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Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar' [‎249r] (497/635)

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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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or to a fine alone not exceeding 1,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , and may, in addition
^ or in lieu of, any other sentence, be ordered to give security
good behaviour, or to be deported.
(2) Where any printed or written newspaper or other publica
tion containing seditious matter is printed, published, or offered
for sale within the limits of this Order by a Company incorporated
under the laws of any part of His Majesty’s dominions, protec
torates, protected states or mandated territories, the Court may,
after notice to the Company, and on proof of the facts, require the
Company to give security to abstain from such printing, publishing,
or offering for sale in future. If the Company fail to gi\e security,
or if the Company is shown to have again printed, published, or
offered for sale such newspaper, or other publication containing
seditious matter after giving such security, the Court may make an
order prohibiting the Company from carrying on business within
the limits of the Order, and may make such other orders as to the
Court may seem just. The Court may also declare all the property
of the Company within the limits of the Order to be forfeited to
His Majesty, and shall dispose of it, subject to any general or
special directions of the Secretary of State, as it thinks fit.
(3) Matter calculated to excite tumult or disorder, or to excite
enmitv between persons subject to this Order and the Shaikh or
Orf subjects, or between different classes of persons subject to
this Order, or between the Shaikh and K»**#it subjects, shall be
deemed to be seditious matter within the meaning of this Article.
33.—(1) If a Clerk or Officer of the Court acting under pretence
of the process or authority of the Court, is charged with extortion,
or with not paying over money duly levied, or with other mis
conduct, the Court may, if it thinks fit, enquire into the charge in
a summary way, and may for that purpose summon and enforce the
attendance of all necessary persons as in a suit, and may make
such order for the repayment of any money extorted, or for the
payment over of any money levied, and for payment of such damages
and costs as the Court thinks fit.
(2) The Court may also, if it thinks fit, on the same enquiry
impose on the Clerk or Officer such fine, not exceeding 50 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. for
each offence, as the Court thinks fit.
(3) A Clerk or Officer punished under this article shall not, with
out the leave of the Court, be liable to a civil suit in respect of
the same matter; and any such suit, if already or afterwards begun,
may be stayed by the Court in such manner and on such terms
as the Court thinks fit.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to prevent any person
from being prosecuted under any other British or British Indian
law for any act or omission punishable under this Article, or from
being liable under that other law to any other or higher punish
ment or penalty than that provided by this Article :

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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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