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'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council' [‎98v] (196/520)

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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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shall pay over and account for the same, when levied, to the
proper Qatar authority, as the Court may direct. The Court
may also enforce compliance with any judgment given by such
Tribunal against such person in the same manner as it may en
force compliance with a judgment given by the Court.
57.— (i) If a person to whom this Order applies wilfully
gras false evidence in a proceeding before a Qatar Tribunal,
cJfm an arbitration between a person to whom this Order
applies, on the one hand, and a person to whom this Order does
not apply on the other hand, he shall be guilty of an offence, and
shall, on conviction, be liable to be punished with imprison
ment 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.
(2) Nothing in this Article shall exempt a person from liability
under any other British Indian law to any other or higher
punishment or penalty:
Provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same
offence.
Part VI.— Registration.
58 . A register of persons subject to this Order (other than
Corporations) shall be kept in the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
59 . Every person subject to this Order (other than a corpora
tion) resident within the limits of this Order shall, in the month
of January of each year, be registered at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
A person subject to this Order arriving within the limits ot
this Order shall apply for registration within one month after his
arrival provided that a person who fails to apply for or to obtain
registration within the time limited by this Article may be regis
tered at any time if he excuses his failure to the satisfaction o
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. .
60 . Where a person is in possession of a valid British or
foreign passport, 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. shall, on the first registra
tion of any such person, endorse on the passport without furthei
fee than that provided for in Article 63 a certificate of regis
tration in such form as may be prescribed by the Secretary
of State. Where any such person applies for the renewal ot
the registration and produces his passport, the renevval of e
registration shall, without further fee than that provided for in
Article 63, be endorsed thereon.
61 . Every person, who has not previously been registered,
applying to be registered under this Order shall, unless excuse ^
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. , attend personally for that purpose at the
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ; but any person applying for the renewa! of
his registration need not attend personally unless directed 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. so to do, provided that the registration ot the
wife or wives of a man who is registered under this Order may,

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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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