Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [‎43v] (92/476)

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sent for trial in Muscat, 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.
21 . — ( 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 of the Bahrein, Kuwait, Qatar 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 prisor
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 paragraphs of this Article.
(4) A warrant under the seal of any other Court acting under the Bahrein,
Kuwait, Qatar and 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 persons named therein according to the warrant at
any prison appointed in accordance with the preceding paragraphs of this
Article.
22 . — ( 1 ) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 23 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 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. , acting under the
authority 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. may, by warrant under his hand and
seal, order any person convicted by the Court and sentenced to imprisonment
to be sent to and detained at any prison within the limits of this Order or
the Bahrein, Kuwait, Qatar or Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Orders, specified therein. Such
prison may be a place appointed in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph (1) of Article 20, or a place appointed temporarily and for the
purpose of the particular case.
(2) The warrant 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. 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 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. shall be sufficient authority to
any person to whom it is directed to carry and deliver up the person therein
named and to receive and detain him at the prison named according to the
warrant.
(3) In any case where a person sentenced to imprisonment for a term
exceeding one month is detained in a prison temporarily appointed in accord
ance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 20, the Court by which
the sentence was awarded shall report the case and the circumstances thereof
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. for his directions.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 23, 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.
upon the receipt of such report may make an order under paragraph (1) of
this Article, or may direct that the sentence shall continue to be served at
the place where the prisoner is at present detained.