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'Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India' [41r] (96/478)
The record is made up of 1 volume (202 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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CORRIGENDUM TO THE MANUAL 01
POLITICAL DEPARTMENT OF
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Pages 27—35. For paragraphs 26 and 27
26. Regulations respecting Foreign Orders ar
Medals applicable ? to Persons in U
Service of the Crown.
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1. IT is the King’s |wish that no subject
His Majesty in the Stf-vice of the Crown shi
accept and" w^ear the ^Insignia of any Forei;
Order without having |previously obtained t
Majesty’s permission t| do so, signified eithe
(a) By Warrant u|ider the Royal Sig
Manual, or
(b) By restricted | permission convey
through the Keeper oif His Majesty’s Pri
Purse.
2. When permission Is given by
under the Royal Sign* Manned; "'tlM^ICf^fgfita
the Foreign (>der may4 be worn at all tin
and without any restriction.
When restricted permission is given
Insignia may only be worn on the occasi<
specified in the terms c| the letter from
Keeper of His Majesty’s* Privy Purse conv
ing the Royal sanction. |
3. Full and unrestricted permission
Warrant under the Royal Sign-Manual is c
templated in the following cases: —
For a Decoration conferred—
On an Officer in His Majesty s Naval, 1^
tary or Air Forces lent fto a Foreign Gov
ment; on an Officer in His Majesty’s Na
Military or Air Forces attached by His M{
tv’s Government to a Foreign Navy, Arm
Air Force during hostilities; or on any Br
Official lent to a Foreign Government and
in receipt of any emoluments from Br
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CORRIGENDUM TO THE MANUAL OF INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFICERS OF THE
POLITICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, 1924.
No. 18.
Pages 27—35. For paragraphs 26 and 27 substitute the following: —
A
26. Regulations respecting Foreign Orders and
Medals applicable to Persons in the
Service of the Crown.
Orjers.
1. IT is the King’s fwish that no subject of
His Majesty in the Service of the Crown shall
accept and" wear the [insignia of any Foreign
Order without having |previously obtained His
Majesty’s permission ti do so, signified either..
(a) By Warrant u|ider the Royal Sign-
Manual, or
(b) By restricted | permission conveyed
through the Keeper of His Majesty’s Privy
Purse.
2 When permission $s given by _ Warrant
under the Royal of
the Foreign Order may! be w’om at all times
and without any restriettpn.
When restricted perfeiission is given the
Insignia may only be 'worn on the occasions
specified in the terms o* the letter from the
Keeper of His Majesty’s* Privy Purse convey
ing the Royal sanction, j
3. Full and unrestritted permission by
Warrant under the Royal Sign-Manual is con
templated in the following cases.
For a Decoration conferred—
On an Officer in His Majesty s Naval, Mili
tary or Air Forces lent to a Foreign Govern
ment; on an Officer in His Majesty's Naval,
Military or Air Forces attached by His Majes
ty’s Government to a Foreign Navy, Army or
Air Force during hostilities; or on any British
Official lent to a Foreign Government and not
in receipt of any emoluments from British
public funds during the period of such loan.
Red Cross and kindred services will only be
regarded as “valuable” for the purposes of these
Regulations when they have been rendered in
a war in which the Empire has itself been
engaged, and when the Decoration for the wear
ing of! which permission is sought has been con
ferred by an Allied State.
4. Restricted permission is particularly con
templated for Decorations which have been con
ferred in recognition of personal attention to
the Head of a Foreign State, and which are
therefore of a more or less complimentary
character, but will also be granted for Decora
tions conferred on other exceptional occasions
Of. Forei<m and Political Department Notification,
No. 431-H., D dated the 13th September 1926.
when in the public interest it is deemed expe
dient that they should be accepted.
5. Restricted permission will generally be
given for Decorations conferred in the follow
ing cases, but, as indicated in the preceding
paragraph will not necessarily be limited to
these cases:—
(1) On British Ambassadors or Ministers
abroad when the King pays a State visit to
the country to which they are accredited;
(Note. —A State visit is defined as one on
which the King is accompanied by a Minister
or High Official in attendance.)
(2) On Members of Deputations of British
Regiments to Foreign Heads of Stores;
(3) On Members of Special Missions when
the King is represented at a Foreign Corona
tion, Wedding, Funeral, or similar occasion; or
on any Diplomatic Representative when spe
cially accredited to represent His Majesty on
such occasions.
Restricted permission will not be given to—
(a) British Ambassadors or Ministers abroad
when leaving;
(b) British Officers attending Foreign
Manoeuvres;
(c) Naval Officers of British Squadrons visit
ing Foreign Waters.
6. The desire of the Head of a Foreign State
to confer upon a British subject in the Service
of the Crown the Insignia of an Order must
be notified to His Majesty’s Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Afiairs either through the
British Diplomatic Representative accredited to
the Head of the Foreign State, or through his
Diplomatic Representative at the Court of St.
James.
7. When His Majesty’s Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs shall have taken
the King’s pleasure on any such application,
and shall have obtained His Majesty’s permis
sion for the person in whose favour it has been
made to wear the Insignia of a Foreign Order,
he shall signify the same to His Majesty’s Prin
cipal Secretary of State for the Home Depart
ment, in order that he may cause a Warrant,
if it be a case for the issue of a Warrant as
defined in Rule 2, to be prepared for the Royal
Sign-Manual.
When such Warrant shall have been signed
by the King, a notification thereof shall be in
serted in the “ Gazette ”, stating the service
for which the Foreign Order has been confer
red.
Persons in whose favour such W arrants are
issued will be required to pay to His Majesty s
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The volume is the second edition of Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India , printed by the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924. The volume begins with extracts from the proclamations and speeches of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and King George V that relate to India (folio 9), followed by an introduction containing general instructions (folios 10-11). The volume is then divided into twelve chapters (I-XII) plus appendices, as follows:
I. Official Correspondence, etc.
II. Financial, Railway and Industrial Arrangements in Indian States
III. Telegraphs and Telephones
IV. Decorations, Honours, Salutes and Ceremonial
V. Tours and Visits of Ruling Princes and Chiefs
VI. Successions and Miscellaneous Matters Affecting Indian States
VII. Extradition
VIII. Certain Matters Affecting the Administration of Justice
IX. The Armed Forces of Indian States
X. Certain Matters Affecting the Army in India
XI. Appointment, Leave, etc., of Political Officers; Use of State Houses, Conveyances, etc.
XII. Miscellaneous
Throughout the volume are manuscript notes and printed corrigenda and addenda affixed with glue at the appropriate pages.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (202 folios)
- Arrangement
At the beginning of the volume is a list of contents (folios 5-8A). At the rear of the volume is an index (folios 187-198), arranged in alphabetical order. Both refer to the original pagination.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 204; 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.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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