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Coll 25/6 'Orders in Council: Muscat: Reports on working, 1930' [‎99r] (197/266)

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The record is made up of 1 file (131 folios). It was created in 25 May 1931-6 Feb 1948. 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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1 think we should avoid saying anything in the
telegram which assumes that the power of extradition exists
at any rate in regard to places in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. *
As regards British India, the powers undoubtedly
exist under Chapter II of the Indian Extradition Act, the
procedure being laid down in section 3 or section 4*
The Extradition Act of 1870 oould only affect
fugitive criminals of a foreign state who are in or suspected
of being in any part of His Majesty^ Dominions or, under
section 17, in a "British Possession" which is defined in
Section 26 as any colony, plantation, island territory or
settlement within His Majesty’s Dominions* This would
therefore seem to exclude the places in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. *
A reference to the various orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. relating
to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shows that though the Fugitive Offenders
Act 1881 is made applicable, the Extradition Act 1870 is not.
The Indian Extradition Act 1903 is not one of the Indian Acts
applied in the Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. . In the Persian Coasts
1907
and Islands Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ,/3t!ie Maskat Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
and the Bahrein Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. 1913
1915/ there is a provision that nothing in the order is to
affect the powers of jurisdiction conferred by the (Indian)
Foreign jurisdiction and Extradition Act 1879 oti in the Indian
(Foreign Jurisdiction) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. 1902. That Act of
1879 was repealed by the Indian Extradition Act of 1903, and
was therefore not in being when these Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. came
into force. As regards the Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. 1925,
the corresponding provision is that nothing in the Order shall
affect any power or jurisdiction conferred by the Indian
Extradition Act 1903, but in my opinion that is only intended
to preserve the rights and powers as regards the surrender of
fugitive criminals under the procedure in Chapter III
Indian Extradition Act, which corresponds to the Fugitive
Offenders Act, 1881.

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Annual reports on the working of the Muscat Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. sent 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. , Muscat, to the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from where it was forwarded to the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), and the 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. (Political Department). The reports contain information on civil and criminal cases, insolvency proceedings, court fees, registration of British subjects and protected persons, and often include further remarks 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. .

Also included in the file is correspondence relating to a prohibition order for two British Indian subjects, dated 17 February 1937 (folios 64-79), and the discussion of the possible reasons behind a decline in British subjects registering at Muscat (October 1937, folios 56-65).

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1 file (131 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 132; 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 present in parallel between ff 33-36; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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