Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [‎99r] (203/476)

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Ml State. Where any such person applies for the renewal of the registration
.id produces his passport, the renewal of the registration shall, without
further fee than that provided for in Article 63, be endorsed thereon.
61 . Every person, who has not previously been registered, applying to be
registered under this Order shall, unless excused by 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. , attend
personally for that purpose at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ; but any person applying
for the renewal of his registration need not attend personally unless directed
by 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. so to do, provided that the registration of the wife or
wives of a man who is registered under this Order may, if she or they be
livinf^ith him, be effected without their personal attendance being required,
and piovided also that the registration of minors, being his relatives in what
ever degree, living with the head of a family who is registered under this
Order, may be effected without their personal attendance being required.
62 . A person registered in any register of British subjects established under
the provisions of any Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. which have been repealed shall be
registered under the provisions of this Order, unless 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. is
satisfied after enquiry that the previous registration was erroneous or that
such person is not entitled to registration under the provisions of this Order.
63 . Every person shall, on every registration of himself and on every
renewal of registration, pay a fee of one rupee, or such other fee as the Secre
tary of State from time to time appoints. The amount of the fee so appointed
may be uniform for all persons, or may vary according to the position and
circumstances of different classes, if the Secretary of State from time to time
so directs, but may not in any case exceed 3 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
64 . Where any person applies to be registered, he shall be entitled without
a fee to the assistance 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. in the preparation of any affidavit
that may be required.
65 . 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. may require the production of such evidence that
an applicant for registration is entitled to the status of a British subject as
he may see fit, but subject to such directions as may be issued by the
Secretary of State.
66 . If any British subject neglects to obtain registration under the pro
visions of this Order, he shall not be entitled to be recognised or protected
as a British subject within the limits of this Order, and he and any other
person subject to this Order who neglects to obtain registration shall be liable
to a fine not exceeding 25 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. for each instance of such failure; but he
shall, although not registered, be subject to the jurisdiction of the Courts
established by this Order.
67 . A register of companies incorporated or registered in the United King
dom or in any other part of His Majesty’s dominions, protectorates or pro
tected states or in any mandated territory or trust territory or in any other
country outside the limits of this Order ether than Bahrein, Koweit or Qatar,
and carrying on business in the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , shall be kept in the Political
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , and every such company carrying on business in the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
shall register there.
6 S. On the registration of a company at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. there shall
be deposited and filed a copy of the certificate of incorporation of the company
or other document corresponding thereto, a statement showing the nominal
capital of the company and the amounts thereof which have been subscribed
and paid up respectively, and, if the company has been incorporated under
a law which provides for the periodical filing of a list of the share-holders,
a copy of the last list so filed.