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'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council' [94r] (202/534)
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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[DRAFT]
K uwait O rder in C ouncil, 192^ .
At the Court at the
day of 192
P resent.
Whereas by Treaty, capitulation, grant, usage, sufferance, and
other lawful means His Majesty the King has jurisdiction within the
territories of the Shaikh of Kuwait:
Now, therefore. His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the
powers in this behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, or
otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of
His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows :—
P art I.—P reliminary and G eneral.
1. This Order may be cited as " The Kuwait
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
,
192
2. The limits of this Order are Kuwait and the coast and islands
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, being within the territories of the ruling Shaikh
of Kuwait, including the territorial waters of Kuwait adjacent to the
said coast and islands, and all territories, islands, and islets which
may be included in the territories and be the possessions of the
ruling Shaikh of Kuwait, together with their territorial waters.
3. This Order is divided into parts as follows:—
I. Preliminary and General
II. Application of Law of Britifih India and of the United
Kingdom.
III. Criminal Matters
IV. Civil Matters .. .. .. ,,
V. Kuwait Subjects and Tribunals ...
VI. Registration ..
VII. Miscellaneous Provisions
Schedules
4. In the construction of this Order the following words and
expressions have the meaning hereby assigned to them, unless there
be something in the subject or context repugnant thereto, that is to
say:—
" Administration " means letters of administration, including
the same with will annexed, or granted for special
or limited purposes, or limited in duration.
" Kuwait" includes all places and waters within the limits
of this Order.
" Kuwait subject " means a subject of the Shaikh of Kuwait
or the subject, resident at Kuwait, of any other
Muslim Power not represented by a Consul at
Kuwait.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- 'File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:56v, 57v:130v, 131v:132v, 134r:254v, ii-r:vi-v, back-i
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