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'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council' [‎167v] (334/520)

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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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\ ^ avv w | 1 j c ^ 1 provides for the periodical filing of a list of the
share-holders, a copy of the last list so filed.
69 . The 1 olitical Agent shall, on the registration of a com
pany at the i olitical Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , issued to the person making the
registration a certificate, signed and sealed, that the company
has been so registered.
(a) Every company registered under this Order shall
registei the name and address of the manager or other chief
local lepresentative in Qatar, and shall from time to time, as
may be necessary, register any alteration of the representative
of the company or in his address.
(2) Rules of Comt made under Article 75 may provide that
service of writs, notices, or other documents upon the person
registered under this Article, or at his address, shall be good
service of such documents upon the company.
71 . Registration of a company under this Order shall not
require to be renewed annually, but may be renewed from time
to time as the parties may desire, and shall be renewed when
any change takes place in the name of the company.
72 . On every registration of a company, under this Order,
and on every renewal thereof, there shall be payable a fee of
10 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , and on every registration under Article 70 (1) there
shall be payable a fee of 1 rupee.
73 . — (1) A British company shall not be entitled to be recog
nised or protected as a British company unless it is registered
under this Order, but a British company and any other com
pany subject to this Order shall, although not ^o registered, be
subject to the jurisdiction of the Courts established by this
Order.
(2) Nothing in this Article shall affect the right of the Secre
tary of State to direct that British protection shall not be
acorded to a company, even though it has been registered under
this Order.
(3) Any company failing to make such registration or to
deposit or file such documents as required by Articles 67, 68
and 70 of this Order and every Director, Manager, Secretary
or other officer who is knowingly a party to such default shall
be guilty of an offence under this Order, and on proof thereof
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 15 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. a day for
every day during which such offence continues, but not exceed
ing in all 500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
Part VII.—Miscellaneous Provisions.
74 . — {a) Persons subject to this Order are prohibited from
alienating to or acquiring from any person of whatever nation
ality any land or household property within the dominions of
the Sheikh, either by gift, purchase, mortgage, or other form

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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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