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Coll 25/17 'Orders-in-Council: Muscat: The Muscat (Municipal) Regulations 1935' [24r] (47/119)
The record is made up of 1 file (58 folios). It was created in 4 Feb 1935-23 Jun 1939. 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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reside and pursue commerce and trade, whether wholesale or retail,
in his territories provided, as regards nationals of the Sultan, that
they satisfy and observe the conditions and regulations applicable in
the territory of II is Majesty in question to the entry, travel, residence
and departure of all foreigners, and provided that nationals of His
Majesty satisfy and observe the conditions applicable in the territories
of the Sultan in regard to the entry of foreigners and that, in pro
ceeding from the place where they reside in the territories of the
Sultan to another place in his territories where foreign subjects do not
already reside, they shall, before doing so, notify in writing the local
Omani authorities of the place where they reside, and such authori
ties shall inform them whether the intended destination is suitable
for them to travel to or not; if the authorities in question notify the
said nationals in writing that the intended destination is unsuitable,
and if the said nationals persist in travelling to their destination, or if
they should fail to notify the local authorities of their intended move
ments, they will proceed at their own risk. Further, subject to the
provisions of Article 9. each High Contracting Party shall allow in his
territories the nationals of the other, whether personally or by agent,
freely to bargain for, buy, barter and sell goods, articles of import or
local production, whether intended for local sale, use or consumption,
or for export.
(2) Should the Sultan wish to establish any monopoly in any part
of his territory such monopoly will be arranged in such a way that it
will not be detrimental to the trade in which nationals of His Majesty
are at the time occupied in that part of his territory.
Article 8.
(1) Nationals of His Majesty shall enjoy throughout the territories
of the Sultan with respect to commerce, shipping and the exercise of
trade all the rights, privileges, immunities, advantages and protec
tion, of whatsoever nature, enjoyed by the nationals of the Sultan or
the nationals of any other foreign country.
(2) They shall not be liable to taxes, duties, imposts, restrictions
or obligations of any description whatever, other or more onerous
than those to which the nationals of the Sultan or the nationals of any
other foreign country are subjected.
(8) In all that relates to navigation and the treatment of shipping,
the Sultan undertakes to treat British vessels not less favourably in
any respect than Omani vessels or the vessels of any other foreign
country. The provisions of this Article relating to vessels apply also
to the passengers and cargoes carried therein.
Article 4.
Nationals of His Majesty shall be permitted in the territories of
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Correspondence and minute papers relating to the drafting and issue of 'The Muscat (Municipal) Regulations 1935'. The papers cover the search for consensus 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, and 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. over the text of the new regulations.
Further correspondence (folios 3-28) from the Air Ministry and Air Officer Commanding in Iraq deals with the question of whether the Royal Air Force should be exempt from paying municipal tax on fuel.
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- 1 file (58 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 60; 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/12/3321
- Title
- Coll 25/17 'Orders-in-Council: Muscat: The Muscat (Municipal) Regulations 1935'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:59v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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