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'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [‎85r] (184/534)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (264 folios). It was created in 6 Feb 1919-20 Dec 1928. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Part VI Registration.
+ The a ^ t f c j ie d p rovisl ons of the Muscat (Amendment) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. 191 >
to be substituted for articles 51 to 59. council mo
The following Acts to be added to the Schedules.
The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872.
The amenL^ Act XXXVi T l Marria8e Re8istration Act of 188 6 -
Princ^l f E:i Pr0ViSi0n8 ^ substituted for A ^cles 51 to 59 inclusive of the
(1) A register of Britiah subjects shall be kept in the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
(2) Every British subject resident within the limits of this Order shall in
leen^v A 0 Brit^ 8ry K ? . eaoh .> rear ' be registered at the Political
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . A British subject arriving within the limits of thi.s Order
ust apply for registration withm one month after his arrival provided
that a person who fails (o apply for or to obtain registration within
the time limited by this Article may be registered at any time if
lie excuses his failure to the satisfaction of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. .
(3) W here a person is in possession of a valid British passport, the Political
Agent shall on the first registration of any such person, endorse
without further fee than that provided for in sub-article (G) here
under on the passport a certificate of registration in such form as
may be prescribed by the Secretary of State. Where ary such
person applies for the renewal of the registration and produces his
passport, the renewal^ of the registration shall, without further fee
thereon I)rovided Jor m sub-article (6) hereunder be endorsed
(4) Every person who has not previously been registered applying to be
registered under this Order shall, unless excused by the Political
gent, attend personally for that purpose at the Political Agencv
„, U * a ?- V P er son applying for the renewal of his registration need not
attend personally unless directed by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. so to do
provided that the registration of the wife or wives of a man who
* reg'stered under this Order may, if living with him, be effected
" personal attendance being required, and provided also
that the registration of minors, being his relatives in whatever dearee
ivmg with the head of a family who is registered under this Order'
may be effected without their personal attendance being required. ' |
(o) A person registered in any register of British subjects established under
the provisions of any Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. which have been repealed
shall be registered under the provisions of this Order, unless the Poli
tical Agent is satisfied after enquiry that the previous registration
was erroneous or that such person is not entitled to registration under
the provisions of this Order.
(6) Every person shall, on every registration of himself and on everv re-
new^ 1 of the registration, pav a fee of one rupee or such other fee as
the Secretary of Sti.te from, time to time appoints. The amount

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Papers relating to the composition, drafting and publication of The Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1925 (His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1925). The volume includes papers relating to initial objections and subsequent agreement on the part of Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah], the ruler of Kuwait, to the exercise by the representative of the British Government of jurisdiction over the subjects and protected persons of all non-Muslim foreign governments in Kuwait, including a letter of agreement from the Sheikh written in Arabic, November - December 1925; Rules of Court relating to fees, October 1926; papers relating to the registration of British subjects in Kuwait, November 1925 - December 1926; and papers relating to the regularisation of the position of American missionaries in Kuwait, so that, if the need arose, they would be entitled to British protection, February - December 1928.

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1 volume (264 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximately chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences on the title page and continues to the last folio that bears any text (seven folios from the end of the volume). The sequence appears written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, in the top right hand recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: folio 1 is followed by folios 1A, 1B and 1C. Folio 186 needs to be folded out in order to be read. A second sequence also appears, again written in pencil in the top right hand corner of most of the folios, but not enclosed within a circle. This appears to start at [3] on folio 4 and continues to 287 on folio 254. This sequence marks all pages bearing text.

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