File 4673/1919 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Bahrein Mission to England 1919. Political business of Mission’ [‎350r] (87/164)

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ilie (xovernor-General of India in Council, may direct hy, to, or
before whom and in what manner anything is to be done, and
such Act, Law, Order, form, Regulation, or procedure shall be
construed accordingly.
Where under any such Imperial Act, Law, or Order, any publi
cation is required to be made, as respects any judicial proceeding
in any “ dazette or otherwise, such publication shall be made
by such mode as the Court shall think fit to direct.
Part III. —Criminal.
14. —(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Order, the Code
of Criminal Procedure and the other enactments relating- to the
administration of criminal justice in British India for the time
being- shall be applicable to Bahrein. 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. in
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shall hold and form a Court, to be called the
Chief Court, which shall have all the powers of a High Court
of Judicature; 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. at Bahrein shall be deemed
to be the District Magistrate and Sessions Judge; the Judicial
Assistant 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. shall be deemed to be the
Additional District Magistrate and Additional Sessions Judge;
and the powers of the Governor-General in Council and of the
Local Government under those enactments shall be exercisable by
ihe Secretary of State, or, with his previous or subsequent assent
by the Governor-General of India in Council.
Notwithstanding, in any case triable by a Subordinate Magis
trate under Chapters XVI. to XXIII. inclusive of the Indian
Penal Code, if both the complainant and defendant are Mahom-
medans and are acquiescent in such procedure, 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.
may order the case to be tried by a Kazi, a representative from
the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. attending to record briefly the proceedings. In such
suits the judgment passed by the Razi cannot be carried into
effect until it is ratified by 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. , and the Political
Agent is empowered to revise the finding and sentence as if the
Kazi were a Subordinate Magistrate, or to return the case for
re-trial to the same or another Kazi. The sentence of the Kazi,
when ratified by tbe 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 for all purposes be
regarded as if it were the decision of 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. in the
District Court.
(2) Any jurisdiction exercisable by the Chief Court in criminal
matters under this Order may be exercised by the Judge of that
Court either within the limits of this Order or elsewhere.
15. In cases in which the Code of Criminal Procedure requires
the sentence of a Court of Session to be confirmed by the High
Court, the sentence shall be referred for confirmation to the
Governor-General of India in Council instead of to the Chief
Court.
16. Where a person subject to this Order is accused of the com
mission of an offence the cognizance whereof appertains to the
Court, and it is expedient that the offence be inquired of, tried,
determined, and punished in a British possession, the accused
may (under the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, section fi) he sent
for trial to Bombay.