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Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937' [129v] (263/1220)
The record is made up of 1 volume (606 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1936-18 Apr 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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Court in the exercise, of ^..crimina^jurisdiction, the Woids
judicial proceeding" in the said Act shall be deemed to
include a proceeding before an^pt-n Court or a Courts
Egypt of any State in amity with His Majesty.
M Subject to the provisions of Article 92 hereof the Court
to be summoned or arrested, and brought before it
“ a y y member of the British Forces or ° f m th e British MilitajJ
Mission accused of having committed an offence cognizable
under this Order, and may deal with the accused according to
Sre jurisdiction of the Court and in conformity with the pi„.
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visions of this Order. A copy of the^summons or warrant shall
be sent to the appropriate British authority.
qc ( t i The Crown Advocate shall have such powers and
shall’ perform such duties with respect to the commencement
and prosecution of criminal proceedings, including preliminary
examinations and trials, and also the framing and alteration
(before trial) of charges, as may be prescribed by Rules of
C0 (2) t Except in so far as the Crown Advocate, under this Order
or Rules of Court, may be required to intervene, or may exer
cise any discretionary power of intervention, in any cnminal
proceedings, this Article shall not affect the duties or powers
of a private prosecutor. , A .
(2) No proceedings shall be taken under Articles 129, 130,
131? I 3 2 > I 33 and I 34 hereof otherwise than by the Crown
Advocate.
96 . Subject to the provisions of this Order criminal cases
shall'be tried by a Judge sitting alone, provided always that
on the trial of a charge of murder the Judge shall, and on the
trial of a charge of felony other than murder the Judge may,
if he so orders whether upon the application of the accused or
otherwise, be assisted by two assessors.
97. — (x) An assessor shall be a competent and impartial
British subject, of good repute, nominated by an appropriate
British authority in Egypt and summoned by the Court for the
purpose.
(2) An assessor shall not have any voice in the decision of
the Court, but an assessor dissenting from any decision of the
Court or the conviction or the amount of punishment awarded,
may record in the Minutes his dissent, and the grounds thereof,
and shall be entitled to receive, without payment, a certified
copy of the Minutes.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, letters, correspondence, memoranda, notes and Parliamentary questions relating to the 1937 Montreux Conference on the abolition of capitulations in Egypt. These capitulations had created extra-territorial jurisdiction for many foreign powers in Egypt, including Britain, France, Italy and Belgium. This negotiation of the revision of the capitulations was one of the provisions of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty.
The correspondence in the volume relates mainly to British interests and negotiating issues as well as the difference between British subjects, British protected persons and citizens; errors in some of the drafting and how these mistakes should be rectified, and the process of ratification of the convention by all parties concerned including the Egyptian Government and the governments of the Dominions.
Included in the volume are the following documents:
- a printed copy of the 'Statutory Rules and Orders, 1937 No. 936 FOREIGN JURISDICTION The Egypt Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1937' (ff 116-139)
- a printed report (ff 295-312) to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Antony Eden, on the proceedings of the Montreux Conference for the abolition of Capitulations in Egypt
- 'Egypt No. 1 (1936) Treaty of Alliance between His Majesty, in respect of the United Kingdom and his Majesty the King of Egypt ... Convention concerning the Immunities and Privleges to be enjoyed by the British Forces in Egypt, London, August 26, 1936' (Cmd. 5270) (ff 574-589)
- 'Instruments signed at Montreux on May 8th, 1937' and 'Report on the Convention regarding the abolition of capitulations ...' (in French and English) (ff 363-435)
- a printed memorandum 'Procedure for Giving Effect to Capitulations: Provisions of Anglo-Egyptian Treaty' (ff 590-601)
The volume features the following principal correspondents: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden); HM High Commissioner to Egypt and Sudan (Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson); the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Dominions Office; Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Dominions Office; President of the Council of Ministers, Cairo (Mustapha El-Nahas).
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (606 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 608; 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 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:13v, 15r:28v, 30r:88v, 92r:140v, 142r:147v, 150r:164v, 167r:182v, 184r:185v, 187r:202v, 205r:212v, 214r:310v, 313r:361v, 436r:439v, 441r:443v, 446r:486v, 489r:503v, 506r:530v, 533r:550r, 552r:589v, 591r:607v, back-i
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