‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [18v] (36/292)
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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26
2. In causes instituted in a Court other than the High Court all funds
the ”edit y of ^„ be ^ mt ° Co, ' rt ’ and aU securities 8 to be placed to
IhP 4- f Y J UCh causes * sha11 be transferred, paid, or placed to
paid into^ou^ t ii G Pr °^ er ° fflcer of the Cour t to whom moneys
diction of Z r 4 USUal ^ y ? a ? in the exercise of ordinary juris-
officZ to^ th^^ credit^’ plaC , ed in the bo( >ks of the'said
or aircraft in Z c r Prize Moneys,” and of the particular ship
placed ^ P Wh '" h tbe same shaI1 b e transferred, paid, or
made to n ° f uch °ffi cer as above, the payments shall be
approved bv th egl T st ^ ar who sha11 °P en an account in a bank to be
respect of whiZfh JU g ^ m reSpeCt ° f the P articu lar ship or aircraft in
respect of which the said moneys shall be transferred, paid, or placed
Disorder oTS'j^ ^ ° Ut ° f C ° Urt eX “ pt in - decree
ORDER XXVII.
Enforcement and Execution of Decrees and Orders.
deL^mly ti U e,fforce°d nd - nS Pr ° Perty “ ^ the deWee ol
(i) if the property is still under arrest, by sale of such property:
Provided that on the application of the proper officer of
ie rown the Court shall order delivery of the property to the
Crown in lieu of sale, and if at the time of suchapplication
an order for sale has already been made but no sale has taken
p ace, the order for sale shall be rescinded for the purpose of
giving effect to such application, but the order fo? delivery
to the Crown may, if the Court thinks fit, be made subject
ium^’nth th th f C Cr ° Wn ° f such costs ’ expenses, or other
, rH r h ? u than ^ 49 In A PP endi x B, as might have been
had 6 ^ t0 m Pa !i d ° Ut ° f the P roceeds of saJ e if the property
. , bad been sold under order of the Court. P P X
(2) lf t] ?l bas been sold before condemnation and the proceeds
Z?. /dready been paid into Court, by order to the P per 2 ns
holding the same to pay the same into Court. P
( 3 ) m respect of freight found due for the carriage of goods in a shin
or aircraft condemned as prize, by arrfst o/ the goods sS
carried until payment into Court of such freight or by order
against the owner of the goods, or other persons holding or
U) so S?T, e Z' Sl Z f f ight ’ to the sa ™ into Court g '
4 a deCree deals with costs and expenses (other than
^ ^i h f p :srr d t b pT^e o ^ ° rder
<5 ' o h rdenaSt h t?e b baS. releaSed ° n bai ' ^ by
r es torS h rthl h ow J neftheS toe P Z e ^ y OI Seized as P rize to be
a release as prescribed in Order XIII^^P ^ earried out by means of
order such release upon such terms 2 to the IT e* 1 ?** ‘ he Judge ma >'
and freight (if any i dueror o”Lrw se as^toe T°H C ° StS and eXpenS, ‘ s
and if such terms are not rnmnli^i -aC aS to J ud S e ma y seem just,
and the paym^L^t SS SpTnsel ° £
freight ^is'due ta ^(Tca"^ eal? 7 * is P™"»™ced that
freight is ordered the decree miv Vi ^ f t u ^ ein and payment of such
of freight against ihf^ ^
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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).
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- 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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