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Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar' [283r] (565/635)
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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representative in Kuwait, and shall from time to time, as may be
necessary, register any alteration of the representative of the com
pany or in his address.
( 2 ) Rules of Court made under Article 75 may provide that
service of writs, notices, or other documents upon the person regis
tered under this Article, or at his address, shall be good service of
suck documents upon the company.
Wr Registration of a company under this Order shall not require
to be renewed annually, but may be renewed from time to time
as the parties may desire, and shall be renewed when any change
takes place in the name of the company.
72 . On every registration of a company, under this Order, and on
every renewal thereof, there shall be payable a fee of 10
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
,
and on every registration under Article 70 ( 1 ) there shall be payable
a fee of 1 rupee.
73 . — ( 1 ) A company shall not be entitled to be recognised or pro
tected as a British company unless it is registered under this Order,
but shall, although not so registered, be subject to the jurisdiction
of the Courts established by this Order.
( 2 ) Nothing in this Article shall affect the right of the Secretary
of State to direct that British protection shall not be accorded to a
company, even though it has been registered under this Order.
( 3 ) Any company failing to make such registration or to deposit
or file such documents as required by Articles 67 , 68 and 70 of this
Order and every Director, Manager, Secretary or other officer
who is knowingly a party to such default shall be guilty of an offence
under this Order, and on proof thereof shall be liable to a fine not
exceeding 15
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
a day for every day during which such offence
continues, but not exceeding in all 500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
Part VII. —Miscellaneous Provisions.
74 . — (a) Persons subject to this Order are prohibited from aliena
ting to or acquiring from any person of whatever nationality any
land or household property within the dominions of the Shaikh,
either by gift, purchase, mortgage, or other form of conveyance,
without due execution of signature and registration previous to the
transfer of such property by 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.
.
Any person subject to this Order charged with any breach of this
paragraph shall be liable to, and on conviction punishable under this
Order by a fine not exceeding 500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or the total value of the
property purporting to be so transferred (whichever is greater', or
imprisonment up to one calendar month, or both.
(b) Any such deed, or instrument of gift, purchase, mortgage,
or other form of conveyance, purporting to transfer property other
wise than in accordance with the provision of (a) above may, on
that ground alone, be declared void and of no effect by any Court
acting under this Order. -
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3322
- Title
- Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 18r:158v, 160r:171v, 173r:317v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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