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Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar' [12v] (24/635)
The record is made up of 1 file (314 folios). It was created in 18 Jul 1935-8 Jun 1935. 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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50. —(1) If an Officer of the Court, employed to execute a decree or
order, loses, by neglect or omission, the opportunity of executing it, then,
on complaint of the person aggrieved and proof of the fact alleged, the
Court may, if it thinks fit, order the Officer to pay the damages sustained
by the person complaining, or part thereof.
(2) The order may be enforced as an order directing payment of money.
Part V. —Mixed Cases: Qatar Subjects and Persons Subject to this
Order.
(a) Criminal.
51. When a Qatar subject desires to institute a complaint against a
person to whom this Order applies, or a person to whom this Order applies
desires to institute a complaint against a Qatar subject, the Political
Agent shall entertain the same and send it to the Joint Court.
(b) Civil.
52. —(1) When a Qatar subject desires to bring a suit against a person
to whom this Order applies, or a person to whom this Order applies desires
to bring a suit against a Qatar subject, the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
shall admit
the complaint and refer it to a Joint Court.
(2) Nothing herein mentioned shall prevent the Joint Court from re
ferring any matter in the progress of a suit which involves a point of
Muhammadan law to a Qazi for decision or from sending any party or
witness, being a Muhammadan, to a Qazi for the administration of an
oath.
53. —(i) Where a person to whom this Order does not apply obtains, in
a Court established under this Order, a decree or order against a defendant,
being a person subject to this Order, and in another suit that defendant
is plaintiff and the person to whom this Order does not apply is defendant,
the Court may, if it thinks fit, on the application of the person subject
to this Order, stay the enforcement of the decree or order pending that
other suit, and may set off any amount decreed or ordered to be paid by
one party in one suit against any amount decreed or ordered to be paid
by the other party in the other suit.
(2) Where a plaintiff, being a person to whom this Order does not
apply, obtains a decree or order, in a Court established under this Order,
against two or more defendants being persons subject to this Order jointly,
and in another suit one of them is a plaintiff and the person to whom this
Order does not apply is defendant, the Court may, if it thinks fit, on the
application of the persons subject to this Order, stay the enforcement of
the decree or order pending that other suit, and may set off any amount
decreed or ordered to be paid by one party in one suit against any amount
decreed or ordered to be paid by the other party in the. other suit, without
prejudice to the right of the person subject to this Or<jer to obtain con
tribution from his co-defendants under the joint liability.
(S') Where in a suit a person to whom this Order does not apply is co
plaintiff with a person subject to this Order, who is in Qatar, it shall not
be necessary for the person to whom this Order does not apply to give
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Correspondence, minute papers, and notes relating to the issue of The Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939. The correspondence is mostly between officials at the Foreign Office, 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. , 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department (later, External Affairs). The papers concern the discussion of the need for the order, its drafting, issue, and distribution, as well as its revision in 1939.
Correspondence with the Shaikh of Qatar, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], is also included and mostly relates to his wish for assurance of his jurisdiction over Muslim foreigners.
A copy of the order is found on folios 138-153. A copy of the Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is also included, for reference purposes (folios 271-86).
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- 1 file (314 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 317; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-103 and ff 104-316. These are also both written in pencil and located in the top right corner of each folio. The former have been circled and crossed out, the latter have not been circled.
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- Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar'
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- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 18r:158v, 160r:171v, 173r:317v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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