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'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council' [‎248v] (496/520)

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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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and shall bind over such of the proper witnesses as are British
subjects in their own recognisances to appear and give evidence
on the trial.
18 . — (i) The Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. may from time to time, sub
ject to the directions of the Governor-General, by general order
under his hand and seal, prescribe the manner in which, and
the places at which, sentences passed by the Court are to be
carried into execution in Qatar, and may appoint any build
ing or place specified in the order to be a prison for the pur
poses of this Order, and such persons as he thinks fit to be
gaolers, keepers or officers of any such prison.
(2) If at the place at which any Court is held there is no
place or building appointed as a prison in accordance with the
preceding sub-Article of this Article, it shall be lawful fo^my
Court, by order or warrant under the seal of the Court, uem-
porarily and for the purposes of any particular case or cases
to appoint any place or building specified in the order to be a
prison for the purposes of this Order, and such persons as the
Court thinks fit to be keepers in such prison.
(3) A warrant under the seal of the Court shall be sufficient
authority to the person or persons to whom it is directed to
deliver and detain the person named therein according to the
warrant at any prison appointed in accordance with the pre
ceding sub-Articles of this Article.
19 . —(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 20 of
this Order, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. may, by warrant under his
hand and seal, order any person convicted by the Court and
sentenced to imprisonment to be sent to and detained at any
prison in Qatar specified therein. Such prison may be a place
appointed in accordance with the provisions of sub-Article (1)
of Article 18, or a place appointed temporarily and for the
purpose of the particular case.
(2) The warrant of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. shall be sufficient
authonty to any person to whom it is directed to carry and
deliver up the person therein named and to receive and detain
him at the prison named according to the warrant.
(3) any case where a person sentenced to imprisonment
tor a term exceeding one month is detained in a prison Mm-
poranly appointed in accordance with the provisions of sub-
Article (2) of Article 18, the Court by which the sentence was
awarded shall report the case and the circumstances thereof
to the 1 ohtical Resident for his directions.
„ (. 4 ). Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 20, the
i ohtical Resident upon the receipt of such report may make an
order under sub-Article (1) of this Article, or may direct that the
sentence shall continue to be served at the place where the
prisoner is at present detained.

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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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