Penal code and transfer of jurisdiction in Bahrain

This file contains:

• Bahrain (Amendment) Order, 1956 (1)
• Correspondence relating to a point raised by Legal Advisor in the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf Mawdsley about criminal justice administration in Bahrain (2-3)
• Correspondence relating to the processes to be followed to bring about the transfer of jurisdiction in Bahrain. It includes the text of the Bahrain Transfer of Jurisdiction Regulation, 1957 and details of its submission and approval (4, 6)
• Request from the Bahrain Petroleum Company for a summary of the position about the penal code in Bahrain, and the gathering of information in response to this request (5)
• Comparison of the UK Homicide Act, 1957 [text enclosed] with the relevant provisions of the Bahrain legal code (7)
• Drafting of the Bahrain Transfer of Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act, 1957 and the question of whether the transfer of jurisdiction affects the position of a group of Jews in Bahrain who are stateless persons of Iraqi origin currently under HM jurisdiction (8-9)
• Drafts of the Bahrain Explosives Regulation, 1958 along with related correspondence (10-11)