"ملف ٤/١٨ السلطة القضائية على الأجانب في قطر: المرسوم الملكي البريطاني لقطر" [ظ‎‎٩‎١] (٥٢٠/١٨٢)

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Resident in the Persian Gulf 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 shall be deemed
to be the District Magistrate and Sessions Judge; the Judicial
Assistant to the Political Resident 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
H^al C lovernment under those enactments shall be exercisable
by the 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 Chapter XVI to XXIII inclusive of the Indian Penal
('ode if both the complainant and defendant are Muhammadans
and are acquiescent in such procedure, the Political Agent may
order the case to be tried by a Qazi, a representative from the
Agency attending to record briefly the proceedings. In such
suits the judgment passed by the Qazi shall not be carried into
effect until it is ratified by the Political Agent, and the Political
Agent shall have power to revise the finding and sentence as if
the Qazi were a subordinate Magistrate, or to return the case for
retrial to the same or another Qazi. The sentence of the Qazi
^vhen ratified by the Political Agent, shall for all purposes be
regarded as if it were the decision of the Political Agent 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.
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
commission 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, 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 retain 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,