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Coll 1/54 'Aden. Recruitment of Arabs from the Aden Protectorate and the Yemen for service with the Italian Colonial forces in Italian Somaliland; recruitment of Indians' [120v] (240/320)
The record is made up of 1 file (160 folios). It was created in 28 Dec 1934-29 Nov 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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Indian Emigration.
| act vii
Fraudulently
inducing to
emigrate.
26. Whoever, by means of intoxication, coercion
or fraud, causes or induces, or attempts to cause or
induce, any person to emigrate, or enter into any
agreement to emigrate, or leave any place with a view
to emigrating, shall he punishable with imprisonment
for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine,
or with both.
False
representation
of Govern
ment author
ity.
Sanction to
prosecutions.
Power for
Customs-
officer to
search and
detain for
purposes of
Act.
27. Whoever falsely represents that any emigrants
are required by the Government or are to be engaged
on behalf of the Government shall be punishable
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
six months, or with fine, which may extend to five
hundred
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or with both.
28- No prosecution shall be instituted for any
offence under this Chapter except with the sanction
of a Protector of Emigrants or of a person appointed
under section 5 and empowered in this behalf or,
where there is no Protector or person so appointed
and empowered, of the District Magistrate :
Provided that no sanction shall be required when
an offence has been committed in respect of an emi
grant or an intended emigrant and the complaint is
filed by such emigrant, or intended emigrant or, on
behalf of such emigrant or intended emigrant, by the
father, mother, husband, wife or guardian of such
emigrant or intended emigrant or, if such emigrant
or intended emigrant is a member of a joint Hindu
family, by the manager of that family.
29- All the powers for the time being conferred
by law on officers of sea-customs with regard to the
searching and detention of vessels or otherwise for
the prevention of smuggling on board thereof, may
be exercised by those officers for the prevention of
offences against this Act.
CHAPTER VII.
Supplemental.
prohibition of 30- (7) The departure by land out of British
departure by India of any person under, or with a view to entering
an"agreement into, an agreement to work for hire, or when assisted,
to work for otherwise
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The file contains correspondence regarding the recruitment of labour from the Aden Settlement, the Aden Protectorate, and Yemen, for service in Italian Somaliland.
Following requests from the Italian Consul at Aden for an increased number of labourers to work in Italian Somaliland and Eritrea, 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. , the Foreign Office and the Aden Chief Commissioner consider the options available to prevent the recruitment of British Subjects or Protected Persons for either the Italian or Ethiopian forces. Following communications with the King of Yemen it is agreed that Yemeni subjects should also be prevented from travelling from Aden ports for that purpose.
The file also contains telegraphic correspondence with the Government of India, the Governor-General of Sudan, and British diplomatic staff in British Somaliland, Ethiopia, and Italy, requesting that efforts should be made to prevent recruitment from those locations. The likelihood of war between Italy and Ethiopia is discussed throughout the correspondence.
A large part of the correspondence concerns the legality of preventing emigration from Aden ports, and involves discussion of the Indian Emigration Act (1922), and the drafting of the Aden (Protection of Emigrants) Regulation (1935), the published version of which appears at ff 5-13. The Act prohibited emigration from Aden without obtaining a permit.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 file (160 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 160; 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.
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- Coll 1/54 'Aden. Recruitment of Arabs from the Aden Protectorate and the Yemen for service with the Italian Colonial forces in Italian Somaliland; recruitment of Indians'
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- front, front-i, 2r:80v, 82r:82v, 84r:95v, 97r:159v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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