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'Mesopotamia. Commission' [18r] (38/256)
The record is made up of 1 file (126 folios). It was created in 1914-1916. 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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[ 6 & 7 Geo. 5.J Special Commissions {Dardanelles 3
and Mesopotamia).
not allowed to be present discloses, without the authority of the
Commissioners, either directly or indirectly, anything that has
taken place at those proceedings, he shall be liable to punishment
for contempt of court.
^ 4. (1) A person examined as a witness by the Commis
sioners shall not be excused from answering any question put
to him, or from producing any document, on the ground that
the answer thereto or production thereof may criminate or tend
to criminate him.
10 (2) Every person examined as a witness who, in the opinion
of the Commissioners, makes a full and true disclosure touching
all the matters in respect of which he is examined, shall be
entitled to receive a certificate signed by the Commissioners,
stating that the witness has, on his examination, made a full
15 and true disclosure as aforesaid.
(3) If any criminal proceeding (including a proceeding by
court-martial) is at any time thereafter instituted against any
such witness, in respect of any matter touching which he has
been so examined, the court having cognizance of the case
20 shall, on his application, and on proof of the certificate, stay
the proceeding.
(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to the case of
proceedings for having given false evidence before the Commis
sioners, or of having procured, or attempted or conspired to
25 procure, the giving of such evidence.
5. The Commissioners may hold sittings outside the United
Kingdom, and if any such sittings are held in India, this Act
shall have effect as respects those sittings as if a High Court
or Chief Court in British India were substituted for the High
30 Court.
6 . Any report of the Commissioners shall be laid as soon as
may be before both Houses of Parliament, and the Commissioners
may, if they think fit, make interim reports.
7. This Act may be cited as 4 the Special Commissions
35 (Dardanelles and Mesopotamia) Act, 1916.
A.D. 1916.
Indemnity to
witnesses.
Sittings out
side the
United
Kingdom.
Reports
Short title.
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The file contains proofs of official prints required for the statutory commission on the Mesopotamian Expedition [the Mesopotamia Commission, 1916-17]. The papers include transcripts of telegrams and letters (some paraphrased) from the Secretary of State for India, the Viceroy, and the Commander of the Expeditionary Force, 1915-16, General Sir John Eccles Nixon. The file includes papers relating to operations in 1914-15, medical arrangements on the expedition (folios 33-60), press allegations concerning the advance from Kut-el-Amara [Kut Al-Amarah] in 1916 (folios 91-93), and the question of occupying Baghdad (folios 31-32).
The papers are enclosed an a folder inscribed on the front cover: 'Military Department. Previous Papers', and labelled '3'. A further label on the front cover is printed 'Mesopotamia Commission, 28 Abingdon Street, Westminster.'
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- 1 file (126 folios)
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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 127; 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: there are five additional printed pagination sequences in parallel between ff 64-90, ff 91-93, ff 94-103, ff 109-177, and ff 120-126.
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- Title
- 'Mesopotamia. Commission'
- Pages
- 16r:18v
- Author
- House of Commons
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