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possession, but subject to the provisions of this Order, and to the exceptions,
adaptations, and modifications following, that is to say :
(i) Tho Political Resident in tho Persian Gulf is hereby substituted for the
Governor of a colony or British possession, and tho Chiof Court is
horoby substituted for a Superior Court or Supromo Court, and tho
District Court for a Magistrate or Justice of tho Peace of a colony
or British possession.
(ii) For tho portions of tho Morchant Shipping Acts, 1S54 and 18(>7,
roforred to in tho said Schedule, shall bo substituted Part XIII.
of tho Morchant Shipping Act, 189L
(iii) In Section 51 of tho Conveyancing (Scotland) Act, 1874, tho Court
of the Political Agent is substituted for a Court of Probate in
a colony.
(iv) With respect to tho Fugitivo Offenders Act, 1S81—
(a) So much of tho 4th and 5th sections of tho said Act ns
rolntes to scudiug a report of tho issue of a warrant, together with
tho information, or a copy thorcof, or to tho sending of a cortificato
of committal and roport of a case, or to tho information to bo givon
by a Magistrato to a fugitive, shall bo oxeepted, and in liou of such
information llio person acting as tho Magistrato shall inform the
fugitive that in tho British possession or protcctorato to which ho
may bo convoyed lie lins tho right to apply for a writ of habeas
corpus or other like process.
(b) So much of tho 6tit section of the said Act as requires
the expiration of fifteen days before issuo of warrant shall bo
excepted.
(c) Tho Political Resident shall not bo bound to return a
fugitivo offender to a British possession unless satisfied that tho
proceedings to obtain his roturu aro taken with tho consent of tho
Governor of that possession.
(</) For tho purposes of Part II. of tho said Act, Bahrein,
Muscat, tho Persian Coast and Islands, and all other places on tho
shores of tho Persian Gulf or tho Gulf of Oman, Aden, and British
India, shall bo doomed to bo one group of British possessions.
U. 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, aro applicable within tho limits of
this Order, or any forms, Regulations, or procedure proscribed or established
by or under such Act, Law, or Order aro mado applicable for any purpose of
this Order, or any other Order relating to Bahrein, such Acts, Laws, Orders,
forms, Regulations, or procedure may bo construed or used with such alterations
and adaptations not affecting tho substance ns may be necessary having rogard
to local circumstances, and anything required to bo dono by, to, or before any