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‘File 15/15 Rules & Regulations Nationality Laws of Iraq & Saudi Arabia’ [8r] (15/162)
The record is made up of 1 file (80 folios). It was created in 14 Sep 1926-5 Jan 1943. 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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11. A Secretary to the Assembly shall be appointed by the Government by resolution 01
the Council of Ministers and the Secretary with the sanction of the Council shall appoint
such officials and menials as may be necessary.
A member of the Assembly shall not hold the appointment of Secretary or any other
appointment in the office of the Assembly.
The Secretary shall be responsible for recording all proceedings of the Assembly and
shall supervise the work of his staff. In all matters connected with his duties he shall comply
with the orders of the President.
12. A sitting shall be opened by the President taking the Chair. The record of tne
previous sitting shall be read by the Secretary and signed by the President.
The Assembly will then proceed to the business of the day. Provided that the
Assembly shall not proceed to business unless at least half the members exceeded by one aie
present. If a quorum is not available, the Secretary shall call out the names of those present
and the President shall then close the sitting and appoint another day therefor. Provided
also that if the President considers that the absence of the required number is only tem
porary and that a quorum is likely to be forthcoming, he may adjourn the sitting for an hour
or two.
The same procedure shall be followed whenever the number of members present shall fall
below the required quorum.
13. All discussions and proceedings i*j the Assembly shall be conducted in Arabic and
shall be held in public.
14. Any person wishing to here the discussions and to obtain admittance to the place
reserved for "the public must obtain a permit from the Secretary, of the Assembly and no
member of the public will be admitted without such permit.
In giving permits due consideration shall be taken of the accommodation available for
the public.
15. When the Assembly is sitting all persons who are in the place reserved for the
public shall keep silent. Any member of the public who fails to keep silent shall upon the
order of the President be forthwith ejected.
16. The Assembly may appoint from amongst its members a committee or committees
to report upon such matters as may be referred to it by the Assembly. The members of each
committee shall not be more than seven. The Assembly shall determine the procedure which
shall be followed by the committees in the conduct of their business.
IT. Committees shall meet under the
presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
of the person elected by the members
thereof. After due consideration of the matterwhich has been referred to it by the Assembly
the committee shall draw up a report embodying its views.
The report shall be presented to the President for submission to the Assembly.
The Assembly shall not be bound by the recommendations of the committee but shall be
at liberty to adopt or reject such recommendations as they may see proper.
18. Ministers who are not members of the Assembly may address the Assembly and take
part in the discussions of the Assembly, but shall not be entitled to vote.
Except as hereinafter provided such ministers shall conform to all rules of speech and
be subject to the same conditions as regard? disciplinary measures as members of the
Assembly.
19. A member shall stand while speaking and must address himself only to the President
or to the whole of the Assembly. He may not speak more than twice on the same matter
unless the Assembly shall otherwise order.
20. No member shall be allowed to address the Assembly without the permission of
the President. A member who desires to speak shall register his name with tha
Secretarv stating the subject on which he wishes to speak. Permission to speak may
also be obtained^ from the President jn the course of the sitting.
When two or more members rise to speak at the same time the President shall select
the member who is to speak first.
21. The Assembly may fix a limit for the discussion of any particular matter and it
may also fix a time limit for individual speeches. Such time limit shall not apply to
ministers when addressing the Assembly or to persons submitting reports of committees to
the Assembly. The President may group the speakers for or against any particular
matter.
22. The Presiident shall not take pait in debates or express approval or disapproval
of any matter under discussion. If the Prwndent wishes to take part in a debate he must
vacate his Chair and a Vice-President will take his place as Chairman. The President
shall not resume the Chair while the matter upon which he has addressed the Assembly
continues in debate.
The provisions of this Article shall apply to Tice-Presidents, while acting as Presidents.
Discussions connected with the maintenance of order and discipline shall be exempted
from the provisions of this section.
23. A speaker must not stray from the subject; if he does the President shall have
the right to interrupt him and call him to order.
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The file contains a public notice and the following correspondence about Iraqi and Iranian nationality laws:
- A circular memorandum dated 1927 from the British High Commissioner for Iraq, Baghdad, about the effect of the Iraq Nationality Law upon foreigners born in Iraq, so that 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. , Bahrain and others could give further publication to the fact that the Iraq Government had provisionally extended up to 31 December 1927, the period during which renunciation of Iraq nationality could be made by persons already of age, who were born in Iraq and whose fathers were born and resident in Iraq;
- A public notice in English and Arabic dated 1927, issued 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. , Bahrain, advising eligible Iraqis of the extended period during which they might relinquish Iraq nationality;
- A memorandum from the Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Sharjah dated 1940, enquiring about the liability to conscription of certain travellers from Bahrain to Iraq and Iran, under the Iraq and Iranian nationality laws of 1924 and 1929 respectively;
- A circular letter and despatch from the British Ambassador to Iraq, Baghdad, in 1942, about persuading the Iraqi Government to lower the 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. fees levied on foreigners living in Iraq, under the Iraq Stamp Law, including an exemption for British and British Indian subjects;
- A letter from 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. , Bahrain dated 1943, enquiring about subjects from the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Sheikdoms living in Iraq, also being exempted from Iraq 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. fees.
The file also contains English translations of the following laws and regulations:
- Compilation of laws and regulations issued between 1st January 1924 and 31st December, 1925 , published by the Government of Iraq, Ministry of Justice, Baghdad, 1926;
- The Hijaz (Hejaz) Nationality Law, 1926;
- The Saudi Arabian Nationality Regulation No.3, 1938;
- Iraqi Law No.40 of 1942, amending the Iraq Stamp Law No.30 of 1922.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (80 folios)
- Arrangement
File papers are arranged chronologically. They are followed by file notes (folio 80) which include a list of documents in the file, together with their unique document reference number to help identify them. The list sometimes records the earlier, secondary folio number of the document also, to help locate it in the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: numbered 1-37, 37A, 38-81. The numbering is written in pencil in the top right corner of the folio and encircled. The numbering starts at the front of the file, on the file cover (f 1) and ends on the inside cover at the back of the file (f 81). Folio 37A is blank. In an earlier and incomplete secondary foliation sequence, folios 57 to 79 are also numbered 6 to 29 in pencil in the top right corner.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1457
- Title
- ‘File 15/15 Rules & Regulations Nationality Laws of Iraq & Saudi Arabia’
- Pages
- 2r:37v, 37r:37v, 38r:57v
- Author
- Government of Iraq
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