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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' [86r] (186/250)
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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(4) The exercise of powers and the performance of duties by District Registrars shall
be subject to the control and direction of the respective Provincial Courts to which they
are attached in the same manner and to the same extent, subject to Rules of Court, as the
exercise of powers and performance of duties by the Registrar of the Supreme Court at
Constantinople are subject to the control and direction of a Judge of the Supreme Court.
^ Provided that where a Judge of the Supreme Court is present in the district of a
Provincial Court the said control and direction shall be exercised exclusively by such Judge.
(5) Where an action in the Supreme Court has been commenced by a summons
issued by a District Registrar, interlocutory applications in such action may, in the absence
from the district of a Judge of the Supreme Court, be made to the Provincial Court to such
extent and subject to such rights of appeal as may be prescribed by Rules of Court
(6) In places where there is no District Registrar, the Judge may direct that, for the
purposes of any particular matter or action, the Registrar of any Provincial Court may
exercise the powers of a District Registrar.
^ J uc te e > or J under his directions, an Assistant Judge, may visit in a magisterial
or judicial capacity, any place in the Ottoman dominions, and there inquire of, or hear and
determine, any case, civil or criminal, and may examine any records or other documents in
any Provincial or Local Court, and give directions as to the keeping thereof.
Provincial Courts.
I 7-—(0 Provincial Courts shall be held by commissioned Consular officers at such
places in the Ottoman dominions as may from time to time be appointed under this Order.
(2) The Ambassador may, by order in writing, with the previous or subsequent
approval of the Secretary of State, appoint places at -vhich Provincial Courts shall be held,
and may assign the district in and for which each such Court shall act, and may designate
the Consular officer who shall hold such Court.
(3) Every Provincial Court shall be styled " His Britannic Majesty^ Provincial Court
at "
(4) Every Provincial Court shall, with the approval of the Supreme Court, appoint a
competent person, or persons, to perform such duties and to exercise such powers as are
by this Order and any Rules of Court imposed and conferred upon the Registrar and
Marshal, and any person so appointed shall perform such duties and exercise such powers
accordingly.
(5) Every Provincial Court shall have a seal bearing its style and such device as the
Secretary of State from time to time directs ; but where such a seal is not provided, the
seal of the Consular officer holding the Court may be used.
(6) In Egypt the powers of the Ambassador under this Article shall be exercised by
the Agent for Egypt.
18. —(1) Where more than one commissioned Consular officer is stationed in the
district assigned as the district of a Provincial Court, the Ambassador, or the Agent for
as case roay be, may appoint a commissioned Consular officer, who is not
appointed to hold the Court, as an Additional Judge of the Provincial Court.
(2) Where an officer is so appointed, he shall hear and determine such matters, civil
and criminal, being within the jurisdiction of a Provincial Court, as the Consular officer
appointed to hold the Provincial Court with the sanction of the Judge of the Supreme
Court directs.
(3) Where an officer is appointed an Additional Judge under this Article he may sit
at the same time and place as the Consular officer appointed to hold the Provincial Court,
or in a different place, and each sitting shall be deemed a sitting of the Provincial Court.
Local Courts.
19. —(1) Local Courts shall be held by uncommissioned Consular officers at such
places in the Ottoman dominions as may from time to time be appointed under this Order.
(2) The Ambassador may, by order in writing, appoint places at which Local Courts
shall be held, and may assign the district in and for which each such Court shall act, and
may designate the Consular officer who shall hold such Court.
(3) Every Local Court shall be styled " His Britannic Majesty's Local Court at. . V
(4) Local Courts shall, so far as may be feasible, be grouped together and placed
under the superintendence of a Provincial Court, and every reference in this Order to a
Provincial Court in relation to a Local Court shall be deemed to be a reference to the Pro
vincial Court under the superintendence of which such Local Court is placed.
(5) A Local Court may, with the approval of the Provincial Court, appoint a
competent person or persons to perform such duties and to exercise such powers as are by
this Order and any Rules of Court imposed or conferred upon the Registrar and Marshal,
and any person so appointed shall perform such duties and exercise such powers
accordingly.
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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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- 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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