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'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council' [‎98r] (195/520)

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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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amount decreed or ordered to be paid by one party in one suit
against any amount decreed or ordered to be paid by the other
party in the other suit, without prejudice to the right of the
person subject to this Order to obtain contribution from his co
defendants under the joint liability.
(3) Where in a suit a person to whom this Order does not
apply is co-plaintiff with a person subject to this Order, who is
in Qatar, it shall not be necessar}' for the person to whon^fcns
Order does not apply to give security under this Articleas
regards fees and costs, unless the Court so directs, but the co
plaintiff person subject to this Order shall be responsible for all
fees and costs.
54 .— (1) Every agreement for reference to arbitration between
a person to whom this Order applies on the one hand, and a
person not subject to the said Order on the other hand, may,
on the application of any party, be filed for execution in the
Office of the Court.
(2) The Court shall thereupon have authority to enforce the
agreement, and the award made thereunder and to control and
regulate the proceedings before and after the award in such
manner and on such terms as the Court may think fit, in com
cert with the Shaikh or his representative. £
(c) General.
55 - (1) Where it is proved that the attendance of a person
to whom this Order applies, to give evidence, or for any other
purpose connected with the administration of justice, is re
quired before a Qatar Tribunal, a Court established under this
Order may, if it thinks fit, in a case and in circumstances in
which the Court would require the attendance of that person
before the Court, order that he do attend as required. The
order may be made subject to such conditions as the Court thinks
fit.
(2) If the person so ordered to attend, having reasonable
notice of the time and place at which he is required to attend,
fails to attend accordingly, and does not excuse his failure to
the satisfaction of the Court, he shall, independently of any
other liability, be liable to 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.
56 . When a person to whom this Order applies invokes or
submits to the jurisdiction of a Qatar Tribunal, and engages in
writing to abide by the decision of that Tribunal, or to pay any
fees or expenses ordered by that Tribunal to be paid by him,
the Court may, on such evidence as it thinks fit to require,’
enforce payment of such fees and expenses in the same manner
as if they were fees payable in a proceeding in the Court, and

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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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