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Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937' [78v] (156/639)
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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be made available to the tribunals of the irench Zone of the
Shereefian Empire wherever these tribunals require them for the
purpose of cases within their jurisdiction. Certified copies of these
records will be furnished on request to the said tribunals, the
competent authorities of the zone and to any other properly interested
party.
Article 5.
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 below, no person
owing allegiance to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco can claim in
the French Zone of the Shereefian Empire the protection of His
Majesty The King.
Natives of the French Zone of the Shereefian Empire, who at the
date of the entry into force of the present convention enjoy British
protection, either as employees of a British consulate or as semsars,
shall for the remainder of their life be justiciable by the French
tribunals of the Shereefian Empire except as regards matters coming
within the jurisdiction of the Moslem or Jewish religious courts. A
list of these persons shall be drawn up within six months of the coming
into force of the present convention by agreement between the French
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.
-General and the British Consulate-General at Rabat. This
list shall include the wives and minor children of these persons living
under the same roof, and the provisions of this paragraph shall apply
in the case of the wives during the lifetime of their husbands, and in
the case of the children until the death of their fathers or until their
majority, whichever happens earliest.
The persons enumerated in the annex to the present convention
shall also enjoy the benefit of the provisions of paragraph 2 above.
Article 6.
The British post offices in the French Zone of the Shereefian
Empire will be closed at the date which shall be notified to the
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.
-General at Rabat by the British Consulate-General and in
any case not later than thirty days after the entry into force of the
present convention.
Article 7.
British subjects, British-protected persons and British companies
will enjoy in the French Zone of the Shereefian Empire the same
personal and private rights (droits prives) as French citizens and
French companies. They shall have the same guarantees for the
protection of person and property.
Article 8-
British subjects and British-protected persons shall not be subject
in the French Zone of the Shereefian Empire to any compulsory
personal military service nor to any tax or payment in lieu of such
service.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3331
- Title
- Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:58v, 61r:70v, 72r:94v, 97r:97v, 100r:106v, 108r:111v, 113r:113v, 115r:126v, 128r:151v, 154r:157v, 159r:162v, 167r:268v, 272r:275v, 278r:319v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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