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‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [16v] (32/292)
The record is made up of 1 file (144 folios). It was created in 25 Oct 1939-28 Feb 1943. 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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22
ia An objection to a report shall be brought before the Judge bv
motion, or on pleadings consisting of a petition in objection to the renort
and an answer thereto. A notice of motion in objection to a report shall
be filed within ten days from-the filing of the notice of objection and a
within the "s™' 0 ! the , adverse P art y- and a petition shall be filed
witnin the same period, and a copy served on the adverse mrtv -mrl
the answer thereto shall be filed within ten days from the servfce rf the
petition, and a copy served on the adverse party.
in F A™eX A^Nos 0 '^ anTl^v^ wiI) be
ORDER XVIII.
Costs and Security for Costs.
'■ .J h , e , < ; osts of and incident to all causes shall except when otherwise
fudge by any a e reeme " t - " ^ statute, be in the%iscr“ion of thl
or'makTnuTdaim^nd^ ? 0th , er than a Cause ior condemnation,
r is g a claiI «. and being ordinarily resident out of the iurisdiction
of the Court may be ordered to give security for costs, though he
be temporarily resident within the jurisdiction of the Court and the
proceedings may be stayed until such security is given ’
ch?ii J K a ? y C t USe in which securit y for costs is required, the security
hall be of such amount, and be given at such times and in such manner
direct" 1 ' 38 ty payment into Court or otherwise, as the Judge shall
ORDER XIX.
Taxation of Costs.
i. A party desiring to have a bill of costs taxed either between oartv
and party or between solicitor and client, shall file the bill in the Registry 7
, 2 , In a11 cases of taxation the Registrar shall be the taxing officer and the
taxation shall proceed, in the High Court in accordance with the law and
ff a i C f t c: 1C AH gOVer H ng - thf \ taxatlon of costs in the High Court in the exercise
ir Admiralt y jurisdiction, or, in a Court other than the High Court
in accordance with the law and practice governing the tayai-inn Jr <. • ’
such Court iu the exercise of its ordiuaVfuriSktim C ° StS m
ORDER XX.
Interlocutory Applications.
r. Any application to the Judge at any time other than at the hearing
of a cause shall, if made in Court, be iade by motion or if made
chambers, by summons (Appendix A, Form No 48). °
+h 2 ' a PP llca f lon to fhe Judge other than applications which are bv
these Rules directed to be made by motion, may be made fn^mbS hi
■ummons, but a summons may be adjourned by the Judge into Court. Y
K VGry n °l iCe 0i r 1011011 (Appendix A, Form No. 47) or summons
shall be served upon the adverse party at least 24 hours 4 before the date
of tfT Ph 11 ™ P er ?° f ’ U “ eSS by consent of fhe adverse party, or bv order
of the Judge, the time for such service is shortened. y
4. Every notice of motion or summons shall state the nature rh*
order des.red, aud the day on which the application i? to be ° f the
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The file comprises copies of official notices and correspondence relating to prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (the capture of enemy vessels and cargo) during the Second World War, based on the understanding, as described in a letter from 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. to his Agents, dated 16 November 1939, that, ‘as Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. are on the side of Great Britain the Crown has the right to exercise prize jurisdiction in these States’ (ff 2-3).
The file includes:
- two printed copies of a booklet entitled Provisional Rules and Orders, 1939: Prize Courts: Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. dated September 2, 1939. Made under Section 3 of the Prize Courts Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. C. 39) (ff 6-59, ff 61-114);
- a printed copy of an Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. entitled Reprisals for restricting German Commerce , dated 27 November 1939 (ff 117-118), and a press statement, issued by the Press Section of the Ministry of Economic Warfare, dated 28 November 1939, relating to the issue of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (f 120);
- correspondence relating to a Danish tanker, the Eleonora Maersk (also spelt Elonora Maersk and Eleanora Mearsk ) which arrived in Bahrain from Iran, in April 1940. In a letter 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) 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. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) stated that the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. has received instructions from the East Indies Commander-in-Chief that the vessel should be sent to Karachi, presumably as prize (ff 121-124);
- a Department of Commerce notification, dated 31 August 1940, stating that measures taken against German shipping can now be applied to Italian shipping (f 131);
- communications relating to prize procedure in respect of Finland, Hungary, Rumania [Romania] and Japan (ff 139-142).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (144 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 144-145) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 146; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-6, f 60, and ff 119-143, the intermediate folios being skipped; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located 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.
Pagination: two printed booklets are present in the file (see ff 6-59 and ff 61-114); these booklets each have their own original printed pagination sequence. The file notes at the back of the file (144-145) have also been paginated using pencil.
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- IOR/R/15/2/675
- Title
- ‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:121v, 123r:145v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence