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Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [19Av] (42/476)
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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he shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof liable to imprison
ment, which may extend to two years, with or without a fine not exceeding
Mx)
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or to a fine alone not exceeding 500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
(2) 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.
shall take such precautionary measures as seem to
him proper and expedient for the prevention of such offences.
a 4 .—(!) If any person subject to this Order prints, publishes, or offers
to ^. sale any P rinte d or written newspaper or other publication containing
seditious matter, he shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof
liable to imprisonment, which may extend to two years, with or without a
fine not exceeding 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
or to a fine alone not exceeding 1,000 ^.pees
and may in addition to, or in lieu of, any other sentence, be ordered to give
security for good behaviour, or to be deported.
(2) Where any printed or written newspaper or other publication con
taining seditious matter is printed, published, or offered for sale within the
hmits of this Order by a Company incorporated under the laws of any part
of His Majesty s dominions, protectorates or protected states or of anv
mandated territory or trust territory, the Court may, after notice to the
Company, and on proof of the facts, require the Company to give security
to abstain from such printing, publishing, or offering for sale in future. If
the Company fail to give security, or if the Company is shown to have again
printed, published, or offered for sale such newspaper, or other publication
containing seditious matter after giving such security, the Court may make
an order prohibiting the Company from carrying on business within the
limits of the Order, and may make such other orders as to the Court may
seem just. The Court may also declare all the property of the Company
within the limits of the Order to be forfeited to His Majesty, and shall
dispose of it, subject to any general or special directions of the Secretary
of State, as it thinks fit. J
(3) Matter calculated to excite tumult or disorder, or to excite enmity
between persons subject to this Order and the Sheikh or Bahrein subjects,
or between different classes of person subject to this Order, or between
the Sheikh and Bahrein subjects, shall be deemed to be seditious matter
within the meaning of this Article.
35.—(1) If a Clerk or Officer of the Court acting under pretence of the
process or authority of the Court, is charged with extortion, or with not paying
oyer money duly levied, or with other misconduct, the Court may, if it
thinks fit, enquire into the charge in a summary way, and may for that
purpose summon and enforce the attendance of all necessary persons as in a
suit, and may make such order for the repayment of any money extorted, or
for the payment over of any money levied, and for payment of such damages
and costs as the Court thinks fit.
(2) The Court may also, if it thinks fit, on the same enquiry impose on the
Clerk or Officer such fine, not exceeding 50
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
for each offence, as the
Court thinks fit.
(3) A Clerk or Officer punished under this Article shall not, without the
leave of the Court, be liable to a civil suit in respect of the same matter ; and
any such suit, if already or afterwards begun, may be stayed by the Court
in such manner and on such terms as the Court thinks fit.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to prevent any person from
being prosecuted under any other legal provision, which is applicable for
any act or omission punishable under this Article, or from being liable under
that other law to any other or higher punishment or penalty than that pro
vided by this Article :
Provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same offence.
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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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- 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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- Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council'
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