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‘File 15/15 Rules & Regulations Nationality Laws of Iraq & Saudi Arabia’ [75r] (149/162)
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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With reference to llr. HouBtoiin-iioswall^ despatch Ho.
453 of the 17th September 9 1938, I have the honour to forward
f to you herewith a translation of Law lio. 40 of 1942 amending
the Iraci Stamp Law Ho. 5o of 1902 f which came into force on
its publication in the Official Oaaette on the aist May,1942.
2. By Law ^o..42 of 1941# the fee charged in respect of
residence hooks was raised from 250 fils to 750 fils, this
fee to be levied on first application and on subsequent
yearly renewals. The feo was subsequently raised to
I.L.l/OQO with effect froia the 5rd Loreuber, 1941.? rhese
increases caused considerable hardship to the poorer
sections of the Indian community resident in this country
andt as a result of the latter^ protests, I represented
to the iiinister for Foreign Affairs that the fee seemed
unjustifiably high, at the same time pointing out that no
such fees were leried "by the Government of India on Iraqi
subject* resitiant in that country. The 1941 Law has
accordingly been amended and, since the principle of
reciprocity is admitted In Article 5 of the new Law, I
have requested the Iraqi Government to instruct the
authorities concerned to issue residence books to British
Indian subjects in future free of stamp duty.
3. I am not aware what fees are levied cm foreigners
resident in the United Kingdom at the present time, but
I understand that in 1938 an initial foe of one shilling
was charged and that no subsequent charges were made. If
it is still the case, it oight be possible to induce the
Iraqi Government to agree to levy a fee of only 5C fils on
British subjects of United i^ngdom origin resident in Iraq,
but I am not clear whether Article 3 of the new Law can be so
interpreted. The British adviser to the ] inistry of Finance
considers that the act of levying a fee in the United ^dngdom,
irrespective of the amount involved, would justify the Iraqi
Government in levying their own fee as laid down in the Law.
He believes, however, that if the fee is only levied once in
the United -i.ngdom, the Xraq^. authorities might agree to
similur procedure in Iraq.
4. subject to the above consideratioiB, I should be glad to
learn whether you wish ue to raise this question with the
Iraqi Government in respect of British subjects of United
-ingdom origin, nationals of ialestine, ifansjordan, Koweit,
Bahrein and the Crucial coast, and other British protected
persons. If you wish ue to do so, I should be grateful for
details of what foeo (if any) are levied on foreigners resident
in the countries concerned.
5. I am sending copies of this despatch to His llajesty's High
Comaissioner for Palestine, to the Government of India, the
political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and to His iiajesty^
Consular Officers at Bahrein, Koweit, Basra, Mosul and Bagdad.
I have the honour to be with the highest respect.
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant.
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The Right Honourable
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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
- front, front-i, 58r:64v, 66r:66v, 72r:75v, 77r:80v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence