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Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937' [‎8r] (15/639)

The record is made up of 1 file (318 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1933-3 Feb 1938. 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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6- (i) As soon as all proceedings referred to in Article 5 of
this Order have been completed, the Consul-General shall so
inform His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs and, having obtained the concurrence of the Secretary
of State to this effect, shall cause notices to be affixed and
exhibited conspicuously at every Consulate in the French Zone
stating that the Court for Morocco in the French Zone is closed.
(2) For the purposes of this Article any proceeding shall be
deemed to be completed as soon as a final judgment has been
given which is not subject to appeal:
provided that (a) in the case of a civil proceeding the
proceeding shall not be deemed to be completed, while the
judgment remains unsatisfied and it is still open to the party
in whose favour it has been given to execute it unless the
court decides that the said party has not been diligent in
executing the judgment or that there is no longer any reason
able ground for supposing that the judgment can be success
fully executed in the French Zone under the Orders and
Rules repealed by this Order;
(b) in the case of a criminal proceeding the proceeding
shall be deemed to be completed if the accused person
cannot be brought to trial within one year from the com
mencement of this Order.
7. After the closure of the Court for Morocco in the French
Zone, the judicial records of the Court for Morocco in the French
Zone shall all be collected and retained at the Consulate-General.
These records shall be made available to the tribunals of the
French Zone, whenever these tribunals require them for the
purpose of cases within their jurisdiction. Certified copies of
these records will be. furnished by the Consul-General, on
request, to the said tribunals, to the competent authorities of
the Zone and to any properly interested party, on payment of
such fees as may from time to time be fixed by His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
8. The Consul-General may, on a request to this effect being
received by the tribunals of the French Zone, the competent
authorities of the Zone or any properly interested party, deliver,
without the payment of any fee, a certificate stating whether
any decision, given by the Court for Morocco in the French
Zone or the Supreme Court of Gibraltar in the exercise of its
jurisdiction under the Morocco Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1889-1933
(Consolidated) as regards the French Zone, is or is not a final
decision.
9. In this Order the expression “ Consul-General ” means His
Majesty’s Consul-General at Rabat for the time being including

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Correspondence, minute papers, drafts, and notes relating to the surrender of British extraterritorial rights in the French zone of Morocco. Much of the early papers cover the interdepartmental discussion between the 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. , Foreign Office, Board of Trade, Dominions Office, Colonial Office, Department of Overseas Trade, and the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department) over the need to address the question of British rights in Morocco and what similar surrenders might be extracted from the French in exchange. Memoranda on this subject are included (folios 289-303 and 305-312).

The majority of the file deals with the drafting of a convention between the two powers to cover all related matters. Further correspondence with the Governments of the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, and Canada, as well as the British Merchants' Morocco Association, is included as part of this process. A copy of the convention, signed in July 1937, is contained in the file (folios 76-93), along with a number of drafts.

The need for and drafting of a new Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is also a matter covered by the papers. A copy of The Morocco (French Zone) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1937 is found on folios 7-8.

Correspondence with the Postal Services Department of the General Post Office and the British Consulate General in Rabat regarding the closure of British Postal Agencies in Fez and Rabat is also included.

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1 file (318 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 319; 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 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937' [‎8r] (15/639), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3331, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100058739703.0x000012> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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