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ha has no Jurisdiction ovor the vory 1urge foroign community
who live In his territory.
It would be easy to continue our preaent praotioo in the
Joint Court of deciding oaaoa a o far as possible by the I.P.Code
or
oto &> it would be not difficult to gradually evolve a oiraple
oodo . After a few yenrs of einnplo ,for the beniflt both of
tha public & the Ruler they may have learnt sufficient to start
their own courts. In foot this might not unreasonably bo promised

them provided they can satisfy Government in the future that they
are oapable & cooperate with Politioal Agents to that end.
Under the guidanoe of Politioal Agents the Court might prove
an excellent training ground for the cadets of the ruling family.
I would report in detail schemes for tho payment of fees,
which would be a source of revenue to the Chalks & oover working
•xponoeB.
The work in the Joint Court since its intrSduotion has
alroady done muoh to educate the people & to introduce some order
into business transactions. They are beginning to understand
elementary Law.
It would be necessary to definitely forbid the holding

of Irregular courts by any odd member of the sfchiko family.
It should be easy to arrange a reasonable prison system,
for persona sentenced by the Court in lieu of tha pronent »blaok
hole of Caloutta’ of the Amir whloh is one of the constant
oauses of complaint bf the BahrniniOfA whioh the Chalk last year
undertook to refona.but has foiled to do.
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It would be advantageous In that there would be some
Uniformity in sentences in Criminal Casos. At present in oases

in w&ioh the polioe arrest British proteoted porsons & shaiks
aubjeoto for one and the oame offenoe.often committed in
oonfederaoy,the Bahrain subjects are dealt with by oome member
inoongruou*.
of the shaik's family & tho othoro by the P.A. with tim resultf
tkat In the event of disagreement between the
& Shaiks representative in any oase,appal Vrotld lie 'to the ;
: •, ’• 1
Resident. It might be argued that this is not-reasoilbale In *>