Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory' [‎146r] (291/340)

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execution of the provisions herein contained in respect of any
matter arising in the course of any civil or criminal case,
including insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings.
61.—(1) Subject to the control of the Secretary of State acting
with the concurrence of the Treasury, 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.
may, from time to time, with the previous sanction of the
Governor-General of India in Council, make rules imposing fees
t viable in respect of any proceedings in, or processes issued out
, any Court established under this Order.
(2) But a Court before which any matter is pending may, in
any case, if it thinks fit, on account of the poverty of a party,
or for any other reason, dispense in whole or in part with the
payment of any fees chargeable in respect of such matter.
62.—(1) All fees, charges, expenses, costs, fines, damages,
and other money payable under this Order, or under any law
made applicable by this Order, may be enforced under order of
the Court by seizue and sale of goods, and, in default of -suffi
cient goods, by imprisonment as a civil prisoner for a term not
exceeding one month, but such imprisonment shall not operate
as a satisfaction or extinguishment of the liability.
(2) Any bill of sale or mortgage, or transfer of property, made
with the view of avoiding such seizure or sale, shall not be
effectual to defeat the provisions of this Order.
( 3 ) All fees, penalties, fines, and forfeitures levied under this
Order upon a British subject, and fees, other than actual Court
fees, that may be levied under the provisions of this Order, on
a person to whom this Order applies, shall be paid to the public
account, and shall be applied in such manner as the Secretary
of State, with the consent of the Treasury, or, with the previous
or subsequent assent of the Secretary of State, as the Governor-
General of India in Council, may direct.
63. Whenever an Acting 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. or Acting Judicial
Assistant has commenced the hearing of any cause or matter,
civil or criminal, he may, unless 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. otherwise
directs, continue and complete the hearing and detenrunation
thereof, notwithstanding that his authority to act as on Ha
Agent or Judicial Assistant, has otherwise ceased by reason ot
the expiration of the time for which he was appointed to act,
or by reason of the happening of any event by which his
authority is determined. , . , ,
64—(1) If an officer of the Court, employed to execute a
decree or order, loses, by neglect or omission, the opportunity
of executing it, then, on complaint of the aggrieved
and proof of the fact alleged, the Court may if ^ thmks fit
order the officer to pay the damages sustained by the peison
complaining, or part thereof. ^ ,
(2) The order may he enforced as an order directing payn
05—CD If a clerk or officer of the Court, acting under pre
tence of the process or authority of the Court is charged with
extortion, or with not paying over money duly levied, or with
other misconduct, the Court may, if it thmks fit, inquire into
the charge in a summary way, and may for that purpose siimm<