‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [74r] (147/292)
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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27
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if the cargo has been condemned, by payment out of the proceeds
of the sale of such cargo.
if the cargo has been unladen and sold before adjudication and the
proceeds of the sale are still in Court, by payment out of the
proceeds of sale.
if the cargo has been unladen, but still remains under the arrest
of the Court, by sale of such cargo and payment out of the
proceeds of sale.
if the cargo has been unladen and has been restored to the owner
on bail, by order against the bail to pay the freight into Court.
if the cargo has been unladen and has been restored to the owner
without bail, by order against the owner or person to whom the
same has been restored, or against any person having received
or being in possession of such cargo or freight, to pay such
freight into Court.
% 4. Any decree or order other than a decree of condemnation or
restitution and not expressly provided for by the Prize Acts, 1864 to 1939,
or by these Rules, may be enforced by order against the parties against
con whom such decree or order is made, or may be enforced in the same
manner as a judgment, decree or order of the High Court in the exercise of
its Admiralty jurisdiction, or, in the case of a Court other than the High
er ol p ourt ' the same manner as a judgment, decree or order of that Court
o thf in t ^ le exerc * se i ts ordinary jurisdiction may be enforced.
;atioi 5 - Forms of order and decrees will be found in Appendix A, Nos. 52 and
take: 53 (i-) to ( xxviii.).
>se 0 6. The Rules of this Order shall apply to the enforcement by the Court
liverj of decrees or orders of any other Court or of the Judicial Committee
ibjeci of the Privy Council,
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beei ORDER XXVIII.
P er ^ Detention.
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1. Where it is held in a suit for condemnation that the ship or aircraft
is an enemy ship or aircraft but in pursuance of some international con
vention or otherwise is only liable to detention and not to condemnation,
the decree (Appendix A, Form 53, ii. and iv.) shall direct the marshal to
retain the ship or aircraft in his custody until further orders.
2. Where a decree of detention has been made under Rule 1 the ship
or aircraft shall be kept at such port or place as the Court may from
time to time direct.
o x r ^ ORDER XXIX.
Requisition.
n, b; I - Where it is made to appear to the Judge on the application of the
proper officer of the Crown that it is desired to requisition on behalf of
to Jgj 1155 Ma J est y a ship or aircraft in respect of which no final decree of con-
ins ^^ , ~ rnna tion has been made, he may order that the ship or aircraft shall be
maj appraised, and that upon an undertaking being given in accordance with
>ense 7, u ^5 of this Order the ship or aircraft shall be released and delivered to
just the Crown -
madt 2, Where a decree for the detention of a ship or aircraft has been made
t ani in accordance with Order XXVIII., the proper officer of the Crown may
sale file a _ notice (Appendix A., Form No. 54) that the Crown desires to
requisition the same, and thereupon a commission (Appendix A., Form
[ tha No. 55) to the marshal directing him to appraise the ship or aircraft shall
sue 1 f sue - U P on a ? undertaking being given in accordance with Rule 5 of
rmen f^is Order the ship or aircraft shall be released, and delivered to the
Crown.
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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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