'ملف رقم 18/68 I (D 114) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني للكويت' [و‎‎١‎٤‎٤] (٥٣٤/٣٠٢)

as the above classes are concerned, His Majesty's criminal
and civil jurisdiction in Kuwait shall, so far as circumstancl
adnlt, be exercised on the principles of, and in conformity
with tne enactments of the Governor-General in India in
Oouncil and the Governor of Bomoay in Council, an d in
accordance with the procedure and practice observed by the
courts or the Bombay Presidency.
ia uases in which Your fixcellency's subjects are also
involved, the procedure will be as follows;-
(Part V of the Order in Council),
The v.rder in Council will be exhibited for a period of
one month in the Political A 6 ency. Usual endin £ .
better dated Jlst October 1525 from H.E, the Shaikh of Kuwait
to the Political A^ent, Kuwait.
After compliments.
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated
'"4 h ^cuo-jer in wuich you inform me that an OKD-ER '
0? THE KING'S I.roST iSKCEU.ENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL has now been
po..,. in
as you enumerate^ and you aek me to acknowledge this.
As you know, I am by God's grace sincere and loyal to His
Majesty, and I am glad that Justice and equity be given to the P
people, but the points which you described x a xx were not quite
dear to me and I could not understand with certainty what you
meant, so I discussed the matter verbally with you on Wednes
day evening, and I gather from what you say that what is
really meant is the settling of cases connected with Brltieh
subjects, the subjects of foreign Powers, and people employed
British subjects at Kuwait. If this be the meaning, please |
Goa I will not oppose His Majesty's Order in Council. ^
1 must make an exception in the caap of C
uae ca .se or tnese 'employed" ^
Kuwait Subjects, however, as I think that if any c.se arise
one of these 'employed" Kuwait subjects and another Kuwait
suoject it should be decided by me as both =
^ , s joLh are my subjects,
and most Kuwait decisions follow Li e ■?«, •
hugeous Law of Isia^.
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