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Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar' [246r] (491/635)
The record is made up of 1 file (314 folios). It was created in 18 Jul 1935-8 Jun 1935. 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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( 2 ) Any jurisdiction exercisable by the Chief Court in criminal
fitters under this Order may be exercised by the Judge of that
Court either within the limits of this Order or elsewhere.
16 . 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.
17 . Where a person subject to the Order is accused of the com
mission of an offence, the cognisance whereof appertains to the
Court, and it is expedient that the offence be enquired of, tried,
determined, and punished in a British Possession, the accused may
(under the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890 , section 6) be sent for
trial to Bombay.
The Chief Court may, where it appears so expedient, by warrant
under the hand and seal of 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.
, cause the accused
to be sent for trial to Bombay accordingly.
The warrant shall be sufficient authority to any person to whom
it is directed to receive and detain the person therein named and
to carry him to and deliver him up at Bombay, according to the
warrant.
Where any person is to be sent to Bombay, the Court before
which he is charged shall take the preliminary examination, and
shall bind over such of the proper witnesses as are British subjects
in their own recognisances to appear and give evidence on the trial.
18 . — (1) 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.
may from time to time, subject
to the directions of the Governor-General of India in Council, by
general order under his hand and seal, prescribe the manner in
which, and the places at which, sentences passed by the Court
are to be carried into execution in l&rrrsit, and may appoint any
building or place specified in the order to be a prison for the purposes
of this Order, and such persons as he thinks fit to be gaolers, keepers
or officers of any such prison.
( 2 ) If at the place at which any Court is held there is no place
or building appointed as a prison in accordance with the preceding
sub-Article of this Article, it shall be lawful for any Court, by order
or warrant under the seal of the Court, temporarily and for the pur
poses of any particular case or cases, to appoint any place or build
ing specified in the order to be a prison for the purposes of this
Order, and such persons as the Court thinks fit to be keepers in
such prison.
( 3 ) A warrant under the seal of the Court shall be sufficient autho
rity to the person or persons to whom it is directed to deliver and
detain the person named therein according to the warrant at any
prison appointed in accordance with the preceding sub-Articles of
this Article.
19 . — (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 20 of this
Order, 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.
may, by warrant under his hand and
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Correspondence, minute papers, and notes relating to the issue of The Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939. The correspondence is mostly between officials at the Foreign Office, 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. , 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. , and the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department (later, External Affairs). The papers concern the discussion of the need for the order, its drafting, issue, and distribution, as well as its revision in 1939.
Correspondence with the Shaikh of Qatar, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], is also included and mostly relates to his wish for assurance of his jurisdiction over Muslim foreigners.
A copy of the order is found on folios 138-153. A copy of the Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is also included, for reference purposes (folios 271-86).
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- 1 file (314 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 317; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-103 and ff 104-316. These are also both written in pencil and located in the top right corner of each folio. The former have been circled and crossed out, the latter have not been circled.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3322
- Title
- Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 18r:158v, 160r:171v, 173r:317v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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