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'File 18/56 I (B 70) The Trucial Coast Order in Council; File 18/51 I (B 70) The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910; File 18/131 I (B 70)The Foreign Jurisdiction (Military Forces) Order in Council, 1927' [37v] (85/250)
The record is made up of 1 volume (122 folios). It was created in 6 Nov 1910-7 Dec 1943. 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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33 When any of the several parties desire that the suit shall be deter
mined in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure and other enactments
made applicable to Bahrein, the District Court shall forthwith proc^d to
decide the suit in accordance with the provisions of such enactments, as iai as
local conditions permit.
Nothing in this section shall prevent the District Court from referring— -
(a) a question of local custom to the Majlis-el-Urf for consideration
and report,
(b) a dispute over accounts between pearling-masters and divers to
the Salifah Court for scrutiny and adjustment;
nor shall prevent the District Court, the Majlis-el-Urf, or the Salifah Court
from referring any matter in the progress of a suit which involves a point ot
Mohammedan Law to a Qazi for decision, or from sending any party or wit
ness, being a Mohammedan, to a Qazi for the administration ot an oatn.
34. The following enactments of the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act,
1890, that is to say, section 2, sub -sections (2) to (4), sections 5 and 6, section
16, sub -section (3), shall apply to the Court as if in the said sections the
Court were mentioned in lieu of a Colonial Court of Admiralty, and the
islands of Bahrein were referred to in lieu of a British possession.
35. (1) The Court shall endeavour to obtain, as early as may be, notice
of the deaths of all British subjects or foreigners leaving property in any
place within the jurisdiction of the Court as prescribed by this Order and all
such information as may serve to guide the Court with respect to the securing
and administration of their property.
• (2) On receiving notice of the death of such a person, the Court shall put
up a notice thereof at the Court house, and shall keep the same there until
probate or administration is granted, or, wKere it appears to the Court that
probate or administration will not be applied for, or cannot be granted, tor
such time as it thinks fit.
(3) The Court shall, where the circumstances of the case appear so to
require, as soon as may be, take possession of the property left by the deceased
in any place within the jurisdiction of the Court as prescribed by this Order,
or put it under its seal (in either case, if the nature of the property or other
circumstances so require, making an inventory), and so keep it until it can be
dealt with according to law; perishable articles being disposed of as the
Court may consider best in the interests of the estate.
(4) All expenses incurred on behalf of the Court in so doing shall be the
first charge on the property of the deceased, and the Court shall, by sale of
part of that property, or otherwise, provide for the discharge of these ex
penses.
(5) When a British subject or foreigner dies within the jurisdiction of
the Court as prescribed by this Order intestate, his property, or so much there
of as is within those limits, shall, until administration is granted, vest in the
Folitioal Agent, jy)
36. If a person to whom this Order applies, be named executor in a will,
and to the establishment of whose title, as such, it is necessary to obtain pro
bate of that will, take possession of and administers, or otherwise deals with,
any part of the property of the deceased, and does not obtain probate within
one month after the death or after the termination of any proceeding respect
ing probate or administration, he shall be punished with fine, which may
extend to 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
37. If any person, to whom this Order applies, other than the person
named executor, or the administrator, or a person entitled to represent the
deceased, without obtaining probate or letters of administration, or an officer
of the Court, takes possession of and administers, or otherwise deals with,
any part of the property of the deceased, he shall, as soon as practicable,
notify the fact and the circumstances to the Conrt, and shall furnish to the
Court all such information as the Court requires, and shall conform to any
direction of the Court in relation to the custody, disposal or transmission of
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The volume consists of three files, which have been brought together to form a single volume. The first file ('File 18/56 I, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ') runs mostly from May 1911 - July 1912, then contains three documents and two pages of file notes dated December 1943 - January 1944. The file consists of papers relating to the judicial powers that could be exercised by the British on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in the light of various incidents dating back to 1909 (including two documents in Arabic), draft order in council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , and associated papers, May 1911-July 1912; and papers relating to a request by the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the Government of India to forward a copy of Government of India, Foreign Department Notification No 202-E.P. of 6 October 1881 relating to the judicial powers of officers of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , December 1943 - January 1944.
The second file ('File 18/51 I The Ottoman Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ') includes printed correspondence relating to British extra-territorial jurisdiction in Turkey in the light of the arrest of certain British Indian subjects at Basra,1910; a copy of the Ottoman Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , dated 1910; and associated correspondence including records of the order's forwarding to and display in various British agencies and consulates in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region by the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate General, Bushire, dated March - August 1911.
The third file ('File 18/131 I The Foreign Jurisdiction (Military Forces) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ) includes two copies of the relevant Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , dated April 1927, and associated correspondence of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate General, Bushire relating to the order's forwarding to and display in various British agencies and consulates in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region, dated May-July 1927.
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- 1 volume (122 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are divided between each of the original three files that make up the volume and are arranged within each file in chronological order running from the front toward the back of the volume. The second file begins on f. 78; the third file begins on f.103.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation system in use starts on the first page of the volume and continues to the end of the volume. The foliation appears in pencil in a sequence of circled numbers in the top right hand corner of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: folio 1 is followed by folios 1A and 1B; folio 77 is followed by 77A and 77B; folio 102 is followed by 102A and 102B; instead of folio 107 there appear folios 107A and 107B. A second foliation sequence of uncircled numbers starts at 1 on folio 3, then reverts again to 1 on folio 33 and continues to folio 76. Additional uncircled pagination starts at 1 on folio 83 and continues to folio 99.
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- 'File 18/56 I (B 70) The Trucial Coast Order in Council; File 18/51 I (B 70) The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910; File 18/131 I (B 70)The Foreign Jurisdiction (Military Forces) Order in Council, 1927'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1bv, 2r:77v, 77ar:77bv, 78r:102v, 102ar:102cv, 103r:106v, 107ar:107bv, 108r:113v, back-i
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