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Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [‎142r] (307/476)

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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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a law which provides for the periodical filing of a list of the
share-holders, a copy of the last list so filed.
69 . 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, on the registration of a com
pany at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , issue to the person making the
registration a certificate, signed and sealed, that the company
has been so registered.
70 . — (i) Every company registered under this Order shall
register the name and address of the manager or other chief
local representative in Qatar, and shall from time to time, as
may be necessary, register any alteration of the representative
of the company or in his address.
(2) Rules of Court made under Article 75 may provide that
service of writs, notices, or other documents upon the person
registered under this Article, or at his address, shall be good
service of such documents upon the company.
71 . Registration of a company under this Order shall not
require to be renewed annually, but may be renewed from time
to time as the parties may desire, afid shitlTberrenewed''when
any change takes place in the name of the company.
72 . On every registration of a company under this Order,
and on every renewal thereof, there shall be payable a fee of
10 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , and on every registration under Article 70 (1) there
shall be payable a fee of 1 rupee.
73 — ( 1 ) A company incorporated or registered in the United
Kingdom-of^in any other-part of His Majesty’s dominions, pro
tectorates, protected states or mandated teriitoxies^shall not
be entitled to be recognised or protected unless it is registered
under this Order, but any such company and any other com
pany subject to this Order shall, although not so registered, be
subject to the jurisdiction of the Courts established by this
Order.
(2) Nothing in this Article shall affect the right of the Secre
tary of State to direct that British protection shall not be
acorded to a company, even though it has been registered under
this Order.
(3) Any company failing to make such registration or to
deposit or file such documents as required by Articles 67, 68
and 70 of this Order and every Director, Manager, Secretary
or other officer who is knowingly a party to such default shall
be guilty of an offence under this Order, and on proof thereof
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 15 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. a day for
every day during which such offence continues, but not exceed
ing in all 500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
Part VII.—Miscellaneous Provisions.
74 .— (a) Persons subject to this Order are prohibited from
alienating to or acquiring from any person of whatever nation
ality any land or house property within the limits of this
TTrdef, either by gift, purchase, mortgage, or other form

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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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