'File 61/11 VII (D 122) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous' [‎97r] (210/454)

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Art. 3—Should any slave complain of bad treatment by or the cruelty of
his master, or failure of the latter to keep him in the legal manner, the authorities
concerned will summon both the complainant and the one complained against
" and will decide according to their discretion the conditions each of them has to
fulfil towards the other. Should the one complained against fail to fulfil the
conditions, the authorities concerned have the right to warn him a second time,
and if he does not obey, or repeats the ill treatment, they will have the right to
compel the one complained against to release the complainant from his control
altogether.
Art. 4.—The authorities concerned referred to in this regulation are the
Ministry of Interior in the Metropolis and the Amirates in the districts. When
the complaints referred to in the preceding above article are to be considered, the
authorities concerned will constitute a committee, consisting of a representative
on their behalf, the Director of Police, and a member of the Administrative
Council, for the consideration of the case and judgment therein.
Regulation B.
Article 1.—It is forbidden to engage in slave trading except by an annual
licence under specified conditions.
Art. 2.—-Every conveyancing of slaves must be done with the knowledge of
the chief of the profession. The same should be recorded in an official register
approved by the authorities concerned in the Government. Anyone who makes
or helps in making any transactions concerning slave trade without registering
e V; it in the special register will be severely punished.
Art. 3.—All slaves existing at present should be registered in a special register
u r of the authorities concerned. Every slave should be given a paper of identity
!c ■ to be kept by him or his owner, and therein his photograph should be affixed. All
11 particulars which show his personality should also be mentioned therein.
!l Dealings relating to him should likewise be shown therein. Owners of slaves
-J; should accomplish the registration formalities within one year from publication
mt 0 f regulation.
Art. 4.—At the time of conveyance of slaves from the hands of the master to
another, they should be submitted to one of the health doctors for a certificate
of good health. . . , ■, j £
Art. 5.—Any slave whose master fails to register him as is provided tor m
this regulation has the right to approach the authorities concerned and request
to be granted a manumission certificate. . .
Art. 6.—The punishment to which those who act contrary to the provisions
of articles 1, 2, and 3 above are liable is a cash fine and imprisonment for a period
not exceeding six months.
Enclosure 3
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Personal Suqqestions by Sir Andrew Ryan regarding Pafei* A and B
[Slavery Drafts).
IT would be better if all the provisions of the papers, except paragraphs 1
and 2 of Paper B, were included in a single public regulation and to embody
paragraphs 1 and 2 of Paper B in instructions to the authorities c ° lu>e ™ .
2. The public regulation might be divided into two chapters deal ing with
(1) Enslavement and importation, i.e., slave trade m the usual sense,
(2) slaves existing in the country. . . ^ p-n a Ao n^nrii
3. Chapter I would correspond with article 1 of Paper A. As the condi
d tions under which the Shari'a sanctions enslavement no longer ex^t as between
S audi Arabia and any other country, would ^e Possi^
jifi.absolutely (a) all importation of slaves into baudi Arabia } t jI p ( niirr Wp or
^ (^) the enslavement in the country of free persons, an ^ ^ j to f. x
jjdio possession of any slaves imported after the date of e pro , heads
jtoJ separate penalties for violation of the prohibitions undei ec i f - k „ n ?
jpo# for persons violating them or aiding and abetting m leu vie
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