Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [‎59r] (123/476)

'fnnn W ^' C ^ ma y ex tend to one year, or with a fine which may extend to
2^0 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. or to a sum equal to treble the value of the goods (whichever
shall be the greater), or with both imprisonment and fine.
An y act w hich, if it had been done in British India on 14th August,
1947, would have been an offence against the law then in force in British
India, relating to trade-marks, merchandise marks, copyright designs, or
inventions, shall, if done in Qatar by a person to whom this Order applies,
be an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
two months, or with a fine which may extend to 1,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , or with both.
33. (1) If any person to whom this Order applies: —
(i) Publicly derides, mocks or insults any religion, established or observed
within the limits of this Order; or
(ii) Publicly offers insult to any religious service, feast, or ceremony
established or kept in any place within those limits, or to any place
of worship, tomb, or sanctuary belonging to any religion established
or observed within those limits, or belonging to the ministers or
professors thereof; or
(iii) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring any religion
established or observed within those limits, or its ceremonies, modes
of worship, or observances into hatred, ridicule, or contempt, and
thereby to provoke a breach of the public peace;
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
500 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.
34. —(1) If any person subject to this Order prints, publishes, or offers
for sale any printed 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 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ,
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
limits of this Order by a Company incorporated under the laws of any part
of His Majesty’s dominions, protectorates or protected states or of any
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.