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'File 18/78 I (C 100) Bahrain Order in Council, 1913' [131r] (274/332)
The record is made up of 1 volume (164 folios). It was created in 19 Mar 1922-9 Sep 1936. 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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L.O.G/51.
Confidential.
P
Bahrain,the 5th February 1933.
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Before the promulgation of the Bahrain Orcrr-in-
Council,there was an understanding that the Political
Agent did not execute anyone without previously asking
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.
whether there was any political
objection. The Court proceaure has now been placed on a
regular footing by the Order-in-Gouncil,but the position
of the Political Agents Court is rather different from
that oi a Court in India. In Bahrain we are charged by
the Shaikh with jurisdiction over foreigners,and it seems
to me that in addition to our duty to the Court of Justice
and to the individual under trial,we have also to consider
our responsibility towards the Ruler,who has placed his
foreign jurisdiction in our hands,and so wield it that it
does not involve him in unpleasantness with his neighbours
or give rise to difficulties as to our own position.
2. It is alleged that a few days back a Najdi
murdered a Bahrain subject in the course of a quarrel over
a few annas. The case is still in the hands of the Lower
Court for the preliminary enquiry,but tne circumstances were
such that there seems little doubt that I shall have to con
sider in the Session^ Court whether a capital sentance
should be inflicted.
3. The Adviser tells me that he does not think that
there is any liklihood of trouble being caused by such a
sentence,so far as the Shaikh is concerned,but I should be
grateful if you would inform me whether there is any politic
al objection to the iniliction of capital punishment on a
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Papers relating to the following published King's Regulations: King's Regulation under Article 70 (C) of The Bahrein Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913 ('The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation, 1922'), 1 October 1922; King's Regulation under Article 70 (C) of The Bahrein Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913 ('The Christian Marriage Regulation, 1922'), 1 October 1922; Rules and Regulations made under Article 70 (C) of The Bahrein Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913 ('The Indian Pilgrim Ships Regulation, 1925'), 1 July 1925; King's Regulation under Article 70 (C) of The Bahrein Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913 ('The Indian Succession Regulation, 1927'), 27 April 1927; King's Regulation under Article 70 of The Bahrein Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913 ('The Traffic in Cultured and Tinted Pearls Regulation, 1930'), 19 June 1930; King's Regulation under Article 70 (C) of The Bahrein Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913 ('The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Regulation'), 20 September 1930; and King's Regulations made under Article 70 of The Bahrein Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913 ('The Dangerous Drugs Regulations, 1931'), 27 February 1931 (including the issue of traffic in opium from Persia to the Arabian Coast). The papers also cover the issue of the infliction of a sentence of capital punishment on a foreigner in Bahrain, February 1933; the mixing of Japanese cultured pearls with real pearls, September-October 1933; the possible application of the Indian Workmen's Compensation Act to Bahrain, with reference to labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company, November-December 1935; list of King's Regulations under Bahrain Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1922-1936, February 1936; Bahrain Special Police Officers Regulations, with reference to the issue of how best to maintain discipline among British and American employees in the Oil Camp of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, August-September 1936.
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- 1 volume (164 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at the front cover and continues through to the back cover. The sequence appears written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. ff.89, 90, 100, 101 need to be folded out to be read. Foliation anomalies: f.1 is followed by ff.1A, 1B, 1C, 1D. A second sequence also appears, again written in pencil, but not circled, in the same area of many of the folios, but this sequence is not consistent.
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- Title
- 'File 18/78 I (C 100) Bahrain Order in Council, 1913'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1dv, 2r:159v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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