‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [98r] (195/292)
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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craft) and condemned the same* [together with her tackle aonarpl
furniture, stores, arms, and ammunition] as good and lawful P prize ’
[generally reserving the question by whom taken,] | [and also the considera’
turn of prize bounty] [or as taken by His Majesty's ship commander'
and (if head money is given) pronounced and declared that the officers and
crew of His Majesty’s said ship (o , such of themasaTenmed)
are entitJed to prize bounty as having been present at the taking of the
said ship of war (or military aircraft) ^ H -t-
at the beginning of the engagement there were on board the slid ship
aforesaid is the sum of PerS ° nS ’ ^ tha ‘ the am ° Unt of P ri ~ bount?
(vi) On Condemnation of a Neutral Ship or Aircraft.
(Commencement as in Form (i).)
(nses^i P res ident (or Judge) &c. (follow Form (i) with the necessarv
ship adaptations down to the word “rejected,” and continue:) the said claim
strar ^ ms) * Pronounced the said ship (aircraft) (and the said cargo) (or
the said cargo) to be liable to confiscation upon the ground that (here state
Form*™™ ° f COnfiSCati °^ and condemned the same Vc ^4'
(vii) On Condemnation, where Ship (Aircraft) has been destroyed.
(Commencement as in Form (i).)
# PreS1 5 ent ^° r J ud & e ) &c - (follow Form (i) with the necessarv
adaptations down to the word “ commander,” and continue:) and declared
the destruction of the said ship (aircraft) L r C ar7o %c \
^ ve , be f n necessary (here state the grounds on which the Court held
the destruction to be justified). u
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(viii) On Restoration.
(Commencement as in Form (i).)
the' h slid Pr s e ht de ( n airc ( mftj Udge) haVing heard ‘ he Cl "“ d ° 0 £ f
1 se P ara ‘ e . cla ‘ m for cargo, and of CD, claimant of’the
cargo of the said ship (aircraft)) and the evidence thereon, and counsel
!el fo: w n n meS and descn P twn s of the parties heard), and having been
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asisted^ b y (here state names and descriptions of assessors if any) admitted
{adaf ^ he said clai ni (or claims), pronounced the said ship (aircraft) ^
4 T • the rfk ld /^ r f 0) to have belon ged as claimed, and decreed
h „ d h l P (airCraf ?l W the f rei S h t is due, with freight and expenses
i° n he Cargo) ( to g ether with the said cargo) to be
restored to the claimants for the use of the owners thereof [on payment
capt ° rs ex P en ses or and condemned the captors (insert name or
names) in the costs and damages sustained by the owners of the said
s f !° l fh?rltf Craft 4° f the Said Cargo ( or of the said cargo) by reason of
0 f s hi ‘•ne capture and detention thereof by & ' .r
: ° ha ' r^or^thereon] 16 am ° Unt ° f SUch costs and dam ages to the Registrar to
(ix) Condemning Ship (Aircraft) and Restoring Cargo.
(Commencement as in Form (i).)
fhe President (or Judge) having heard, &c. (adapt Form (i)), pro-
lsel 1 Pme^of 1 4+ ^7 (airCraft | t0 have belonged at P the
ced . of La P tu re and seizure thereof to enemies of the Crown of Great
captu~ n T' in ' aad ' as such or otherwise, subject and liable to confiscation, and
subjej;° ndemned same (as also the freight due for the transporta,tion or
iry a: tne cargo lately taken therein) as good and lawful prize, and as taker
* Omit in the
case of captured
aircraft.
t Omit the rest
of this form in
the case of
captures by an
aircraft.
O. XXXIII.
Naval Prize
Act, 1864 ,
s. 42.
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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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