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Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937' [127r] (258/1220)
The record is made up of 1 volume (606 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1936-18 Apr 1939. 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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judgment of the Full Court, whether final or inter
locutory, made in an action, if, in the opinion of
the Full Court, the question involved in the appeal
is one which, by reason of its great general or public
importance or otherwise, ought to be submitted to
His Majesty in Council for decision.
fifi Applications to the Full Court for leave to appeal shall
h made by motion within fifteen days from the date of the
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tended application.
67 Leave to appeal under Article 66 hereof shall only be
granted by the Full Court in the first instance—
b (a) upon condition of the appellant, within two months
1 f rom the date of the hearing of the application for
leave to appeal, giving security, to the satisfaction
of the Court, to an amount not exceeding five
hundred pounds, for the due prosecution of the
appeal, and for the payment of all such costs as
may become payable to the respondent in the event
of the appellant not obtaining an order granting him
final leave to appeal, or of the appeal being dis
missed for non-prosecution, or of His Majesty in
Council ordering the appellant to pay the
respondent’s costs of the appeal (as the case may
be); and
(b) upon such other conditions (if any) as to the time or
times within which the appellant shall take the neces
sary steps for the purpose of procuring the prepara
tion of the Record and the dispatch thereof to
England as the Court, having regard to all the
circumstances of the case, may think it reasonable
to impose.
68. Where the judgment appealed from requires the appellant
to pay money or perform a duty, the Full Court shall have
power, when granting leave to appeal, to direct either that the
said judgment shall be carried into execution or that the execu
tion thereof shall be suspended unconditionally or on such terms
as the Full Court thinks fit pending the appeal, and in case the
Full Court shall direct the said judgnient to be carried into
execution, the person in whose favour it was given shall, before
the execution thereof, enter into good and sufficient security, to
the satisfaction of the Full Court, for the due performance of
such Order as His Majesty in Council shall think fit to make
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, letters, correspondence, memoranda, notes and Parliamentary questions relating to the 1937 Montreux Conference on the abolition of capitulations in Egypt. These capitulations had created extra-territorial jurisdiction for many foreign powers in Egypt, including Britain, France, Italy and Belgium. This negotiation of the revision of the capitulations was one of the provisions of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty.
The correspondence in the volume relates mainly to British interests and negotiating issues as well as the difference between British subjects, British protected persons and citizens; errors in some of the drafting and how these mistakes should be rectified, and the process of ratification of the convention by all parties concerned including the Egyptian Government and the governments of the Dominions.
Included in the volume are the following documents:
- a printed copy of the 'Statutory Rules and Orders, 1937 No. 936 FOREIGN JURISDICTION The Egypt Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1937' (ff 116-139)
- a printed report (ff 295-312) to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Antony Eden, on the proceedings of the Montreux Conference for the abolition of Capitulations in Egypt
- 'Egypt No. 1 (1936) Treaty of Alliance between His Majesty, in respect of the United Kingdom and his Majesty the King of Egypt ... Convention concerning the Immunities and Privleges to be enjoyed by the British Forces in Egypt, London, August 26, 1936' (Cmd. 5270) (ff 574-589)
- 'Instruments signed at Montreux on May 8th, 1937' and 'Report on the Convention regarding the abolition of capitulations ...' (in French and English) (ff 363-435)
- a printed memorandum 'Procedure for Giving Effect to Capitulations: Provisions of Anglo-Egyptian Treaty' (ff 590-601)
The volume features the following principal correspondents: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden); HM High Commissioner to Egypt and Sudan (Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson); the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Dominions Office; Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Dominions Office; President of the Council of Ministers, Cairo (Mustapha El-Nahas).
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (606 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 608; 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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:13v, 15r:28v, 30r:88v, 92r:140v, 142r:147v, 150r:164v, 167r:182v, 184r:185v, 187r:202v, 205r:212v, 214r:310v, 313r:361v, 436r:439v, 441r:443v, 446r:486v, 489r:503v, 506r:530v, 533r:550r, 552r:589v, 591r:607v, back-i
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