Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar' [278v] (556/635)
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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(a) S.R. & 0. 1904, No. 1051.
(b) S.R. & 0. 1927, No. 309.
16
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Provided that no person shall he punished twice for the same
offence.
34 . Any person being within the limits of this Order may be
proceeded against, tried, and punished under this Order for piracy
wherever committed.
35 . — (1> The Foreign Jurisdiction Neutrality
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
,
1904 ,(a-) shall apply to all persons and to all property subject w
this Order.
(2) Nothing in this Order shall affect the operation within the
limits of the Order of the Foreign Jurisdiction (Military Forces)
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, 1927.(*»)
36 . Where a person entitled to appeal to the Chief Court from
any judgment or order passed in the exercise of criminal jurisdic
tion under this Order desires so to appeal, he shall present his
petition of appeal to the Court which passed the judgment or order :
and the petition shall with all practicable speed be transmitted to
the Chief Court with certified copies of the charge (if any) and
proceedings, of all documentary evidence submitted or tendered, of
the depositions, of the notes of the oral testimony, and of the judg
ment or order, and any argument on the petition of appeal that the
appellant desires to submit to the Chief Court.
37 . The Court against whose judgment or order the appeal is
preferred may postpone the execution of the sentence pending the
appeal, and shall, if necessary, commit the person convicted to
prison for safe custody, or detain him in prison for safe custody,
or shall admit him to bail, and may take security, by recognisance,
deposit of money, or otherwise, for his payment of any fine.
Part TV.— Civil Matters.
38 . —(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Order, the
Code of Civil Procedure and the other Indian enactments relating
to the administration of civil justice and to insolvency and bank
ruptcy, shall have effect as if Kuwait were a district in the Presi
dency of Bombay. The T’olitical Agent shall be deemed to be
the District Judge, and his Court shall be deemed to be the District
or Principal Civil Court of Original Jurisdiction in the district:
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 an additional District Judge, and his Court shall be an additional
District Court of Original Civil Jurisdiction : the Court 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.
shall be deemed to be the highest Civil Court
of Appeal for the district, and the Court authorised to hear appeals
from the decisions of the District Court; and the powers, both of
the Governor-General in Council and the Local Government under
those enactments, shall be exercisable by the Secretary of State
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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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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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