'الملف رقم 18/55 I (C 101) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني للبحرين' [ظ‎‎٢‎٩] (٤٧٧/٦٧)

aualagons to provisions that are found in other
Orders in Council, viz., " If any question arises
" whether the subjects or citizens of any country,
" state, or tril)e have or have not been placed
" under the jurisdiction of His Majesty by agree-
" ment with, or the consent of, the Sheikh of
Bahrein, it shall be referred by the Court to the
" Political Resident, and a certificate under his
" hand and seal shall be conclusive on the question,
" and judicial notice shall be taken thereof."
4. With regard to Article 21, sub-article (1), it
will be observed that it has now been made to
read : " Where .... any British subject
.... is intriguing within the limits of
this Order against His Majesty's power and
" authority," &c., instead of: " Where ....
" any British subject .... is intriguing
against His Majesty's power and authority within
" the limits of this Order," &c.
5. I observe that notice is drawn, in paragraph 2
of the Resident's letter of the 15th May last, to the
omission, in later drafts, of Article 16 of the draft
of the Government of India. Tlie Article in
question was a textual reproduction mutatis
mutandis of Article 15 of the Persian Coast and
Islands Order in Council. But whereas the latter
Article was in place as a provision for the enforce
ment of warrants that had been issued in inland
Persia, the Article as drafted in the Bahrein
Order was inapplicable, since no reason exists
why authorities in Bahrein should back their own
warrants.
6. I shall be glad to be informed by telegraph
whether Your Excellency's Government agree to
the issue of the draft Order in the form now trans
mitted, which differs from that previously sent only
in Article 8, sub-article (2) ; Article 21, sub-article
(1) ; Articles 51-59, and the table in Article 3 ; or
whether you would desire the insertion in it of the
new sub-article referred to in paragraph 3. In
order to avoid delay, copy of this despatch is being
communicated direct to the Political Resident.
I have the honour to be.
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servant,
Signed) C iiewe.