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364 Judicial. 2 J

Total number ofcases 1350 1351

Bahrain Court 668 528
Small court 355 605
1023 1133
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There has been an increase of about one hundred

in the number of cases heard in the Bahrain courts
during the year and an decrease of Rs 2,700/- in the
total amount of court fees collected from both courts

and also from the proportion from fees recovered by the
Joint Court which is paid to the government.
Although the Bahrain court sits three days during
the week, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is impossible to

keep up with the work and there are about 100 pending
cases not including some 150 cases which are pending

in the Shara courts and the -lajlis Tajara.
According to the established procedure all cases are
filed in the Bahrain court which distributes them when

necessary to the Shara, I!ajlis Tajara and Small courts.
The Shara and L!ajlis Tajara return the ^he cases to the

Bahrain court with their findings which are promulgated
by the Bahrain court. The small court, whose maximum
is Bs 200/- promulgates its own orders independently.
A. great proportion of the time of the Bahrain court

is taken up with land cases, boundary disputes and dis­
agreements over water rights and claims by the 7akf

departments-. Although these cases produce little
revenue their settlement is of lasting value, Another
matter which also takes time is the proving of ownership

in cases of sales and land registrations. As an
additional measure of proof after proclamation has been

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