‘File 28/34-II War emergency legislation’ [150v] (302/428)
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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8
Provisions
as to certain
Orders in
Council.
Saving of
preroga
tive powers.
Interpreta
tion.
22 Geo. 5.
c. 4.
Ch. 62. Emergency Poivers 2 & 3 Geo. 6.
{Defence) Act, 1939 .
and pnma facie evidence of any such instrument as
aforesaid may, in any legal proceedings (including
arbitrations), be given by the production of a document
purporting to be certified to be a true copy of the
instrument by, or on behalf of, the Minister or other
authority or person having power to make or issue
the instrument.
8 . —(l) Every
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
containing Defence
Regulations shall be laid before Parliament as soon as
may be after it is made; but, notwithstanding anything
in subsection ( 4 ) of section one of the Rules Publica
tion Act, 1893 , such an Order shall be deemed not to
be a statutory rule to which that section applies.
(2) If either House of Parliament, within the next
twenty-eight days on which that House has sat after
such an
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
as aforesaid is laid before it,
resolves that the Order be annulled, the Order shall
thereupon cease to have effect except as respects things
previously done or omitted to be done, without prej udice,
however, to the making of a new Order.
(3) Any power conferred by the preceding provisions
of this Act to make an
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
shall be construed
as including a power to vary or revoke the Order.
9. The powers conferred by or under this Act
shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the
powers exercisable by virtue of the prerogative of the
Crown.
10. —(1) In this Act the expression “Dominion”
means any Dominion within the meaning of the Statute
of Westminster, 1931, except Newfoundland, and
includes any territory administered by His Majesty’s
Government in such a Dominion.
(2) References in this Act to British aircraft shall
be construed as references to aircraft registered in any
part of His Majesty’s dominions, in any British pro
tectorate or in any territory in respect of which a
mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been
accepted by His Majesty and is being exercised by the
Government of any part of His Majesty’s dominions.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared
that any reference in this Act to Defence Regulations
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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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- Privy Council Office
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