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Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [‎144r] (311/476)

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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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received and published by 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. , and such
disallowance shall be without prejudice to anything done or
suffered under such Regulations in the meantime.
(2) All King’s Regulations shall be published by the Political
-Resident m such manner and at such places as he may think
proper.
( 3 ) I n this Order “ breach of the Regulations " includes the
breach of any native or local law or custom, the observance of
which is required by any King’s Regulations.
86. Judicial notice shall be taken of this Order and of the
commencement thereof, and of the appointment of the Political
Resident, 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. , and Judicial Assistant, and of the
constitution and limits of the Courts and districts and of the seals
and signatures, and of any rules and regulations made or in
Jorce under this Order, and no proof shall be required of any
of such matters.
87. Nothing in this Order shall deprive 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. ,
or an officer subordinate to him, of the right to observe, and to
enforce the observance of, or shall deprive any person of the
benefit of, any reasonable custom existing in Qatar, unless this
Order contains some express and specific provision incompatible
with the observance thereof.
88. Nothing in this Order shall—
(i) Affect any power or jurisdiction conferred by, or
referred to in, the Act of the Indian Legislature,
entitled the Indian Extradition Act, 1903 (Act XV
of 1903), or the Indian (Foreign Jurisdiction) Orders
in Council, I902( a ) and i937( b ); or
(ii) Affect any jurisdiction for the time being exercisable
by 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. under any Act of Parlia
ment of the United Kingdom other than the Foreign
Jurisdiction Act, 1890; or
(iii) Prevent 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. from doing anything which
His Majesty's Consuls in the dominions of any State
in amity with His Majesty are for the time being
by law, usage or sufferance entitled or enabled to do.
89. Not later than the 31st day of March in each year, or
such other day as the Secretary of State, nr, with hio previous
or Gttbewquont nrrnnt, the Gnvprnnr.CrinoyflL directs from time
to June, 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 send ^ r-V y ^ rnnr
Cpnerd, lop-Mmnmirmoa. to the Secretary of State, a report on
the operation of this Order up to the 31st day of December in
the previous year, or such other date as the Secretary of State,
yi, tuUi hTT piuiuuj U1 JLib-iLqiiuil a^sfhl, 'iric CUlUlUUf-
f-^npral, directs from time to time, showing for the preceding
(a) S.R. & O. 1902, No. 466.
(b) S.R. & O. 1937, No. 251.

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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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