'الملف رقم 18/55 I (C 101) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني للبحرين' [و‎‎١‎٦‎٤] (٤٧٧/٣٤١)

NOTE ON THE BAHRAIN ORDKR IN COUNCIL.
fa* f k.
Majll^-ul-Urf rifeans an advisory Council of not leas
than 4 members selected by the Political Agent in concert
with the Shaikh of Bahrain^^tesides the Salifah-ul-Ghaus,
to which pearlers' claims are submit ted,there is another
Court,the Salifah-ul-Bahri^which adjusts accounts and
settles disputes between owners, masters and crews of local
sailing craft.
It is therefore necessary for ^alifah Court 1 to substi
tute:-
Salifah-ul- Gha u s means a Court consisting of one or
more Judges who have knowledge of local diving law and
Customs and are appointed by the Shaikh of Bahrain and
the Political Agent in concert.'
3alifah-ul-Bahri means a Court consisting of one or
more Judges who have a knowledge of local marine customs
and are appointed by the Shaikh of Bahrain and the
Political Agent in concert
Section 14.
Under section 268 of the C.C.P. all trials before a
Court of Session are by Jury,or with the aid of Assessors;
and,under section 270, they are conducted by a Public
Prosecutor. As trial by jury or with assessors is not
suitable to Bahrain,and there is no Public Prosecutor,a
paragraph should be added to the following effect
* Notwithstanding,trials before the Political Agent
'sitting as a Court of Session may be without Jury or
'Assessors,nor need the prosecution of such trials be
conducted by a Public Prosecutor'.
Section 20.
Sections 103 and 107 of the C.C.P. are both very necessary
but the wording of section 20 of the Order in Council,
though giving slightly wider powers than 106 of the C.C.P,,
implies