Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [‎95v] (196/476)

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28. If a ny person to whom this Order applies smuggles or imports into or'
exports from the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. any goods whereon any duty is charged by
or payable to the Sheikh, with intent to evade payment of the duty, he shall
be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months,
or with a hne which may extend to 1,000 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 imprison
ment and fine. K
29. If any person to whom this Order applies smuggles or imports into or
exports from the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. any goods the importation or expo’"''^ ; on
whereof is lawfully prohibited he shall be punished with imprisonment ior a
^ WhlCh ma y exten d to one year, or with a fine which may extend to
U i,u P J es or t0 a sum .equal to treble the value of the goods (whichever
snail be the greater), or with both imprisonment and fine.
30. Any act which, if it had been done in British India on the specified
date, would have been an offence against the law then in force in British
India, relating to trade-marks, merchandise marks, copyright designs, or
inventions, §hall, if done in the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. 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 runees
or with both. ^
31*—(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
(m) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring any religion
established oi 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
jCX) 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.
32.-—(1) If any person subject to this Order prints, publishes, or offers
tor 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
firmts of this Order by a Company incorporated under the laws of anv part
ot 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