‘File 28/34-II War emergency legislation’ [9r] (17/428)
The record is made up of 1 file (212 folios). It was created in 5 Sep 1939-9 Jun 1948. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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he may by order declare that area
or those premises to be a protected
place for the purposes of these
Regulations? and so long as the
Order is in force, no person shall,
subject to any exemptions for which
provision may be made by the Order,
be in that area or those premises
without the permission of such
authority or person as may be speci
fied in the Order«
(2) 0 Any unauthorised person
entering a protected place shall be
liable to a penalty of imprisonment
for a term not exceeding three months
or of a fine net exceeding Rs, 1,500
or of both, and may be deported.
(3) . Any person who loiters in
the vicinity of a protected place
and continues to loiter in that
vicinity after being requested by
the appropriate person to leave it
shall be liable to a fine not ex
ceeding Rs,500, or to imprisonment
for one month on failure of payment.
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(4). The powers conferred on
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.
by paragraph
(l)of this Regulation may be exer
cised within their respective spheres
of jurisdiction by the Political
Agents at Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat.
4. Any person doing an act
within the territories with intent
to impair the efficiency or impede
the working of any vessel, aircraft,
vehicle, machinei'y, apparatus or
any ether thing used or intended to
be used for the purpose of any of
His Majesty’s Forces or for the
purposes of any undertaking connect
ed with the performance of services
essential for the operations of
those forces or the prosecution of
the war or the maintenance of
communications shall be liable to
a penalty of imprisonment for a
term not exceeding 14 years and may
be deported.
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5. Any person within the
territories without lawful authority
and in any manner likely to prejudice
the efficient prosecution of the^war
obtaining, recording, communicating
to any other person, or publishing,
or having in his possession any in
formation which would or mightybe
directly or indirectly useful to
the enemy, shall be liable to a
penalty of imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 14 years, and may be
deported.
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The file contains correspondence relating to, and copies of the various orders, regulations and notices, issued under the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States (Emergency) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939. The file’s principal correspondents are 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior); 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. at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Major Tom Hickinbotham; Cornelius James Pelly; Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway).
The file includes:
- ordinances and amendments to the existing defence regulations and judicial procedures, enabling capital punishment, ‘rigorous imprisonment’ or whipping to be used as forms as punishment for theft or looting in the event of damage to property as a result of enemy action, including air raids, and the transfer of such judicial decisions from the Government of India 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 3-46);
- a letter from 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. at Bahrain, to the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, dated 2 December 1943, enclosing a number of drafts to replace existing orders, ordinances and notifications relating to: Order No. 13 (controls on goods exported from Bahrain, ff 50a-50); Order No. 14 (price control orders for rationed and unrationed foodstuffs, piece goods, with schedules of the goods covered, ff 52-56); Notification No. 15 (trading with enemy regulations, f 57); Order No. 14 (export controls on currencies and gold bullion, f 58); Order No. 17 (postal censorship and restrictions, f 59);
- copies of orders for 1944: Order No. 1 (export controls, ff 61-66); Order No. 2 (price control orders for rationed and unrationed foodstuffs, piece goods, with schedules of the goods covered, ff 63-68); Order No. 3 (trading with enemy regulations, f 69); Order No. 4 (export controls on currencies and gold bullion, f 70); Order No. 5 (postal censorship and restrictions, ff 71-72); a copy of Order No. 1 of Hijri year 1363 (equivalent to 1944), issued by the Government of Bahrain (ff 75-82, and in large format at f 85), relating to price control orders and closely based on Order No. 2 of 1944 (ff 63-68);
- numerous orders issued by 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. in 1944 for the appointment of nominated Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) employees as Special Police Officers at the BAPCO refinery (between ff 86-130), and, in January 1945, the announcement of the cessation of the appointment of certain nominated officers (ff 140-142);
- printed copies of orders and notices: the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939 (ff 146-151); Chapter 10 of the Supplies and Services (Transitional Powers) Act, 1945 (ff 152-155); Order No. 255 of 1946 Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Colonies &c (ff 156-157); the Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Act, 1946 (ff 158-170);
- correspondence dated 1943 onwards relating to the review and repeal of various orders and regulations (ff 97-99, ff 144-145, ff 171-174);
- copies of orders for 1947: Order No. 1 of 1947 (the maintenance of supplies and services, ff 177-178, f 187); Order No. 7 of 1947 (price control orders for rationed and unrationed foodstuffs, piece goods, with schedules of the goods covered, ff 180-185).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (212 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 194-212) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 2; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-185 and in the file notes between ff 194-212; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. Foliation anomaly: f 50 a, f 50.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/727
- Title
- ‘File 28/34-II War emergency legislation’
- Pages
- 3r:7v, 8r:11v, 17r:17v, 18r:18v, 19r:23v, 24r:25v, 26r:26v, 29r:30v, 32r:34v, 38r:38v, 43r:45v, 50r:50v, 50ar:50av, 52r:59v, 61r:72v, 97r:99v, 106r:106v, 110r:110v, 112r:112v, 114r:114v, 117r:117v, 120r:120v, 125r:125v, 128r:128v, 131r:131v, 132r:133v, 139r:139v, 142r:142v, 143r:143v, 146r:157v, 158r:170v, 177r:178v, 180r:185v, 187r:187v, 192r:193v
- Author
- Privy Council Office
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- Public Domain