"ملف ١/٧ I المرسوم الملكي البريطاني للكويت (السلطة القضائية على الأجانب)" [ظ‎‎٢‎٣] (٣٩٤/٤٦)

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(3) Any fine imposed for a bread) of Regulation shall
not exceed 1,500 rupees: provided that in the case of any
breach of any native or local law relating to customs law, or
under which the importation or exportation of any goods is
prohibited or restricted, the fine may extend to a sum equi
valent to treble the value of the goods in relation to which
tho breach is committed.
80. —(1) King’s Regulations shall not take effect until
they are allowed by a Secretary of State, or, with his previous
or subsequent assent, by the Governor-General of India in
Council: provided that in case of urgency declared in any
such Regulations the same shall take effect before such allow
ance, and shall continue to have effect unless and until they are
disallowed by the Secretary of State, or, with his previous or
subsequent assent, by the Governor-General of India in
Council, and until notification of such disallowance is receiv
ed and published by the Political Resident, and such dis
allowance shall be without prejudice to anything done or
suffered under such Regulations in the meantime.
(2) All King’s R egulations shall be published by the
Political Resident in such manner and at such places as he
may think proper.
(3) In this Order “ breach of the Regulations ” includes
the breach of any native or local law or custom, the observ
ance of which is required by any King’s Regulations.
81. Judicial notice shall be taken of this Order and of
the commencement thereof, and of the appointment of the
Political Resident, Political Agent, and Judicial Assistant,
and of the constitution and limits of the Courts and districts
and of the seals and signatures, and of any rules and regula
tions made or in force under this Order, and no proof shall
be required of any of such matters.
82. Nothing in this Order shall deprive the Political
Resident, or an Officer subordinate to him, of the right to
observe, and to enforce the observance of, or shall deprive
any person of the benefit of, any reasonable custom existing
in Kuwait, unless this Order contains some express and
specific provision incompatible with the observance thereof,
and any person, to whom this Order applies, who commits
any action, or abets the commitment of any action, or is
guilty of any omission or abets.any omission, which action or
omission is a breach of any duly promulgated local law or
•custom in Kuwait shall, upon conviction, be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years,
or with fine, or with imprisonment which may extend to
three years and with fine.
The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf shall be the
final Court of Appeal to decide whether or not an offence is
a breach of any duly promulgated local law or custom in
Kuwait.
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83. Nothing in this Order shall—
(i) Affect any power or jurisdiction conferred by, or
referred to in, the Act of the Governor-General
of India in Council, entitled the Foreign Juris
diction and Extradition Act, 1879 (Act XXI
of 1879), or in the Indian (Foreign Jurisdiction)
Order in Council, 1902; or
(li) Affect any jurisdiction for the time being exercis
able by the Political Resident under any Im
perial Acf other than the Foreign Jurisdiction
Act. 1890: or
(iii) Prevent the Political Agent from doing anything
which His Majesty’s Consuls in the Dominions
of any State in amity with His Majesty are for
the time being, by law. usage, or sufferance, en
titled or enabled to do.
84. If a question arises whether any place is or is not
in Kuwait for the purposes of this Order, it shall be referred
to the Political Resident, and a certificate under his hand
and seal shall be conclusive on the question, and shall be
taken judicial notice of by any Court established under this
Order.