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'File 0436/2 Sharjah Air Agreement' [29r] (57/116)
The record is made up of 1 file (56 folios). It was created in 27 Apr 1950-31 Dec 1950. 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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S. iiny authorised person shall have the right of access at
al- reasonable times to any aircraft for the purpose of
carryin 0 out his powers and duties under these Regulations.
_ fne aircraft shall comply in customs matters with the
provisions of the Chicago Convention.
1C. The aircraft, and the persons on board shall.,
immediately on landing in tke territories of Kuwait from
abroad and prior to departure from those territories for
abroad, submit to the sanitary formalities prescribed by
the Public Health Administration of Kuwait.
11. Prior notice of the time of the intended arrival of the
a p r craft fron^atroad at any Ku/ait aerodrome and of departure
of trie aircraft for abroad from any Kuwait aerodrome shall
be given to the Customs, Public Health and Police Administra
tion.
^Persons on board the aircraft shall, be in possession
of valid national passports or equivalent documents and
shall produce them on demand to any authorised person.
Through passengers not breaking journey will not require
transit visas. Passengers breaking journey or leaving
K e aerodrome wil_. need visas issued by, or on behalf of,
His Highness the Shaikh of Kuwait.
la. Subject to the provisions of these regulations, the
laws and regulations for tie time being in force in Kuwait
concerning the entry into and the departure from the
territories of Kuwait of persons by sea and land concerning
the importation into ana the exportation from the
territories of Kuwait of goods by sea and land shall apply
respectively tc the entry and departure of persons and the
importation and exportation of goods by air.
f 4 * (i) Hi 1 £n aircraft fails to comply with t 1 ese
Regulations or if any act is committed in, or in respect of,
t.ie aircraft in contravention of these Regulations, the
pilot of the aircraft shall be deemed to have contravened
these Regulations.
(ii) Any person who obstructs or impedes any authorised
person in tie exercise of his powers or duties under these
regulations shall be deemed to nave contravened these
Regulations.
(iii) Any person who contravenes or foils to comoly with
these regulations shall be guilty of an offence, and,
without prejudice to any other or higher penalty wh_.__ _
imposed in respect of the same act of omission under any
ouier law or regulation, shaal be liable, on coi viction to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to a
fine not exceeding 1,500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
or to both such imprisonment
and fine.
15. (i) If it appears to an authorised person that any
aircraft is intended or likely to be flown;-
(a) in such circumstances that the flight would
be in contravention of the provisions, or any
provision, of these regulations, or of the
conditions governing the use of the aerodromex
or aerodromes at Kuwait, or
(b) Jfnile in a condition unfit for flight whether
the flight would otherwise be in contravention
of any .
,ch may
be
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The file contains correspondence covering negotiations over a renewal of the Sharjah Air Agreement. Particulars include matters of rent payments, an expansion of the runway, and proposed additions to the draft agreement in line with the Kuwait Air Navigation Regulations. The correspondence is between: the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah, Patrick Desmond Stobart, the Foreign Office, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, the Politcal 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bahrain, the Office of the Air Staff Liaison Officer at Bahrain, the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sulṭān II bin Saqr Āl Qasimī, and the acting ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Muḥammad bin Saqr Āl Qasimī.
The file also includes correspondence relating to the arrangements for the payment due to the Shaikh of Sharjah and Shaikh Muḥammad bin Saqr's request for help paying the annual subsidy to the Bani Qitab tribe.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (56 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in reverse chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 58; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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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/15/4/6
- Title
- 'File 0436/2 Sharjah Air Agreement'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:6v, 8r:57v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence