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Arms Ordinance
9. The failure to produce a licence by a person in possession of arms shall
be prima facie evidence of an offence under this Ordinance.
10. Licences may be revoked by the Bahrain Government. Arms in respect
of which licences have been revoked must be deposited with the Commandant
of Police.
. 11. The possession of arms shall not be transferred from one person to
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another without the written permission of the Commandant of Police. The loss or
destruction of any arm must be reported at once to the Commandant of State
Police.
12. No person shall work as a gunsmith or repair firearms without the
written permission of the Bahrain Government.
13. The wearing and carrying of arms, except in the case of those persons who
obtain permission to do so from the Commandant of State Police.
14. Any person failing to comply with the above Ordinance will be liable to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding
Rs. 2,000/-, and the confiscation of the arms.
15. These orders do not apply to arms, firearms and ammunition imported
for use of the Bahrain Government.

(iii)
(Paragraph 132)
Proclamation issued by the Ruler of Bahrain prohibiting the hunting of game--
February 4 1950
We, the Ruler of Bahrain, do hereby order the enactment of the following
law: —
The hunting of any kind of game, either animals or birds, in any part of
Bahrain is forbidden except when permission to hunt has been granted by us.

APPENDIX M
Undertaking by the Ruler of Bahrain not to permit the opening of any Additional
Banks, 1944
(i)
(Paragraph 133)
Letter dated September 10, 1944, from the Political Agent, Bahrain to the Ruler of
Bahrain
Your Highness will no doubt recall that the other night I conveyed to you
certain suggestions of the Hon’ble the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf witn
regard to the operation of banks in Bahrain.
2. Your Highness will remember that in order to safeguard the interests of
the Eastern Bank and the Imperial Bank of Iran and to prevent undue competuio
which might react unfavourably on the interests of your people you were PrePa^
to give us an undertaking that no additional bank would be permitted ^Peu
a period of ten years from this date. I shall be most grateful if Your Hignn
will confirm that you are indeed willing to give such an undertaking.

(ii)
(Paragraph 133)
Letter dated September 12, 1944, from the Ruler of Bahrain to the Political Agent.
Bahrain
1944
I have received your letter No. C/1325 dated 10th September -..
corresponding to 22nd Ramadhan 1363 in which you referred to our conversation
the other night on the subject of the suggestions of the> Hon> b'e the Foimc ^
Resident regarding the operation of banks in Bahrain and that the objec