‘File 28/34-II War emergency legislation’ [180r] (361/428)
The record is made up of 1 file (212 folios). It was created in 5 Sep 1939-9 Jun 1948. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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ORDiCR No.7 OF 1947.
fn exercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 4
of King’s Regulation No.l of 1947; and in cancellation of all
orders issued under Article 4 of Regulation No.2 of 1939 and
Article 4 of Regulation No., l of 1940, under the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
States (Rmergencv) Order-in-Council, 1939, I hereby order that:
Article 1 . This Order may be cited as the Price and Export
Control Order No.l of 1947 and shall come into
operation forthwith.
Article 2 . For the purpose of Articles 3, 4 and 5 of this
Order, chc Director of Customs of the Bahrain
Government shall be the price Controller.
Ar ticle 3 . (a) RA TIO NE D FOODSTUFFS .
The foodstuffs recorded in Schedule 1 which
may be imported into Bahrain by the Bahrain
Government with the assistance of His Majesty’s
Government and/or the Government of India, shall
be distributed to authorised retailers within
the serritories of His Highness the Shaikh of
Bahrain Such retailers shall sell these food
stuffs vc authorised holders of ration cards, to
the extent ail lowed by, and at the price fixed
from time to time by the price Controller.
(b) When assessing the retail price of rationed
foodstuffs referred to in Article 3(a) above, a
profit of 3% and shall be allowed go the
retailers of Manamah and Muharraq respectively.
Ar ticle 4 . UI^RA HONED F OODSTUFFS & OTHER COMMODIT IES.
prices shall be fixed as follows:-
(a) Wholesalers shall sell the commodities
listed -lYi Schedule II to retailers at a profit
of 15/ calculated on the invoice price.
Retailers shall sell to the public at a profit
of 5/ on the cost to the retailer.
(b) On che articles listed in Schedule III
wholesalers may make the profit noted -gainst
each article.
(c) On the articles listed in Schedule IV the
price shall be fixed by the Bahrain Food Com
mittee. The said Committee shall meet at least
once a month to consider alterations in the
control prices.
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(d) Every wholesaler of the commodities listed
in Schedule 'll and III shall maintain a register
in the form attached, giving details of all such
commodities held or imported by nim and of every
sale made by him to retailers, or, in the case of
tyres, tubes or electric batteries, to the public.
(e) No wholesaler shall refuse to sell stock to a
retailer rt the price fixed by the price Controller
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(f) A notice shall be displayed by the retailers
in their shops notifying the public of the retail
prices fixed by the price Controller.
(g) No 'retailer having- a stock of any article or
commc^vcy llsbe<r irr Scheuule II, III and TV shall
/refuse....
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The file contains correspondence relating to, and copies of the various orders, regulations and notices, issued under the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States (Emergency) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939. The file’s principal correspondents are 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (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 (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Major Tom Hickinbotham; Cornelius James Pelly; Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway).
The file includes:
- ordinances and amendments to the existing defence regulations and judicial procedures, enabling capital punishment, ‘rigorous imprisonment’ or whipping to be used as forms as punishment for theft or looting in the event of damage to property as a result of enemy action, including air raids, and the transfer of such judicial decisions from the Government of India 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 3-46);
- a letter from 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, to the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, dated 2 December 1943, enclosing a number of drafts to replace existing orders, ordinances and notifications relating to: Order No. 13 (controls on goods exported from Bahrain, ff 50a-50); Order No. 14 (price control orders for rationed and unrationed foodstuffs, piece goods, with schedules of the goods covered, ff 52-56); Notification No. 15 (trading with enemy regulations, f 57); Order No. 14 (export controls on currencies and gold bullion, f 58); Order No. 17 (postal censorship and restrictions, f 59);
- copies of orders for 1944: Order No. 1 (export controls, ff 61-66); Order No. 2 (price control orders for rationed and unrationed foodstuffs, piece goods, with schedules of the goods covered, ff 63-68); Order No. 3 (trading with enemy regulations, f 69); Order No. 4 (export controls on currencies and gold bullion, f 70); Order No. 5 (postal censorship and restrictions, ff 71-72); a copy of Order No. 1 of Hijri year 1363 (equivalent to 1944), issued by the Government of Bahrain (ff 75-82, and in large format at f 85), relating to price control orders and closely based on Order No. 2 of 1944 (ff 63-68);
- numerous orders issued by 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. in 1944 for the appointment of nominated Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) employees as Special Police Officers at the BAPCO refinery (between ff 86-130), and, in January 1945, the announcement of the cessation of the appointment of certain nominated officers (ff 140-142);
- printed copies of orders and notices: the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939 (ff 146-151); Chapter 10 of the Supplies and Services (Transitional Powers) Act, 1945 (ff 152-155); Order No. 255 of 1946 Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Colonies &c (ff 156-157); the Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Act, 1946 (ff 158-170);
- correspondence dated 1943 onwards relating to the review and repeal of various orders and regulations (ff 97-99, ff 144-145, ff 171-174);
- copies of orders for 1947: Order No. 1 of 1947 (the maintenance of supplies and services, ff 177-178, f 187); Order No. 7 of 1947 (price control orders for rationed and unrationed foodstuffs, piece goods, with schedules of the goods covered, ff 180-185).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (212 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 194-212) 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 2; 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. Two additional mixed foliation/pagination sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-185 and in the file notes between ff 194-212; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. Foliation anomaly: f 50 a, f 50.
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- IOR/R/15/2/727
- Title
- ‘File 28/34-II War emergency legislation’
- Pages
- 3r:7v, 8r:11v, 17r:17v, 18r:18v, 19r:23v, 24r:25v, 26r:26v, 29r:30v, 32r:34v, 38r:38v, 43r:45v, 50r:50v, 50ar:50av, 52r:59v, 61r:72v, 97r:99v, 106r:106v, 110r:110v, 112r:112v, 114r:114v, 117r:117v, 120r:120v, 125r:125v, 128r:128v, 131r:131v, 132r:133v, 139r:139v, 142r:142v, 143r:143v, 146r:157v, 158r:170v, 177r:178v, 180r:185v, 187r:187v, 192r:193v
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- Privy Council Office
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