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‘File 15/15 Rules & Regulations Nationality Laws of Iraq & Saudi Arabia’ [21v] (42/162)
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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9. Nothing in this Law shall prevent the prosecution of an owner or occupier of land
for any breach of Municipal regulations or other laws arising out of the insanitary condition
of the lands.
10. The Ministers of Interior and Justice are charged with the execution of this Law
11. This Law shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Government
Gazette.
Made at Baghdad this 24th day of May, 1924 and the 20th day of Shawwal, 1342.
FAISAL.
Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, Minister of Justice,
JA'FAR ALASKABI. ALIJAWDAT. " * AHMAD.
THE IRRIGATION AND BUNDS (AMENDMENT) LAW, 1924.
We, the KING of 'IRAQ.
Pursuant to the proposals of the Minister of Communications and Works and with the con-
currenee of the Council of Ministers, do hereby order as follows : —
This Law shall be called " The Irrigation and Bunds (Amendment) Law, 1924."
2 The Irrigation and Bunds Law, l92o. shall be amended as follows: —
(а) In the heading to Article 14 the words " Irrigation Works " shall be substi
tuted for " Scheduled Canals."
(б) In the first sentence of Article 14 the words " and for the strengthening «f
bunds " shall be added after the words " and maintenance."
(c) All the Works done by Government officials within their authority in pursu
ance of the Royal Irada No. 540 dated 8th January, 1924, shall be deemed to
have been done in virtue of this Law.
3. This Law shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
4. The Ministers of Justice and Communications and Works are charged with the execu
tion of this Law.
Made at Baghdad this 24th June, 1924 and the 21st Dhil Qi'dah, 1342.
FAISAL.
Minister of Commns. & Works,
SABIH.
Minister of Justice,
AHMAD.
ANTIQUITIES LAW, 1924.
We, the KING of 'IRAQ.
Pursuant to the proposal of the Minister of Communications and Works and with the
-concurrence of the Council of Ministers, do hereby order as follows:
Name of the Law and Definition of expressions sanctioned therein
Article 1.
This Law shall be called " The Antiquities Law, 1924."
The object of this Law shall be to secure the preservation of Antiquities in the interests of
the inhabitants of the country and for the advancement of knowledge.
Article 2.
{a) " Antiquity " means any of the buildings, monuments, remains or objects which
are illustrative of art, science, industry, history, religion, literature or custom
and^wre^constmcted or^produced in 'Iraq or brought thereunto before the year
(h) " Immovable Antiquities " mean antiquities attached to the soil or only remov
able with difficulty therefrom.
(c) " Movable Antiquities " mean all antiquities other than immovable antiquities.
(d) " Director " means the person appointed by Royal Irada to be Director cf
Antiquities and the person authorised to officiate for him in his absence.
(e) "Minister " means the Minister of Communications and Works or the person to
whom authority is delegated by him in accordance with Article 31 thereof.
{f) " Dealer " shall mean any person who habitually buys and sells antiquities in the
course of his trade.
Prime Minister,
J A'FAR AL ASKARI.
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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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- 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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