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Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [98r] (201/476)
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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v Part V.— Mixed Cases:
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Subjects and Persons
Subject to this Order
(a) Criminal
51. When a
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
subject desires to institute a complaint against
a person to whom this Order applies, or a person to whom this Order applies
desires to institute a complaint against a
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
subject, the Political
Agent shall entertain the same and send it to the Joint Court.
(b) Civil
5^-—(1) When a
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
subject desires to bring a suit against a
person to whom this Order applies, or a person to whom this Order applies
desires to bring a suit against a
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
subject, 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 admit the complaint and refer it to a Joint Court.
( 2 ) Nothing herein mentioned shall prevent the Joint Court from referring
any matter in the progress of a suit which involves a point of Muhammadan
law to a Qazi for decision, or from sending any party or witness, being a
Muhammadan, to a Qazi for the administration of an oath.
53. —(1) Where a person to whom this Order does not apply obtains, in
a Court established under this Order, a decree or order against a defendant,
being a person subject to this Order, and in another suit that defendant
is plaintiff and the person to whom this Order does not apply is defendant
the Court may, if it thinks fit, on the application of the person subject
to this Order, stay the enforcement of the decree or order pending that
other suit, and may set off any amount decreed or ordered to be paid by
one party in one suit against any amount decreed or ordered to be paid by
the other party in the other suit.
(2) Where a plaintiff, being a person to whom this Order does not apply,
obtains a decree or order, in a Court established under this Order, against
two or more defendants being persons subject to this Order jointly, and in
another suit one of them is a plaintiff and the person to whom this Order
does not apply is defendant, the Court may, if it thinks fit, on the applica
tion of the persons subject to this Order, stay the enforcement of the
decree or order pending that other suit, and may set off any amount decreed
or ordered to be paid by one party in one suit against any amount decreed
or ordered to be paid by the other party in the other suit, without prejudice
to the right of the person subject to this Order to obtain contribution from
his co-defendants under the joint liability.
(3) Where in a suit a person to whom this Order does not apply is co
plaintiff with a person subject to this Order, who is in the
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
,
it shall not be necessary for the person to whom this Order does not apply
to give security under this Article as regards fees and costs, unless the
Court so directs, but the co-plaintiff person subject to this Order shall be
responsible for all fees and costs.
54. —( 1 ) Every agreement for reference to arbitration between a person to
whom this Order applies on the one hand, and a person not subject to this
Order on the other hand, may, on the application of any party, be filed for
execution in the Office of the Court.
(2) The Court shall thereupon have authority to enforce the agreement
and the award made thereunder and to control and regulate the proceedings
before and after the award in such manner and on such terms as the Court
may think fit, in concert with the Trucial Sheikh concerned or his repre
sentative.
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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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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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