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‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [22r] (43/292)
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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ORDER XXXV.
Instruments and other Documents, and the Service thereof.
i Every warrant, release, commission, and other instrument to be
executed by any officer of, or commissioner acting under the authority
of, the Court, shall be prepared in the Registry, and shall be issued under
the seal of the Court.
2 . The seal of the Court to be used for the purposes of these Rules shall
be such as the President shall from time to time direct.
5 Every document issued under the seal of the Court shall bear date
on the day of sealing, and shall be deemed to be issued at the time of
the sealing thereof.
4 . Every instrument to be executed by the marshal shall be !eft witii the
marshal by the party at whose instance it is issued, with written instruct!
for the execution thereof.
5 . Except in the case of an order for committal, it shall not ^ necessary
to the regular service of an order that the original order be shown if an
office copy be exhibited.
6 All notices, pleadings, summonses, orders, and other documents, pro
ceedings, and written communications in respect of which pcreonal service
is noAequired shall be sufficiently delivered or served if left within the
prescribed hours at the address for service of the person to be s ?™ ed "
any person resident at or belonging to such place The P^ eSCr ^ d h0U "
shall be such as are appointed by the President b y
of which shall be affixed in some prominent place in the Court of Registry.
7 Where no appearance has been entered for a party, or where a party
has omitted to give an address for service, all notices, pleadings, summonses,
ordersand other documents, proceedings, and written commumcatmns in
respect of which personal service is not required may be served by filing
them in the Registry.
S. All orders (except as in these Rules otherwise
to which would render a party liable to committal, shall be served
personally. .
o Where personal service of any order, notice, pleading, summons,
n+hpr document proceeding, or written communication is required by these
Rules or Xe^'isHhe service shall be effected by showing it to the party
to be served and by leaving with him a copy thereof.
,0 Where personal service of any notice, pleading, summons order or
other document oroceeding, or written communication is required by these
Mes or otTe^wise and A made to appear to the Judge that the person
to be served is under disability or that prompt personal service cannot be
effected, the Judge may order upon whom, or m “^^^^ement
or other service is to be made, or may order notice by letter, advertisement
or otherwise to be given in lieu of service.
>11 The service of every warrant or other instrument by the marshal
^.all be verified by his certificate. Form of certificate of service will be
found in Appendix A, No. 58.
12 The Judge may direct that any summons, order, notice, or other m-
stniment shall be sLed on any party or per^n m a toe^ conntty
•reAeC^/Se ^ a^St l^pp W ^ any
summons, order, notice, or other instrument so directed to be served^
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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