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Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar' [248v] (496/635)
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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28 . If any person to whom this Order applies smuggles or imports
into or exports from IiLiiwart any goods whereon any duty is charge^^
b) 01 payable to the Shaikh, with intent to evade payment of
the duty, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to two months, or wuth a fine which may extend to
1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
01 to a sum equal to treble the value of the goods
(whichever shall be the greater), or with both imprisonment and
fine.
29 . If any person to whom this Order applies smuggles or imports
into or exports irom Wuwwt any goods the importation or exporta
tion whereof is lawfully prohibited he shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with a
fine which may extend to 2,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
or to a sum equal to treble
the value of the goods (whichever shall be the greater), or with
both imprisonment and fine.
30 . Any act which, if done in British India, would be an offence
against the law for the time being in force in British India, relating
to trade-marks, merchandise marks, copyright designs, or invem
tions, shall, if done in Kwnrtnt by a person to whom this Order
applies, be an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term
which may extend to two months, or with a fine which may extend
to 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or with both.
31 . ( 1 ) If any person to whom this Order applies :—
(i) Publicly derides, mocks or insults any religion, established
or observed within the limits of this Order ; or
(ii) Pubhclv offers insult to any religious service, feast, or
ceremony established or kept in any place within those
limits, or to any place of worship, tomb, or sanctuary
belonging to any religion established or observed within
those limits, or belonging to the ministers or professors
thereof; or
(iii) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring
any religion established or observed within those limits^
or its ceremonies, modes of worship, or observances into
hatred, ridicule, or contempt, and thereby to provoke a
breach of the public peace ;
he shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof liable
to imprisonment, which may extend to two years, with or without
a fine not exceeding 500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or to a fine alone not exceeding
500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
( 2 ) 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 take such precautionary measures
as seem to him proper and expedient for the prevention of such
offences.
32 . —( 1 ) If any person subject to this Order prints, publishes,
or offers for sale any printed or written newspaper or other publica
tion containing seditious matter, he shall be guilty of an offence
and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment, which may extend
to two years, with or without a fine not exceeding 1.000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
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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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