‘File 28/34-II War emergency legislation’ [23v] (46/428)
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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SPIEfi GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTEAOEDlNARY, MAY 22, 1942
605
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(6) Notwithstanding anything contained
in Chapter IV of that Act, but without
prejudice to the provisions of section
60, the transport authority which
granted a permit may at any time
cancel the permit or may suspend
it for such period as it thinks fit, if in
the opinion of the transport authority
it is no longer in the public interest
that the service should continue and
the vehicle or vehicles covered by
the permit can be more usefully
employed elsewhere ; and the trans
port authority shall cancel or sus
pend a permit issued by it if so
required by the Provincial Govern
ment ;
(c) If in any particular case the Provincial
Government thinks fit so to order,
the authority empowered to grant a
permit under Chapter IV of that Act
shall not, in deciding to grant or
refuse a permit, be bound to take into
consideration representations made by
any person, authority or association
other than the applicant, or to follow
the procedure laid down in section
57, and may accept an application for
a stage carriage permit or a public
carrier’s permit though made less
than six weeks before the date on
which it is desired that the permit
shall have effect ;
(d) The Provincial Government may
exempt from all or any of the provi
sions of Chapter IV of that Act, all
or any transport vehicles used or
required for use in connection with
work considered by the Provincial
Government to be work connected
with the .defence of British India or
the prosecution of war. ”
4. For section 18 of the said Act the
section shall be substituted, namely :—
“18. When any members of the military or police
forces of an Indian State or any members of a
police force constituted under the authority of
the Crown Representative are, with the autho
rity of the Central or a Provincial Govern
ment, employed in British India on military or
police duties, then—
following Substitution
of new
section 18
for existing
section 18 In
Act XXXV of
1939.
Y of 1808.
(a)
sections 128, 130 and 131 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1898, shall apply to
officers, non-commissioned officers and
men of an Indian State military force
when so employed as if they were officers,
non-commissioned officers and soldiers
respectively of His Majesty’s Army ;
Powers and
functions and
legal protec
tion of Indian
State
military and
police forces
and of Crown.
Representa
tive’s police
force when
employed on
military or
police duties,
in British
India.
▼ of IMS.
(b) any provision of law for the time being in
force which invests a police officer in
British India with any status, power or
function shall operate to invest a police
officer of equivalent rank in an Indian
State police force or in a police force
constituted under the authority of the
Crown Representative when so employed
with the like status, power or function ;
and for the purposes of the Code of Cri mi-
nal Procedure, 1898, an officer in any such
force not below the rank equivalent to*
that of a sub-inspector of police in British
India shall be deemed to be an officer in
charge of a police station :
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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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- 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
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