Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar' [‎250r] (499/635)

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or, with his previous or subsequent assent, by the Governor-General
India in Council.
( 2 ) Any jurisdiction exercisable by the Chief Court under this
Order in civil matters may be exercised by the Judge of that Court,
either within the limits of this Order or elsewhere.
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39 . When a suit between persons to whom this Order applies
is filed in the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , 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. shaH.'*®nquire
from the several parties whether they desire that proceedings shall
be instituted in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure and
the Indian enactments made applicable to Kuwait, or in accordance
with local usage, and shall record their replies.
40 . When any of the several parties desire that the suit shall
be determined in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure and
other enactments made applicable to K«™t, the District Court shall
forthwith proceed to decide the suit in accordance with the provisions
of such enactments, as far as local conditions permit.
Nothing in this Mutwn shall prevent the District Court from
referring any matter in the progress of a suit which involves a point
of Muhammadan law to a Qazi for decision, or from sending any
party or witness, being a Muhammadan, to a Qazi for the adminis
tration of an oath; or from referring any matter in the progress of
a suit between parties belonging to the same community which, in
the discretion of the Court, is a fit and proper subject for the decision
of the local leaders of that community, to a punch or jama’at of
the leaders of such community; or, in commercial cases, from re
ferring any matter in the progress of a suit which, in the discretion
of the Court, is a fit and proper subject for the decision of the
pimcipal local merchants to a majlis or jama’at of such merchants.
ADjCT 41 -—(!) The Foreign Jurisdiction (Admiralty) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ,
1910 , ( a ) shall apply to Kuwait, and the Chief Court shall have the
jurisdiction conferred by Article 4 of that Order, and the District
Court shall be deemed to be a Provincial Court, and the Eegistry
thereof a District Eegistry within the meaning of the said Order.
( 2 ) Admiralty actions commenced in the said Eegistry shall be
tried in the District Court unless the Chief Court is at the time
sitting within the limits of this Order, or unless all parties agree
that the action shall be tried in the Chief Court sitting elsewhere
than within the limits of this Order.
(, 3) , The duties of ^e Eegistrar and of the Marshal, either of the
Chief Court or of the District Court, under the said Order shall be
performed by such Officers as the Political Eesident shall direct.
( 1 ) The District Court shall endeavour to obtain, as early
as may be, notice of the deaths of all persons subject to this Order
leaving property m any place within the jurisdiction of the Court as
prescribed by this Order, and all such information as may serve to
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