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‘File 16/29 Miscellaneous. Iraq Treaties’ [4r] (7/28)
The record is made up of 1 file (12 folios). It was created in 28 Jun 1931-25 Oct 1938. It was written in English. 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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486
accused for a political offence, application shall be made to the authorities
of the country requiring' the extradition, asking them to submit their appli
cation and give all necessary information.
The following shall not be considered political offences:
(a) Any act of violence or of brigandage or robbery with violence,
whether committed by a single person or by a band, either against individuals
or their private property, or against the local authorities or against the
railways or any other means of communication and transport.
(b) Any attempt against the person of His Majesty the King of Egypt
or His Majesty the King of ‘Iraq, or against the person of any member of
Their families.
ARTICLE T.
Nevertheless, extradition will nof be granted in the case of a national
of the State from whom the extradition is required.
ARTICLE 8.
Every application for extradition shall be transmitted through the dip
lomatic channel regularly employed between the High Contracting Parties.
ARTICLE 9.
An application for extradition shall be accompanied by the following
documents: *
(a) When the application concerns a person who has not been tried : by
a warrant of arrest issued by a competent authority which shall state the
nature of the offence, and an authentic copy of the depositions or statements
taken on oath certified by the judicial authority who conducted the investiga
tion of the charge. ^
(b) When the application concerns a person condemned by default or
in contumacium : by a copy of the judgment or the order for the execution
of the sentence and by a copy of the depositions or statements on oath certified
as above.
(c) When the application concerns a person condemned by a judgment
given in his presence: by a copy of the judgment or the order for the
execution of the sentence and a certificate from the competent judicial autho
rity that the judgment is executory.
ARTICLE 10.
An application for extradition shall in addition be accompanied in all
cases by a statement as detailed as possible of the identity and description of
the accused or convicted person and by a copy of the text of the article of
the law on which the charge or the conviction, as the case may be, is based.
ARTICLE 11.
The High Contracting Party to whom a request is made for the extradi
tion of a person shall first cause himself to be satisfied that the offence is one
for which extradition should be granted under this Treaty. If satisfied on
that point, he shall cause an order to be issued for the arrest of such person
and he shall cause an order to be issued for extradition if he is satisfied :
(a) in the case of a person who has not been tried or who has been
condemned by default or in contumacium, that there is sufficient evidence
to justify his trial for the offence, or
(b) in the case of a person who has been condemned by a judgment
given in his presence, that he is the identical person convicted.
ARTICLE 12.
The authorities of the territory applied to shall admit as valid evidence
the sworn depositions or the affirmations of witnesses taken in the other
terntorv or copies thereof, and likewise the warrants and sentence issued
therein" or copies thereof, and likewise the warrants and sentence issued
therein, or copies thereof, and certificates of, or judicial documents stating
the fact of a conviction provided the same are authenticated as follows:
(a) A warrant, or copy thereof, must purport to be signed by a judge,
magistrate or officer of the other territory, or purport to be certified, under
the hand of a judge, magistrate or officer of the other territory to be a true
copy thereof as the case may require.
(b) Depositions or affirmations, or the copies thereof, must purport to
be certified, under the hand of a judge, magistrate or officer of the other
territory, to be original depositions or affirmations, or to be true copies thereof,
as the case may require.
(c) A certificate of, or judicial document stating the fact of a conviction
must purport to be certified by a judge, magistrate or officer of the other
territory.
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- Content
A number of annexures to issues of the Iraq Government Gazette , published between June and July 1931:
- a treaty for the extradition of offenders between Iraq and Egypt, signed at Cairo on 20 April 1931 (ff 3-4);
- a treaty of friendship between Iraq and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan [Jordan], signed at Amman on 26 March 1931 (f 5);
- a treaty of extradition between Iraq and Hejaz, Najd and Dependencies, signed at Mecca on 8 April 1931 (ff 6-7);
- a treaty of friendship and Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. between Iraq and Hejaz, Najd and Dependencies, signed at Mecca on 7 April 1931 (ff 8-10).
The file also includes letters exchanged in 1938 between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , originally sent with a copy of the Iraq Labour Law, not included in the file (ff 11-12). The file notes (f 13) refer to the 1938 correspondence only, and include remarks by Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff comparing the Iraq Labour Law’s chapter on compensation for death, injury and disease, to the Government of India’s Workmen’s Compensation Act.
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- 1 file (12 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 13) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- 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 14; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 present in parallel between ff 2-11; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1527
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- ‘File 16/29 Miscellaneous. Iraq Treaties’
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- 3r:10v
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- Government of Iraq
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