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'File A/9 II Bahrain Order in Council' [5v] (27/226)
The record is made up of 1 volume (84 folios). It was created in 2 Sep 1915-16 Jul 1920. 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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29. (1) If any person to whom this Order applies —
(t) Publicly derides, mocks, or insults any religion established or observed within the
limits of this Order ; or
(u) Publicly offers insult to any religious service, feast, or ceremony established or
kept in any place within those limits, or to any pl<ice of woiship, tomb, or sanctuary bs-
longing to any religion established or observed within those limits, or belonging to the
Ministers or professors thereof ; or
(m) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring any religion established or
observed within those limits, or its ceremonies, mode of worship, or observances, into hatred
ridicule, or contempt, and thereby to provoke a breach of the public peace ; he shall be
guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof, liable? to imprisonment which may extend to
two years, with or without a fine not exceeding 500 rnpees, or to a tine alone not exceeding
500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
(2) 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 take such precautionary measures as seem to him proper
and expedient for the prevention of such offences.
30. Any person being within the limits of this Order may be proceeded against, tried
and punished under this Order for piracy wherever committed.
31. If any person, subject to this Order, violates, or fails to observe within the limits
of this Order, any stipulation of any Treaty between His Majesty, His predecessors, heirs
or successors, and the Sheikh of Bahrein for the time being in force, and applicable to
such person, in respect of the violation whereof any penalty is stipulated for in the Treaty,
he shall be deemed guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof under this Order shall be
liable to a penalty in accordance with the stipulations of the Treaty, or the provisions
of this Order.
32. The Foreign Jurisdiction Neutrality
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, 1904}, shall apply to all per
sons and to all property subject to this Order.
33. Where a person entitled to appeal to the Chief Court from any judgment or order
passed in the exercise of criminal jurisdiction under this Order desires so to appeal, he
shall present his petition of appeal to the Court which passed the judgment or order; and
the petition shall with all practicable speed be transmitted to the Chief Court with
certified copies of the charge (if any) and proceedings of all documentary evidence ad
mitted or tendered, of the depositions, of the notes of the oral testimony, and of the judg
ment or order, and any argument on the petition of appeal that the appellant desires to
submit to the Chief Court.
84'. The Court against whose judgment or order the appeal is preferred may postpone
the execution of the sentence pending the appeal, and shall, if necessary, commit the
person convicted to prison for safe custody, or detain him in prison for safe custody, or
shall admit him to bail, and may take security, by recognisance, deposit of money, or
otherwise, for his payment of any fine.
Part IV.— Civil.
+ . Subject to the other provisions of this Order, the Code of Civil Procedure and
^ ^ T 1 n G^ctments, relating to the administration of Civil justice and to insolvency
nn" ^i rupicy, shall have effect as if Bahrein were a district in the
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
of Bombay.
Ihe
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 be deemed to be the District Judge, and his Court shall be
eeme o 56 the District or Principal Civil Court of Original jurisdiction in the District;
the Judicial Assistant to 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.
shall be deemed to be an Additional District
Judge, and his Court shall be an Additional District Court of Original Civil Jurisdiction ;
the Lourtofthe Pohtical Resident shail be deemed to be the highest Civil Court of Appeal
i- 6 ^ ' a e i ^' 0ur ^ a uthorized to hear appeals from the decisions of the District
0 ^ 1 'Ju* 6 P 0 ^ 61 " 8 ' of the Governor-Q-eneral in Council and the Local Government,
under those enactments shall be exercisable by the Secretary of State, or, with his pre
vious or subsequent assent, by the Governor-General of India in Council.
y i^is^tion exercisable by the Chief Court under this Order in civil matters
else^vhere exerci ^ Judge of that Court, either within the limits of this Order or
Acrpr.™ ^ between persons to whom this Order applies is filed in the Political
nrnpppJm c 4 v Ca - ? en ^ shall enquire from the several parties whether they desire that
Tndinn Pn i .f a 4- 6 1 accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure and the
shall record tS repUe^ apP ble to Bahrei ^ or in accordance with local usage, and
anop S M Ve ^ P ar ^ es desire that the suit shall be determined in accord-
the Distriof Pn e + Vn 1 ^ 1 ^ r0 . c ®^ ure an d other enactments made applicable to Bahrein,
visions of such pnn + S a f proceed to decide the suit in accordance with the pro
visions ot such enactments, as far as local conditions permit.
Nothing in this section shall prevent the District Court from referring—
( ) question of local custom to the Majlis-el-Urf for consideration and report; *
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The volume contains correspondence relating to the introduction of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. in Bahrain on 3 February 1919. A printed copy of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is included at the front of the volume (folios 2-9), and marked with red, blue and black pencil annotations, marking incorrect or important aspects of the text. The main correspondents in the volume are 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. , Captain Norman Bray, and the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah. Numerous letters were exchanged between the two men directly before and after the introduction of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. . Bray’s correspondence prior to this introduction seeks to smooth the way and seek Shaikh ‘Īsá’s full acceptance of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. . Correspondence after the introduction of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is largely comprised of negotiations over the Shaikh’s relinquishment of khidmah (a ten per cent judicial fee payable to the Sheikh of Bahrain's treasury), and expressions of thanks and mutual appreciation between the two men. Bray's letter to the Deputy 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. at Bushire and the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad, dated 14 February 1919, includes diaristic reports on the negotiations and meetings that took place between himself at Shaikh ‘Īsá during the introduction of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (folios 28-47). A English text of the notification of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , issued by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , is included on folio 18.
Folios 102 and 103 are loose pages containing office notes. The correspondence described in these two pages, which refer to the administration of the Majlis [al-Urfi], are annotated as dating from 17 March 1941 to 8 April 1942. It is likely, therefore, that these two pages were misplaced at a later date into the current volume.
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- 1 volume (84 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume's content have been divided into two parts. The first part of the volume (running up to folio 60) is comprised of copies of inward and outward correspondence, arranged in approximate chronological order, starting with the earliest items first. The second part of the volume (from folio 61) is comprised of the handwritten drafts, translations and original Arabic correspondence that inform the correspondence in the first part of the volume.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence runs from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers positioned in the top-left corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . Most of the foliation numbers are written in blue pencil. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a-1f. Folio 100 has been omitted or is missing.
The following folios are fold-outs: 34, 61, 62, 69-82, 84, 87, 89, 95, 97, 102, 103.
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- Title
- 'File A/9 II Bahrain Order in Council'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1fv, 2r:86v, 88r:89r, 90r:100v, 102r:105v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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