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Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [‎154r] (351/476)

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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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necessary for the Bahrein subject to give security under this
Article as regards fees and costs, unless the Court so directs, but
the co-plaintiff British subject, or foreigner, shall be responsible
for all fees and costs.
47. —(1) Every agreement for reference to arbitration between
a person to whom this Order applies on the one hand, and a
Bahrein subject 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 Sheikh or his representative.
(c) General.
48. —(1) Where it is proved that the attendance of a person
to whom this Order applies, to give evidence, or for any other
purpose connected with the administration of justice, is required
before a Bahrein Tribunal, a Court established under this Order
may, if it thinks fit, in a case and in circumstances in which the
Court would require the attendance of that person before the
Court, order that he do attend as required.
(2) If the person ordered to attend, having reasonable notice
of the time and place at which he is required to attend, fails to
attend accordingly and does not excuse his failure to the satis
faction of the Court, he shall. independently of any other liability,
be liable to be punished with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to two months, or with fine which may extend to 1.000
rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , or with both.
49. When a person to whom this Order applies invokes or
submits to the jurisdiction of a Bahrein Tribunal, and engages in
writing to abide by the decision of that Tribunal or to pay any
fees or expenses ordered by that Tribunal to be paid by him.
the Court may, on such evidence as it thinks fit to require,
enforce payment of such fees and expenses in the same manner
as if they were fees payable in a proceeding in the Court, and
shall pay over and account for the same, when levied, to the
proper Bahrein authority, as the Court may direct.
50. —(1) If a person to whom this Order applies wilfully gives
false evidence in a proceeding before a Bahrein Tribunal, or in
an arbitration between a person to whom this Order applies,
on the one hand, and a Bahrein subject, on the other hand, he
shall be guilty of an offence, and shall, on conviction, be liable
to be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend
to two months, or with fine which may extend to 1.000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ,
or with both.
(2) Nothing in this \rtirle shall exempt a person from liability
under any oilier British or British Indian law r to any other or
higher punishment or penalty :
Provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same
offence.

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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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