Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [151v] (344/476)
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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(1) If any person to whom this Order applies—
(i) Publicly derides, mocks, or insults any religion estab
lished 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
(iii) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring
any religion established or observed within those
limits, or its ceremonies, mode of worship, or observ
ances, 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 imprisonment which may extend to two years, with or without
a fine not exceeding 500
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.
30. Any person being within the limits of this Order may be
proceeded against, tried, and punished under this Order for
piracy wherever committed.
31. If any person, subject to this Order, violates, or fails to
observe within the limits of this Order, any stipulation of any
Treaty between His Majesty, His predecessors, heirs, or succes
sors, and the Sheikh of Bahrein for the time being in force, and
applicable to such person, in respect of the violating whereof
any penalty is stipulated for in the Treaty, he shall be deemed
guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof under this Order
shall be" liable to a penalty in accordance with the stipulations
of the Treaty, or the provisions of this Order.
32. The Foreign Jurisdiction Neutrality
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
,
1904, shall apply to all persons and to all property subject to
this Order.
33. Where a person entitled to appeal to the Chief Court from
any judgment or order passed in the exercise of criminal juris
diction under this Order desires so to appeal, he shall present
his petition of appeal to the Court which passed the judgment or
order; and the petition shall with all practicable speed be
transmitted to the Chief Court with certified copies of the charge
(if any) and proceedings of all documentary evidence admitted
or tendered, of the depositions, of the notes of the oral testimony,
and of the judgment or order, and any argument on the petition
of appeal that the appellant desires to submit to the Chief Court.
34. The Court against whose judgment or order the appeal is
preferred may postpone the execution of the sentence pending
the appeal, and shall, if necessary, commit the person convicted
to prison for safe custody, or detain him in prison for safe
custody, or shall admit him to bail, and may take security, by
recognizance, deposit of money, or otherwise, for his payment of
any fine.
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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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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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