‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [23r] (45/292)
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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(6) in a cause relating to an aircraft, such person as the President
shall appoint,
shall be deemed to be the substitute of the marshal and for such
purposes shall be an officer of the Court.
4. Persons may be appointed or employed to act as substitutes of t
marshal for the purposes mentioned in Rule 3 in the ports of any a y in
war of His Majesty, or for the purpose of the service of any process out
the jurisdiction.
ORDER XL.
Hours and Holidays.
The Registry and the marshal’s office shall be open for the transaction
of prize matters at such times as they are open for the transaction of t e
business of the Court when exercising its ordinary jurisdiction. Provide ,
that the Registrar shall make arrangements for the issue of process in a
urgent cases when the offices are closed.
ORDER XLI.
Records of the Court.
1. There shall be kept in the Registry a book to be ^ ^each
book in which shall be entered in order of date under the head of eac
cause and on a page numbered with the number of the cause a record of
the institution o? the cause, of all appearances entered of all document
issued or filed, of all witnesses examined, and of all acts done, and 1
shMl in the like order be entered in full all orders and decrees of the Court
Whether made by the Judge, or by the Registrar, or by consent of the
parties in the cause. , . » a v a
Form of minutes of examination of witnesses will be found in Appendix A,
No. 60. . , ,
A coov of anv order or decree certified by the Registrar as correct
shail be deemed to be a true copy of such order or decree for all purposes^
3. There shall be kept in the Registry a caveat warrant Wk a caveat
release book, and a caveat payment book in which all such caveats
spectively and the withdrawal thereof shall be entered.
ORDER XLII.
Certificates of Sale, Condemnation, and Restitution.
aEli ^aR^o^of^le’o^y^ and^up^n^such^ppl^ca^^
good cause is shown to the contrary, direc ,. » Nos 61 62
the same shall be issued in one of the forms in Appendix A, Nos. 61, ba,
3 i. 3 * * 6 \Vhere such certificate is issued in respect of a ^1 u fte , ^“^“Vhkh
w vs+j+iu-a havp a like certificate endorsed on the bill of sale py wmc
thp^hin is sold to him on production of the bill of sale to the Registrar.
WW such certificate is P issued in respect of an aircraft or of goods or
Where sucn cerancatc entitled t o have a like certificate endorsed
cargo, the a PPj lc ^ ,, (if ^ unde r which such aircraft goods or
^oVe« nt Sd%o^l^rproM of such contract or sold note to the
Registrar. B 2
3 6 73
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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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