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'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council' [169r] (337/520)
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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(c) For applying, amending, modifying or repealing with
respect to Qatar any Acts or enactments which
apply, or are made applicable, or have been brought
into operation in Qatar, by or under any of the
provisions of Articles n or 12 of this Order,
(d) For regulating or preventing the importation or expor
tation of arms or munitions of war, or any parts or
ingredients thereof, and for giving effect to any
Treaty relating to the importation or exportation of
the same,
(e) For requiring returns to be made of the nature, quantity
and value of articles exported from or imported
into Qatar, by or on account of any person to whom
this Order applies, or in any British ship, and for
prescribing the times and manner at or in which,
and the persons by whom, such returns are to be
made,
(/) For the governance, visitation, care, and superin
tendence of prisons.
(-0 Any Regulations made under the preceding Article
may provide for forfeiture of any goods, receptacles, or things in
relation to which, or to the contents of which, any breach is com
mitted of such Regulations, or of any Treaty or any native or
local law or custom the observance of which is provided for
by such Regulations.
( 2 ) , P ers on to whom this Order applies committing a
breach of any such Regulations shall, in addition to any for
feiture pi escribed thereby, be liable, on conviction, to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to a fine
or to both.
( 3 ) Any fine imposed for a breach of Regulation shall not
exceed 1,500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
: provided that in the case of any breach
1 , na ? ve or 1 ? cal law relating to customs law, or under
which the importation or exportation of any goods is prohibited
01 restricted, the fine may extend to a sum equivalent to treble
the value of the goods in relation to which the breach is
committed.
85 .—(1) King's Regulations shall not take effect until they
arc allowed by a Secretary of State, or, with his previous or
subsequent assent, by the Governor-General of India in
Council, provided that in case of urgency declared in any such
Regulations the same shall take effect before such allowance
and shall continue to have effect unless and until they are
disallowed by the Secretary of State, or, with his previous or
subsequent assent, by the Governor-General of India in Council,
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/2004
- Title
- 'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:137v, 138v:147v, 148v:204v, 205v:211v, 212v:213v, 214v:259v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence