Coll 30/19 'Persian Gulf: Kuwait and Muscat, Persian Request for Service of Judicial Documents upon Persons Resident in' [‎81r] (161/172)

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sign two of the copies and return them to the judicial
authorities.
3. It seems to me unlikely that the Sheikh of Kuwait,
as the head of a State, would consent to accept service of
a judicial document of any kind, particularly when the document
emanates from the judicial authorities of a Government hy which
he is not recognised. Moreover he is not, or ought not to he,
amenable to the jurisdiction of the Persian Courts and unless
he possesses property in Persia he will not be so in practice.
I therefore propose, subject to the approval of His Majesty s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to reply
that as the Sheikh is the head of a State, I cannot undertake
to transmit any judicial document for service upon him.
4. If the Government of India concur in this proposal,
and it is approved by the Secretary of State, I shall be glad
to receive back in due course the copies of the notification
which I have sent to you and 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. .
5. My proposal does not rule out the possibility that
Ustad Evaz may have good grounds for his complaint and I
should be glad, if the Government of India see no objection,
if 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. could ascertain the circumstances
through 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. at Kuwait.
6. I should also be glad to receive the views of the
Government of India upon the legal position which would arise
if Ustad Evaz were to address a further notification to Abdul
Karim: and in general to learn whether the service of
judicial documents emanating from Persian authorities can
be effected, through 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. resident in Kuwait
upon persons resident in Kuwait who are (a) Kuwaitis
(b) Persian subjects and (c) of other nationalities. The
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