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Coll 25/31 'Orders in Council: Defence Regulations (Persian Gulf) Order in Council: Application to the Arab States of the Persian Gulf of draft Trading with the Enemy Bill' [‎619r] (1241/1413)

The record is made up of 1 file (693 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1939-26 Jun 1943. 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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2 & 3 Geo. 6.
Ch. 89.
Trading with the
Enemy Act, 1939 .
Ireland except by, or with the consent of, the Director
of Public Prosecutions or the Attorney General for
Northern Ireland, as the case may be :
Provided that this subsection shall not prevent the
arrest, or the issue or execution of a warrant for the
arrest, of any person in respect of such an offence, or
the remanding, in custody or on bail, of any person
charged with such an offence, notwithstanding that the
necessary consent to the institution of a prosecution for
the offence has not been obtained.
2 . —( 1 ) Subject to the provisions of this section, Definition
the expression “ enemy ” for the purposes of this Act of enemy,
means—
(а) any State, or Sovereign of a State, at war with
His Majesty,
(б) any individual resident in enemy territory,
(c) any body of persons (whether corporate or
unincorporate) carrying on business in any
place, if and so long as the body is controlled
by a person who, under this section, is an
enemy, or
(d) any body of persons constituted or incorporated
in, or under the laws of, a State at war with
His Majesty;
but does not include any person by reason only that he
is an enemy subject.
( 2 ) The Board of Trade may by order direct that
any person specified in the order shall, for the purposes
of this Act, be deemed to be, while so specified, an enemy.
3. —(1) The Board of Trade, if they think it Inspection
expedient for securing compliance with section one of and super-
this Act so to do, may by written order authorise a visi ? n of
specified person (hereafter in this section referred to as busmesses -
“ an inspector ”) to inspect any books or documents
belonging to, or under the control of, a person named in
the order, and to require that person and any other
person to give such information in his possession with
respect to any business carried on by the named person
as the inspector may demand, and for the purposes
aforesaid to enter on any premises used for the purposes
of that business.
3

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Copies of legislation passed during the Second World War and relating to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Numerous incarnations, in the form of amendments, of the following orders are included in the file:

  • Trading with the Enemy Act, 1939
  • Trading with the Enemy (Specified Persons)
  • Trading with the Enemy (Custodian)
  • Trading with the Enemy, Freights (License)
  • Trading with the Enemy (Specified Areas)
  • Trading with the Enemy (East Africa)

A copy of The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States (Emergency) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939, is also included. All orders and subsequent amendments were passed between 1939 and 1942.

Also contained within the file is correspondence relating to the legislation. Correspondents are officials at the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. , Board of Trade, Government of India (External Affairs Department), Trading with the Enemy Branch (of the Treasury and Board of Trade), Ministry of Economic Warfare, the Political Agencies in Muscat and Bahrain, and the Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd].

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1 file (693 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 695; 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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Coll 25/31 'Orders in Council: Defence Regulations (Persian Gulf) Order in Council: Application to the Arab States of the Persian Gulf of draft Trading with the Enemy Bill' [‎619r] (1241/1413), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3336, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100057378565.0x00002c> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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