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'File 15/22 I B.O.C.' [‎79av] (208/364)

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The record is made up of 1 file (170 folios). It was created in 22 Sep 1911-7 Aug 1935. 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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(ii.) Procure for any person, whether such person he within the
said limits or elsewhere, any opium or dangerous drug:
(iii.) Attempt to do or aid any other person in doing any of the
things aforesaid ;
unless expressly permitted hy general or special licence granted hy
vhe Consul-General, or if any person shall violate any condition of
any such licence, he shall be guilty of an offence against these
Kegulations.
2._(1.) If any British subject within the limits of "Ihe 1 ersian
Coast and Islands Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1907," aids, abets, counsels or
procures the commission in any place outside the said limits of any
ofTence punishable under the provisions of any law in force in such
place and providing for the control or regulation of the manufacture,
sale, use, export and import of opium or dangerous drugs in accordance
with the provisions of the International Opium Convention signed at
The Hague on the 23rd day of January, 1912, or of the International
Opium Convention signed at Geneva on the 19th day of February,
1925, he shall be guilty of an offence against these liegulations.
(2.) For the purpose of a prosecution under the preceding para
graph the Court may receive in evidence a certificate purporting to
be issued by or on behalf of the Government of any place outside the
limits of "The Tersian Coast and Islands Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1907,"
and stating that any law mentioned in the said certificate is a law
providing for the control or regulation in such place of the manu
facture, sale, use, export and import of opium or dangerous drugs in ,
accordance with the provisions of the International Opium Convention
signed at The Hague on the 23rd day of January, 1912, or of the
International Opium Convention signed at Geneva on the 19th day
of February, 1925; and any statement in any such certificate as to
the etiect of the law mentioned in the certificate, or any statement in
any such certificate that any facts constitute an offence against that
law, shall be conclusive.
3. Any person guilty of an offence against these Kegulations
shall on conviction be liable to a fine of 1,500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. or to imprison
ment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding three
months, or to both ; and any opium or dangerous drug in relation to
Which the offence has been committed shall be forfeited.
4. For the purposes of these liegulations—
" Opium " includes raw opium, prepared opium (including dross)
and medicinal opium. . - . . .
" Dangerous drug " includes morphine, cocaine (including synthetic
cocaine), ecgonine, diacetylmorphine (commonly known as diamor-
pliine or heroin), and their respective salts, and any extract or
tincture of Indian hemp, and any preparation, admixture, extract, or
other substance containing any proportion of diacetylmorphine or
containing not less than one-fifth per cent, of morphine or one-tenth
per cent, of cocaine or ecgonine.
For the purpose of the foregoing provision the expression
' ecgonine" means Ijevo-ecgonine and includes any derivatives of
ecgonine from which it may be recovered industrially, and the per
centage in the case of morphine shall be calculated as in respect of
auhydrous morphine.

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The file contains correspondence between 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. , Bushire, 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. , Bahrain, the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, New Delhi and the Foreign Office, 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. and Home Office in London, about the following:

The file also contains the following British regulations and circulars relating to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and also an Order made by the Ruler of Bahrain:

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1 file (170 folios)
Arrangement

Apart from the first three enclosures at the front of the file (ff.1B-2E, 2F, 2G), file papers are arranged more or less chronologically from folio 3 onwards. They are followed by file notes (ff.135-140), which include two partial lists of some of the main documents in the file (ff.138, 140), together with their document reference number and or their folio number, to help identify and locate them in the file.

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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil and can be found 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. Foliation errors: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F and 1G; 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G and 2H; 21A and 21B; 63A, 63B, 63C, 63D, 63E, 63F and 63G; 64A, 64B, 64C, 64D, 64E, 64F and 64G; 118A, 118B, 118C, 118D, 118E, 118F, 118G and 118H. Foliation omissions: 35. Pagination ranges: 17-18. Fold out folios: 79, 117, 118B-118H.

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