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Coll 25/23 'Orders in Council: Ethiopia: Repeal of the Ethiopian Order in Council, 1934; Surrender of British Consular Jurisdiction' [371r] (541/552)
The record is made up of 1 file (374 folios). It was created in 28 Dec 1936-21 Mar 1945. It was written in English and French. 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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applied by the tribunal* In Ethiopia to the Brltlah subjects
and British protected peraonu referred to In this paragraph.
■“ (c) For the purposes of the Interpretation of
paragraphs (a) and (h) above a person shall not be deeaed to
"originate from" a territory when he la not a native of that
territory although he may have been born there.
(d) The tribunal* in Ethiopia shall be open to British
subjects and British protected persons on the same conditions
as to Italian citizen* or Italian colonial subjects as the
case may be and they shall enjoy the tame guarantees for the
protection of person and property.
3 . British subjects and British protected peraone shall not be
subject in Ethiopia to any fora of military service or compelled
to furnish money or services in lieu of military service.
4. (a) The status of an Italian citizen or of an Italian
colonial subject shall not be conferred on any British subject or
British protected perton in Ethiopia other than with his consent
given after attaining the age of 21 years..
(b) Nothing in the preceding paragraph of this article
affects the right of the Italian Government to confer Italian
nationality on women married to Italian citizens or colonial
subjects or on persons born in Ethiopia after the date of this
agreement.
6. British consular officers in Ethiopia shall enjoy treatment
and privileges not lea© favourable than those accorded to
British consular officers in Italy or to consular officer® of any
third power in Ethiopia.
They shall have the right to visit in prison any Hrltlsh
subjects or British protected persons who are under arrest or
undergoing punishment.
' f . Aka
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Correspondence, drafts, minute papers, and memoranda concerning the repeal of the Ethiopia Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1934. The decision to surrender extra-territorial jurisdiction is discussed following the Italian occupation of Abyssinia. Inter-departmental discussion of the decision and of the text of a provisional agreement with the Italian Government as a form of replacement constitutes the bulk of the file. These exchanges are between officials at the Foreign Office, 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. , Dominions Office, Home Office, and the Government of India, External Affairs Department. Further correspondence is from the British Legation in Addis Ababa, British Embassy in Rome, and officials from the Governments of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, Italy, and Ethiopia.
Included in the file are documents used for reference purposes, including:
- A copy of 'Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Ethiopia and France', 1908 (folios 372-375)
- Copy of 'Treaty Series No. 31 (1938) - I - Agreement between The United Kingdom and Italy consisting of a Protocol with Annexes and Exchanges of Notes; II - Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. Agreement and Exchanges of Notes between The United Kingdom, Egypt and Italy' (folios 120-139).
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- 1 file (374 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 375; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3328
- Title
- Coll 25/23 'Orders in Council: Ethiopia: Repeal of the Ethiopian Order in Council, 1934; Surrender of British Consular Jurisdiction'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 7r:42v, 44r:149v, 155r:205v, 207r:207v, 209r:209v, 211r:211v, 213r:213v, 215r:229v, 330r:371v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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