‘File 7/1 I Kuwait Order-in-Council (Jurisdiction Over Foreigners)’ [86v] (172/394)
The record is made up of 1 file (195 folios). It was created in 23 Feb 1919-15 Aug 1927. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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( 5 ) The Court, on making an order of deportation, may, if it
thinks fit, order the person to be deported to pay all or any partjof
the expenses of his deportation, to be fixed by the Court in the
order. Subject thereto, the expenses of deportation shall be
defrayed as the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the
Treasury, or, with the previous or subsequent assent of the Secre
tary of State, the Governor-General of India in Council, directs.
( 6 ) The Chief Court shall forthwith report to the Governor-
General of India in Council every order of deportation made under
this Order, and the grounds thereof, and the proceedings thereunder.
(7) If a person deported under this Order returns to Kuwait
without permission in writing of the Chief Court, or the Governor-
General of India in Council, or the Secretary of State (which
permission the Chief Court, or the Governor-General of India in
Council, or the Secretary of State respectively may give), he shall
be punished 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.
( 8 ) He shall also be liable to be forthwith again deported under
the original or a new order, and a fresh warrant.
23. An appeal shall not lie against an order of prohibition,
of removal, or deportation made, under this Order.
24. —(1) Where under this Order a person is to be sent or re
moved or deported from any place within the jurisdiction of the
Court as prescribed by this Order he shall, by warrant of the Court
sealed with its seal, be detained, if necessary in custody, or in prison,
until a fit opportunity for his removal or deportation occurs, and
then be put on board a vessel belonging to, or in the service of, His
Majesty, or, if no such vessel is available, then on board some other
British or other fit vessel.
(2) The warrant shall be sufficient authority to the person to
whom it is directed or delivered for execution, and to the Command
ing Officer or master of the vessel, to receive and detain the person
therein named, in the manner therein prescribed, and to send or re
move and carry him to the place therein named, according to the
warrant.
( 3 ) In case of sending or removal for any purpose other than
deportation, the warrant shall be issued in duplicate, and the person
executing it shall, as soon as practicable after his arrival at the place
therein named, deliver according to the warrant, with one of the du
plicates of the warrant, to a constable, or proper officer of police, or
keeper of a prison, or other proper authority or person there, the
person named in the warrant, to be produced on the order of the pro
per Court or authority there, or to be otherwise dealt with according
to law.
25. If any person to whom this Order applies does any of
the following things, namely :—
( 1 ) Wilfully by act or threat obstructs any Officer of,
or person executing any process of the Court in
the performance of his duty ; or
(2) Within or close to the room or place where the Court
is sitting wilfully misbehaves in a violent, threaten
ing, or disrespectful manner to the disturbance of the
Court, or to the intimidation of suitors or others
resorting thereto ; or
(3) Wilfully insults any member of the Court, or any assessor,
or any person acting as a Clerk or Officer of the Court
during his sitting or attendance in Court, or in his
going to or returning from Court; or
( 4 ) Does any act in relation to the Court or a Judge thereof.
or a matter pending therein, which, if done in relation
to a Superior Court in England or in India, would
be punishable as a contempt of such Court, or as a libel
on such Court or the Judges thereof, or the administra^
tion of justice therein ;
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- Content
The file is concerned with the introduction of the Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (1925) and the subsequent issue of supporting King‘s Regulations by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. : The Indian Pilgrim Ships Regulation (1926) and Indian Succession Regulation (1927). It therefore contains drafts proposals and correspondence between British officials concerning proposed revisions, and the extent to which it should be based on the Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. for Bahrain and Muscat.
The file also contains correspondence debating whether a separate Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. for Kuwait is required, and if so how urgent this requirement is. This debate is undertaken in the context of proposals for a single Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. for the entire Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the possibility that Kuwait may come under the authority of Mesopotamia as part of the post-war settlement. The extent that Britain is able to assume authority over non-British and non-Muslim subjects (e.g. Americans and Europeans) is also discussed within the file.
The main correspondents are as follows: the Kuwait 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. (Daniel McCollum and James Carmichael More); the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (Arthur Trevor and Francis Beville Prideaux); the High Commissioner for Iraq (Sir Percy Cox); the Foreign Department of the Government of India; and officials of the Colonial Office, the 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. , and the Foreign Office.
The Arabic content in the file consists of an exchange (see folios 113-127) between the Kuwait 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. and the Shaikh of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]. This correspondence is dated 24 October and 3 November 1925; it concerns the publication of the Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and queries from the Shaikh as to the extent of British authority over foreigners; it includes English translations.
Draft copies of the Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. can be found on folios 83-92, while copies of the published version can be found on folios 96-102 and 139-52. A draft of the The Indian Pilgrim Ships Regulation may be found on folios 158-59, and the final version can be found on folio 163. A copy of the final Indian Succession Regulation can be found on folio 187.
A wax seal — possibly a Foreign Office seal — is affixed to folio 136.
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- 1 file (195 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers within the file have been arranged chronologically from the front to the back of the file, the exceptions being enclosures which are often of an earlier date than their covering letter.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: some folios have been damaged at the edges, and in some cases this has resulted in a loss of text, particularly the Arabic content on folios 115-19. The overall legibility of the file is not affected.
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 197; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present sporadically between ff 12-196 as some numbers have previously been rubbed out; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- ‘File 7/1 I Kuwait Order-in-Council (Jurisdiction Over Foreigners)’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:119v, 122r:125v, 128r:182v, 184r:196v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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