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Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar' [‎34v] (68/635)

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The record is made up of 1 file (314 folios). It was created in 18 Jul 1935-8 Jun 1935. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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ioi sale within the limits of this Order by a Company incor
porated under the laws of any part of His Majesty's dominions,
protectorates, protected states or mandated territories, the Court
may, alter notice to the Company, and on proof of the facts,
requiie the Company to give security to abstain from such
printing, publishing, or offering for sale in future. If the Com
pany tail to give security, or it the Company is shown to have
agam printed, published, or offered for sale such newspaper,
or other publication containing seditious matter after giving
such security, the Court may make an order prohibiting^rhe
Company from carrying on business within the limits of the
Order, and may make such other orders as to the Court may
J us h The Court may also declare all the property of
Company within the limits of the Order to be forieited to
His Majesty, and shall dispose of it, subject to any general
or special directions of the Secretary of State, as it thinks fit.
(3) Matter calculated to excite tumult or disorder, or to ex
cite enmity between persons subject to this Order and the Sheikh
or yatar subjects, or between different classes of persons sub-
ject to this Order, or between the Sheikh and Qatar subjects
shall be deemed to be seditious matter within the meaning of
this Article. 6
^ ^ ^ r ,1 ^uun d.cuiig unaer
pretence ot the process or authority of the Court, is charged with
extortion, or with not paying over money duly levied, or with
er J niscor l c ^ uc f> the Court may, if it thinks fit, enquire into
the charge in a summary way, and may for that purpose
summon and enforce the attendance of all necessary persons
as in a suit, and may make such order for the repayment of
any money extorted, or for the payment over of any money
^ Vle i> a . n d tor payment of such damages and costs as the
Court thinks fit.
. ( 2 ) The Court may also, if it thinks fit, on the same enquiry
impose on the Clerk or Officer such fine, not exceeding 50 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
for each offence, as the Court thinks fit. b 0 p
■iu ^i? le i rk ° r under this article shall not,
vvithoul the leave of the Court, be liable to a civil suit in respect
of the same matter; and any such suit, if already or afterwards
begun, may be stayed by the Court in such manner and on such
terms as the Court thinks fit.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to prevent any
w e h?r 0 h n i! r ° m , 4 prosecuted under any other legal provision'
this Art 1 rt PP 1Ca f b e ' f K r any i a tf ° r omisslon punishable under
this Article, or from being liable under that other law to anv
Ak Artide 1 ! pUnIshment or P enalt y than ‘hat provided by
offence.' ded n ° PerS ° n Sha11 be P unished twice for the same

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Correspondence, minute papers, and notes relating to the issue of The Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939. The correspondence is mostly between officials at the Foreign Office, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department (later, External Affairs). The papers concern the discussion of the need for the order, its drafting, issue, and distribution, as well as its revision in 1939.

Correspondence with the Shaikh of Qatar, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], is also included and mostly relates to his wish for assurance of his jurisdiction over Muslim foreigners.

A copy of the order is found on folios 138-153. A copy of the Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is also included, for reference purposes (folios 271-86).

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1 file (314 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 317; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-103 and ff 104-316. These are also both written in pencil and located in the top right corner of each folio. The former have been circled and crossed out, the latter have not been circled.

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