'File A/9 I Bahrain Order in Council' [‎108v] (235/536)

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(2 } Any bill of sale or mortgage, or transfer of property, made with the view of
avoiding such seizure or sale, shall noi be effectual to defeat the provisions of this Order.
(8 ) All fees, penalties, fines, and forfeitures levied under this Order upon a British
subject, and fees, other than actual Court fees, that may be levied under the
provisions of this Order, on a person to whom this Order applies, shall be paid to the
public account, and shall be applied in such manner as the Secretary of State,-with the
consent of the Treasury, or, with the previous or subsequent assent of the Secretary of
State, as the Governor-General of India in Council, may direct,
71. "Whenever an 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. or Acting Judicial Assistant has
commenced the hearing of any cause or matter, ci\il oi ciiminal, he may, unless the
Political Kesident otherwise directs, continue and complete the hearing and deter
mination thereof, notwithstanding that his authority to act as 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. or
Judicial Assistant, has otherwise "ceased by reason of the expiration of the time fo#
which he was appointed to act, or by reason of the happening of any event by which
his authority is determined.
72.—(1.) If an officer of the Court, employed to execute a decree or order, loses,
by neglect or omission, the opportunity of executing it, then, on complaint of the
person aggrieved and proof of the fact alleged, the Court may, if it thinks fit,
order the officer to pay the damages sustained by the person complaining, or part
thereof.
(2.) The order may be enforced as an order directing payment of money,
73.—(1.) If a clerk or officer of the Court, acting under pretence of the process
or authority of the Court, is charged with extortion, or with not paying over money
duly levied, or with other misconduct, the Court may, if it thinks fit, inquire into the
charge in a summary way, and may for that purpose summon and enforce the
attendance of all necessary persons as in a suit, and may make such order for the
repayment of any money extorted, or for the payment over of any money levied, and
for the payment of such damages and costs as the Court thinks fit.
(2.) The Court may also, if it thinks fit, on the same inquiry, impose on the
clerk or officer such fine, not exceeding 50 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. for each offence, as the Court
thinks fit.
(3.) A clerk or officer punished under this Article shall not, without the leave
of the Court, be liable to a civil suit in respect of the same matter; and any such suit,
if already or afterwards begun, may be stayed by the Court in such manner and on
such terms as the Court thinks fit.
(4.) Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to prevent any person from being
prosecuted under any other British or British Endian law for any act or omission
punishable under this Article, or from being liable under that other law to any other
or higher punishment or penalty than that provided by this Article:
Provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same offence.
74. Hie Political Hesident or 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. mav exercise any power
conferred on any Justices of the Peace within His Majesty's dominions by any Act of
Parliament, for the time being in force, regulating merchant seamen or the mercantile
marine.
/o. TV here under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1891, anything is authorised to be
done by, to, or before a Consular officer, such thing may be done in any place in
Bahrein by, to, or before the Political Hesident, or 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. .
70. The 1 olitical Resident and 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. shall each be entitled in
Bahrein to act as a Notary Public.
i7. The Court shall have jurisdiction from time to time to make an order
requning a person to whom this Order applies to contribute in such manner as the
Court directs, to tne support of his wife, or to the support of his or her child, whether
egitimate oi not, being, in the opinion of the Court, under the age of 16 years. Any
such order may be made in a summary way, as if the neglect to provide for the
support of such wife or child were an offence, and any failure to comply with any
sue i order shall be deemed to be an offence, and shall be punishable with a fine not
exceeding 10 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. for any one default, and the Court may direct any penalty
imposed for such offence to be applied for the support of such wife or child in such
manner as the Court thinks fit.
/8. The Pohtical ilesident shall have power to make Regulations (to be called
' 0 ^ e & ulatlons ) for the following purposes (that is to say)
mnlils'L^rpl"atinn P eace » order, and good government of persons to whom this Order
applies m relation to matters not provided for bv this Order,
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