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‘File 15/15 Rules & Regulations Nationality Laws of Iraq & Saudi Arabia’ [10v] (20/162)
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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10
THE BAGHDAD PENAL CODE AMENDMENT LAW, 1924.
W E KIXG OF 'IRAQ.
Pursuant to the proposals of the Minister of Justice and with the concurrence of the
Council of Ministers, do hereby order aj> follows: —
Section 1.
1 his Law shall he called " The Baghdad Penal Code Amendment Law, 1924."
Section 2.
The following shall be substituted for Chapter XII of the Baghdad Penal Code: —
CHAPTER XII.
OFFENCES AGAINST THE SAFETY OF THE STATE.
A. 1. Any 'Iraq subject who bears arms against the State in the ranks of the enemy
shall be punished with death.
B. 2. Whoever, by intriguing or by entering into relations with a Foreign Power or
with any agent thereof, seeksi to induce such Power to commit acts of hostility or to wage
war against the State, or seeks to obtain for such Power the means of undertaking any such
enterprise, shall be punished with death, whether such intriguing or relations have or
have not. been followed by hostilities.
C. 3. Whoever, communicates, intrigues or plots with the enemies of 'Iraq in order
to facilitate the entrance of such enemies into 'Iraq territory, or who aids the enemy by
giving troops, money, provisions, arms or ammunitions or by disturbing the loyalty or disci
pline of the troops of the 'Iraq Government or of the troops of the British Government in 'Iraq,
or who wilfuly destroys or interferes with railways or bridges with the object of hinder
ing the movements of troops, shall be punished with death or penal servitude for life or for a
term of years.
U. 4. Whoever, by communications carried on with the subjects of a hostile Power
without the intention of committing anv offence mentioned in the preceding Article,
has nevertheless been the means of supplyin^the enemy with information prejudicial to the
political or military position of the State, shall be punished with penal servitude not
exceeding five years or with imprisonment.
E. 5. Any person who attempts by intrigues with a Foreign Power or any subject
thereof to detach from the administration ot the Government any part of 'Iraq or to bring
the whole or any part of 'Iraq under foreign domination or who instigates by any of the
means of publication mentioned in Section 78 to the commission of any such offences shall
be punished with penal servitude not exceeding f «ven years or imprisonment.
F. 6. Whoever, by any of the means of publication mentioned in Section 78 know
ingly spreads false rumours or information calculated to disturb the public peace or to
weaken the Government or to strengthen foreign influence, shall be punished witli
imprisonment not exceeding three years and with fine or with one only of these penalties.
G. 7. Whoever, being in possession of information as to the military affairs of 'Iraq
in whatever manner such information has been obtained at any time wilfully communi
cates the same, either directly or indirectly lo the agents of a Foreign Power other than an
allv co-operating with the 'Iraq Government or any person to whom he knows that it ought
not. in the interest of 'Iraq, to be communicated at that time, shall be punished with penal
servitude for a term not exceeding seven years or with imprisonment.
If the communication is made to the agents of a Foreign Power by a person who has been
officially entrusted with the information or who ha.s become acquainted with it in the course of
his official employment, the penalty may be increased to penal servitude for life.
H. 8. Whoever knowingly harbours or procures the harbouring of a spy or soldier of
the enemy sent out to obtain information, shall be punished with penal servitude for life or
for a term or with imprisonment.
I. 9. Whoever makes an attempt on the life of the King shall be punished with death.
Whoever makes an assault upon the King which does not threaten his life shall be
punished with penal servitude for a term not exceeding 7 years or with imprisonment.
J. 10. The same penalties shall apply if the above offences are directed against His
Britanic Majesty's High Commissioner for'Iraq.
K. 11. Whoever attempts by open force to overawe the King, the Ministers, or the
Members of Parliament or any of them with the intention of inducing or compelling to exercise
or refrain from exercising any of their lawful powers, shall be punished with penal servitude
for a term not exceeding 7 years or with imprisonment.
L. 12. Whoever by any of the means of publication mentioned in Section 78 offers an
indignity to the King or publicly insults him, shall be punished with imprisonment for a
period not exceeding three years and with fine, or with one only of these penalties.
M. 13- Whoever by any of the means of publication mentioned in Section 78 insults
or seeks to bring into contempt the Government or the army shall be punished with imprison
ment not exceeding three years and with fine or with one only of these penalties.
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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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- 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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