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'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council' [‎93v] (186/520)

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The record is made up of 1 file (260 folios). It was created in 18 Jul 1935-14 Oct 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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(5) The Court, on making an order of deportation, may, if
it thinks fit, order the person to be deported to pay all or any
part of the expenses of his deportation, to be fixed by the Court
in the order. Subject thereto, the expenses of deportation shall
be defrayed as the Secretary of State, with the concurrence
of the Treasury, or the Governor-General of India in Council,
with the previous or subsequent assent of the Secretary of State,
4^y direct.
(6) The Chief Court shall forthwith report to the Governor-
General of India in Council every order of deportation made
under this Order, and the grounds thereof, and the proceedings
thereunder.
( 7 ) If a person deported under this Order returns to Qatar
without permission in writing of the Chief Court, or the
Governor-General of India in Council, or the Secretary of State
(which permission the Chief Court, or the Governor-General of
India in Council, or the Secretary of State respectively may
give), he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to two months, or with a fine which may extend
to 1,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , or with both.
(8) He shall also be liable to be forthwith again deported
binder the original or a new order, and a fresh warrant.
25 . An appeal shall not lie against an order of prohibition,
of removal, or of deportation made under this Order.
26 . — (1) Where under this Order a person is to be sent or
removed or deported from any place within the jurisdiction
of the Court as prescribed by this Order he shall, by warrant
of the Court sealed with its seal, be detained, if necessary in
custody or in prison, until a fit opportunity for his removal or
deportation occurs, and then be put on board a vessel belonging
to, or in the service of, His Majesty, or, if no such vessel is
available, then on board some other British or other fit vessel.
(2) The warrant shall be sufficient authority to the person to
whom it is directed or delivered for execution, and to the Com
manding Officer or master of the vessel, to receive and detain
the person therein named, in the manner therein prescribed, and
to send or remove and carry him to the place therein named,
according to the warrant.
(3) In case of sending or removal for any purpose other than
deportation, the warrant shall be issued in duplicate, and the
person executing it shall, as soon as practicable after his arrival
at the place therein named, deliver according to the warrant,
with one of the duplicates of the warrant, to a constable, or
proper officer of police, or keeper of a prison, or other proper
authority or person there, the person named in the warrant,
to be produced on the order of the proper Court or authority
there, or to be otherwise dealt with according to law.

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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar as per the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. agreed between the two countries. The file contains correspondence regarding the wording and details of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and contains versions of the document from 1938 (folios 156-171) and 1939 (folios 244-259) as well a draft from 1937 (folios 88-103).

Much of the correspondence compares the situation in Qatar with Bahrain, Muscat and Kuwait and a copy of the Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (1935) is contained on folios 226-233.

The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence in Arabic (with English translations) between the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain.

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1 file (260 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 260; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-218; these numbers are written in a combination of blue ink and pencil, but are not circled (except for a few circled numbers which have been crossed out).

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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