Orders and has by warrant under seal of 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.
been sent for trial in Bahrein, the Court shall have power to try the case
as if the alleged offence had been committed within the limits of this Order
by a person subject to this Order.
20. —(1) 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. may from time to time, subject to the
directions of the Secretary of State, by general order under his hand and
seal, prescribe the manner in which, and the places within the limits of this
Order or the Kuwait, Qatar, Muscat and Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Orders at which,
sentences passed by the Court are to be carried into execution. He may
appoint any building or place specified in the order to be a prison for the
purposes of this Order, and such persons as he thinks fit to be gaolers,
keepers or officers of any such prison.
(2) If at the place at which any Court is held there is no place or building
appointed as a prison in accordance with the preceding paragraph of this
Article, it shall be lawful for any Court, by order or warrant under the seal
of the Court, temporarily and for the purposes of any particular case or
cases to appoint any place or building specified in the order to be a prison
for the purposes of this Order, and such persons as the Court thinks fit to
be keepers in such prison.
(3) A warrant under the seal of the Court shall be sufficient authority to
the person or persons to whom it is directed to deliver and detain the person
named therein according to the warrant at any prison appointed in accordance
with the preceding paragraph of this Article.
(4) A warrant under the seal of any other Court acting under the Kuwait,
Qatar, Muscat or Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Orders shall be sufficient authority within
the limits of this Order to the person or persons to whom it is directed
to deliver and detain the person named therein according to the warrant
at any prison appointed in accordance with the preceding paragraphs of this
Article.
21 . —(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 22 of this Order,
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. or 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. acting under the authority
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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:

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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1 file (189 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 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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