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Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [‎92v] (190/476)

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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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(4) The Court may construe any enactments in force in the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ,
under the provisions of this Article, with such alterations not affecting thv
substance as may be necessary or proper to adapt the same to the matter
before the Court.
12. —(1) The following enactments shall apply to the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. as if
they were British Colonies or Possessions but subject to the provisions of this
Order and to the exceptions, adaptations, and modifications specified in
paragraph (2) of this Article and in Article 21 below: —
(1) The Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Acts, 1849 and 1860(c).
(ii) The Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act, 1856(d).
(iii) The Evidence by Commission Acts, 1859 and 1885(e).
(iv) The British Law Ascertainment Act, 1859(f).
(v) The Foreign Law Ascertainment Act, 1861(g).
. (vi) The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881(h).
(vii) The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, Part XIII.
(2) (i) References in any of the said Acts to the Governor of a Colony
or British Possession, to a Superior Court or Supreme Court, and to a
Magistrate or Justice of the Peace of a Colony or British Possession shall be
construed respectively as references 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. , the Chief Court
and the District Court.
(ii) With respect to the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881:—
(a) The Act shall extend only to British subjects.
(b) So much of tne 4th and 5th sections of the said Act as relates to
sending a report of the issue of a warrant together with the infor
mation or a copy thereof, or to the sending of a certificate of committal
and report of a case, or to the information to be given by a
Magistrate to a fugitive shall be excepted, and in lieu of such informa
tion the person acting as the Magistrate shall inform the fugitive
that in the British Possession to which he may be conveyed he has
the right to apply for a writ of habeas corpus or other like process.
(c) So much of the 6 th section of the said Act as requires the expiration
of fifteen days before issue of warrant shall be excepted.
{d) 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 not be bound to return a fugitive offender
to a British Possession unless satisfied that the proceedmgs to obtain
ms ietuin arc taken with the consent of the Governor of that Possession
(e) For the purposes of Part II of the said Act, Muscat, Bahrein, Koweit,
Qatar and the Frucial States, shall be deemed to be one group of
British Possessions.
13. The Colonial Prisoners Removal Act, I884(i), shall apply to the Trucial
States as if they were British Possessions, but references to the Governor of
a British Possession shall be construed as references 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. .
14. Where, by virtue of any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom,
or of this Order, or otherwise, any provisions of any Acts of Parliament of
the United Kingdom, or of any Law in force in India, or of any Orders in
Council other than this Order, are applicable within the limits of this Order
(c) 12 & 13 Viet. c. 96 and 23 & 24 Viet.* c. 122
(e) 22 Viet. c. 20 and 48 & 49 Viet. c. 74.
(g) 24 & 25 Viet. c. 11.
(d) 19 & 20 Viet. c. 113.
(f) 22 & 23 Viet. c. 63.
(h) 44 & 45 Viet. c. 69.
(i) 47 & 48 Viet. c. 31.

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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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