"ملف ١/٧ I المرسوم الملكي البريطاني للكويت (السلطة القضائية على الأجانب)" [و‎‎٨‎٥] (٣٩٤/١٦٩)

(it) For the portions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854
and 1867, referred to in the said Schedule, shall be
substituted Part XIII of the Merchant Shipping Act,
1894.
(m) In section 51 of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act,
1874, the Court of the Political Agent is substituted
for a Court of Probate in a Colony,
(iv) With respect to the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881 :
(a) So much of the 4th and 5th sections of the said Act
as relates to sending a report of the issue of a war
rant together with the information or a copy there
of, or to the sending of a certificate of committal
and report of a case, or to the information to
be given by a Magistrate to a fugitive shall be
excepted, and in lieu of such information the person
acting as the Magistrate shall inform the fugitive
that in the British Possession or Protectorate to
which he may be conveyed he has the right to apply
for a writ of habeas corpus or other like process.
(b) So much of the 6 th section of the said Act as requires
the expiration of fifteen days before issue of warrant
shall be excepted.
(c) The Political Resident shall not be bound to return
a fugitive offender to a British Possession unless
satisfied that the proceedings to obtain his return
are taken with the consent of the Governor of
that Possession.
(d) For the purposes of Part II of the said Act, Maskat,
Bahrein, Kuwait, the Persian Coast and Islands,
and all other places on the shores of the Persian
Gulf or the Gulf of Oman, Aden and British India,
shall be deemed to be one group of British Posses
sions.
13. Where, by virtue of any Imperial Act, or of this Order, or
otherwise, any provisions of any Imperial Acts, or of any Law in
force in India, or of any Orders in Council other than this Order, are
applicable within the limits of this Order, or any forms, regulations,
or procedure prescribed or established by or under such Act, Law,
or Order, are made applicable for any purpose of this Order, or any
other Order relating to Kuwait, such Acts, Laws, Orders, forms,
regulations, or procedure may be construed or used with such
alterations and adaptations not affecting the substance as may
be necessary having regard to local circumstances, and anything
required to be done by, to, or before any Court, Judge, Officer,
or Authority may be done by, to, or before a Court, Judge, Officer,
or Authority having the like or analogous functions, or by, to, or
before any Officer designated by the Secretary of State or by the
Court (as the case may require) for that purpose ; and in case any
difficulty occurs in the application the Secretary of State, or with
his previous or subsequent assent the Governor-General of India in
Council, may direct by, to, or before whom and in what manner
anything is to be done, and such Act, Law, Order, Form, Regulation,
or procedure shall be construed accordingly.
Where, under any such Imperial Act, Law, or Order, any
publication is required to be made, as respects any judicial proceed
ing in any “ Gazette ” or otherwise, such publication shall be made
by such mode as the Court shall think fit to direct.
Part III.— Criminal.
14. —( 1 ) Subject to the other provisions of this Order, the
Code of Criminal Procedure and the other enactments relating to
the administration of criminal justice in British India for the time
being shall be applicable to Kuwait. The Political Resident in
the Persian Gulf shall hold and form a Court, to be called the Chief
Court, which shall have all the powers of a High Court of Judi
cature : the Political Agent at Kuwait shall be deemed to be the
District Magistrate and Sessions Judge ; the Judicial Assistant to
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