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Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [‎161Ar] (387/476)

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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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(iii) The Evidence by Commission Acts, 1859 and 1885.0)
(iv) The British Law Ascertainment Act, 1859.0)
(v) The Foreign Law Ascertainment Act, 1861.0)
tvi') Thp Fnrn+—o Offpnders Act. 1881.0)
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(2) (i) References in any of the said Acts to the Governo:
of a Colony or British possession, to a Superior Court or Suy;
Supreme Court, and to a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace
of a Colony or British Possession shall be construed
respectively as references to 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. , the
Chief Court and the District Court,
IS.
(b) So much of the 4th and 5th sections of the said Act as
relates to sending a report of the issue of a warrant
together with the information or a copy thereof, or to
the sending of a certificate of committal and report of a
case, or to the information to be given by a Magistrate
to a fugitive shall be excepted, and in lieu of such in
formation the person acting as the Magistrate shall
inform the fugitive that in the British Possession to
which he may be conveyed he has the right to apply for
a writ of habeas corpus or other like process.
(c) So much of the 6 th section of the said Act as requires the
expiration of fifteen days before issue of warrant shall
be excepted.
(d) 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 not be bound to return a
fugitive offender to a British Possession unless satisfied
that the proceedings to obtain his return are taken witV.
(e) For the wirpose of Part Ilof the aiiid Act
ahrain, KawaitT 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. , s
o ¥0 one group o? British Possessions
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, Muscat,
hall ¥0 deemed
13. The Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884, shall apply
to Kuwait as if it were a British Possession, but rei erences
to a Governor of a British Possession shall be con&rued as ^
references to 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. . k!Al c
otherwise, any provisions of any^hiq**
-«j iiiob, or or tnis Order, or
or of any Law in
force in India, or of any Orders m Council other than this Order,
are applicable within the limits of this Order, or any forms, regula
tions, or procedure prescribed or established by or under such Act,
Law, or Order, are made applicable for any purpose of this Order,
or any other Order relating to Kuwait, such Acts, Laws, Orders,
(a) 22 Y. c. 20 ; 48-9 V. c. 74.
(c) 24-5 Y. c. 11.
^ (e) 47-8 Y.
(b) 22-3 V. c. 63.
(d) 44-5 Y. c. 69.
c. 31.
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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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