مجموعة ٣٧/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. وضع الرعايا البريطانيين والأشخاص الخاضعين للحماية البريطانيين بموجب قانون الجنسية الفارسي." [و‎‎٥‎١‎٤] (١١١٦/١٠٣٢)

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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY S GOYERNMENT?
PERSIA.
October 14,
CONFIDENTIAL,
Section 6.
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No. 1.
Sir R. Clive to Mr. A. Henderson.—{Received October 14.)
No. 506.)
ir, Tehran, October 4, 1929.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith a copy of an English translation
of the new Persian Law of Nationality which was passed by the Majlis on the 15th
September last and which has now received the Royal assent and has become law,
enforceable from the 11th September, 1929
2. The translation has been made from the Persian text published in the
official journal of the Ministry of Justice, this being the only official version which
has hitherto appeared. Should the printed text which will eventually be published
by the Majlis press differ from that which has been translated, I shall not fail to
inform you.
3. I am sending copies of this despatch and enclosure to the Foreign and
Political Department of the Government of India, to His Majesty’s Acting High
Commissioner at Bagdad, and to all consular officers in Persia.
I have, &c.
R. H. CLIVE.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Persian Law of Nationality as passed by the National Consultative Assembly.
Dated Shahrivar 16, 1308 {September 7, 1929).
(Translation.)
Article 1.
The following persons are deemed Persian subjects:
(1) All residents of Persia with the exception of those whose foreign nationality
is established. The foreign nationality of a person is considered as
established when his documents of nationality are not objected to by the
Persian Government. ,
(2.) All those persons whose fathers are Persian, whether those persons were
born in Persia or abroad.
(3.) Those born in Persia of unknown parents. , • -o •
(4) Those born in Persia of foreign parents one of whom was born m Persia.
( 5 ) Those born in Persia whose fathers are foreign subjects, but who at the
time of reaching the age of 18 are residing in Persia.
(6.) All foreign women who marry a Persian husband.
(7.) All foreign subjects who have obtained Persian nationality.
Note.— Children born of foreign political or consular representatives
are not subject to paragraphs (4) and (5).
Article 2.
Persons mentioned in paragraphs (4) and (5) will have the right, after peaching
the age of 18, to adopt the nationality of their father within one year, on
condition that during the above period they submit a written declaration to <
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, annexed to a certificate from their fate s Gove
ment, to the effect that that Government will recognise them as its own subjects.