File C 7/9 Repatriation of persons convicted in Agency Courts in the Gulf [‎15r] (29/42)

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THE POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
No.R/215(33/l)
KUWAIT
25th September) 1949
Dear 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. ,
' e a^TQQ with the renwirks in para^aph 2 of
your letter No.12/36/49 of the 14th September to the
il&stern Department. Once an employee nas been convicted
in a criminal proceeding he is liable to dismissal by
the Company ana, according to the contracts their
senior staff employees sign, the Company are under no
obligation to bear the cost of repatriation of dismissed
employees.
2. Regarding your third paragraph. Before a person
subject r >o our jurisdiction can be deported judicial
proceedings under Article 26 of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. are
necessary. In paragraph 3 of their telegram No. 105 of the
2nd Marcn, 1949, the Foreign Office have stated, in respect
of two persons accused of a criminal offence, that this
method is only to be used with great care, rhere are
even more valid objections to the deportation of employees
at the request of their employers; and the prooeedirgs
contemplated in Article 26 of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. are
not, we think - if only from the point of view of
industrial relations - ordinarily the kind of proceedirgs
that should be initiated by oil companies. Nor do we
think that oil companies should even be allowed to pay
for the deportation of their employees, for that migit
give rise to a feeling amongst employees that our judicial
administration is paia for Dy the Oil ComiJiny and that
our Courts are therefore subject to the Company's
influence. Wo hope you will agree that it is essential
not only that our" Courts should be aosolutely independent
and impartial, but also that they should manifestly be
seen to be so.
3. We are sending a copy of this letter to the
Eastern Department.
The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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.
Bahrain.