Political No. 183 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of Correspondence with the Acting Political Agent at Zanzibar on the Subject of Consular Jurisdiction at Zanzibar [411v] (6/20)
The record is made up of 1 item (7 folios). It was created in 9 Oct 1874. It was written in English. 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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OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
The following rules for the conduct of judicial business in the Court of the
Cnnsnl-General at Zanzibar will come into effect from the 1st of July 1874:—
1. The Court will be open every day for the despatch of business and
the disposal of civil and criminal cases from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Sundays
and general holidays excepted.
2. The following are the general holidays referred to in Rule I.
General.
New Year’s Day
Good Friday
The Queen’s Birth-day ...
Christmas Day
Fays.
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3. The Court will also be
following holidays:—
Easter Holidays
Ascension Day
Christmas Holidays
closed, except for emergent business, on the
Christian.
Mahomedan.
Fays.
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Ramadhan Eed
Bakri Eed
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Hindoo.
Hoolee ... ... ... ‘ ..,1
Dassera ... ... ... ... 1
Dewallee ... ... ... ... 2
4. The Court will also be closed for three days before the departure of
the montly mail.
5. The Consul-General will sit in Court to hear civil and criminal cases
on Tuesdays and Fridays, and the Assistants will sit in turn on the remaining
days of the week.
6. All suits on which the claim is less than two hundred dollars in value
shall be heard and determined in the first instance by the Assistants; and there
shall be no appeal from their decision.
7. It shall however be permissible to either party in a suit to request at
any time during the progress of the case that it be referred to the decision of
the Consul-General, who shall thereupon use his judgment in accepting or
rejecting the petition. &
8. All suits in which the claim exceeds two hundred dollars in value, or
relating to immovable property, shall be ordinarily heard and determined by
the Consul-General. J
9. . All criminal cases shall in the first instance be investigated by one of
the Assistants, and if, in his opinion, the crime or offence of which the prisoner
may be accused w ould not be adequately punished by one month’s imprison
ment or a fine of two hundred dollars, the case shall be referred to the Consul-
General for disposal.
10 - ^ T ° a PP ea l shaR lie from the sentence of an Assistant in any case in
which the punishment awarded shall be one month’s imprisonment or a fine
of two hundred dollars; but the Consul-General may in any case call for the
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This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 9 October 1874, forwarding a copy of correspondence with the Acting 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 Zanzibar on the subject of consular jurisdiction at Zanzibar.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 410, and terminates at f 415a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. The sequence contains four foliation anomalies: f 410a, f 412a, f 413a, and f 415a.
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- Political No. 183 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of Correspondence with the Acting Political Agent at Zanzibar on the Subject of Consular Jurisdiction at Zanzibar
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- 410r:410v, 410ar:410av, 411r:412v, 412ar:412av, 413r:413v, 413ar:413av, 414r:415v, 415ar:415av
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