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'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council' [251r] (501/520)
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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29 . If any person to whom this Order applies smuggles or
imports into or exports from Qatar any goods the importation
or exportation whereof is lawfully prohibited he shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
one year, or with a fine which may extend to 2,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
or
to a sum equal to treble the value of the goods (whichever shall
be the greater), or with both imprisonment and fine.
30 . Any act which, if done in British India, would be an
offence against the law for the time being in force in British
India, relating to trade-marks, merchandise marks, copyright
designs, or inventions, shall, if done in Qatar by a person to
whom this Order applies, be an offence punishable with im
prisonment for a term which may extend to two months, or
a fine which may extend to 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or with both.
ol.— (1) If any person to whom this Order applies: —
(i) Publicly derides, mocks or insults any religion,
established or observed within the limits of this
Order; or
(ii) Publicly offers insult to any religious service, feast, or
ceremony established or kept in any place within
those limits, or to any place of worship, tomb, or
sanctuary belonging to any religion established or
observed within those limits, or belonging to the
ministers or professors thereof; or
(iii) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring
any religion established or observed within those
limits, or its ceremonies, modes of worship, or observ
ances into hatred, ridicule, or contempt, and thereby
to provoke a breach of the public peace;
he shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof
liable to imprisonment, which may extend to two years, with
or without a fine not exceeding 500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or to a fine alone
not exceeding 500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
(2) 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 take such precautionary
measures as seem to him proper and expedient for the prevention
of such offences.
^ 32 .— (1) If any person subject to this Order prints, publishes,
offers for sale any printed or written newspaper or other
publication containing seditious matter, he shall be guilty of an
offence and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment, which
may extend to two years, with or without a fine not exceeding
1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
or to a fine alone not exceeding 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, and
may, in addition to, or in lieu of, any other sentence, be ordered
to give security for good behaviour, or to be deported.
(2) Where any printed or written newspaper or other publica
tion containing seditious matter is printed, published, or offered
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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