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Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937' [188r] (375/639)
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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2 .
Art icle 1.
to the provisions hereinafter set out,
British protected persons, British companies
shall in the French zone of Morocco as from
the date of the coming into force of the present Convention,
he subject to the jurisdiction of the same tribunals and to
the same legislation as French citizens, French companies
and French ships and on the same conditions. They shall
enjoy the same guarantees for the protection of person and
property. No discrimination to the detriment of British
subjects, British protected persons, British companies or
British ships shall be made in such legislation.
2. Legislation of the French zone of Morocco shall not
be applied to British subjects, British protected persons,
British companies or British ships in respect of any period
prior to the coming into force of the present Convention except
and in so far as the said legislation had become applicable
to them prior to this date by regulations made by the British
consular authorities. In the case of legislation imposing
taxation British subjects and British protected persons and
British companies shall not be liable to taxation of any kind
which was imposed by legislation enacted more than one 3 /-ear
before the date of the entry into force of the present
Convention and not made applicable previously by British
consular regulations. British subjects, British protected
persons and British companies shall not be sued in the courts
of the French zone for taxation or duties of any kind which
became due more than two years before the coming into force
of this Convention.
3. British subjects and British protected persons shall
1. Subject
British subjects,
and British ships
not ..
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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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