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Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937' [382r] (768/1220)
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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Article 37 du
prescribed for the Mixed Tribunals in Article 37 of the Reglement
d’organisation judiciaire mixte.
irsuites centre
ationalite, des
d’organisation
et officiers de
mandats, on
uduleuse dans
Article 6.
* The National Courts shall also have jurisdiction in respect
of the prosecution of persons of any nationality, accused
as principals or accomplices of any of the crimes and misde
meanours referred to in Article 45 of the Reglement d’organisation
judiciaire mixte involving judges and judicial officials of those
courts or their judgments or orders or of bankruptcy offences
where the bankruptcy proceedings have taken place before
the said courts.
parties survenu
laux ne pourra
Article 7.
A change in the nationality of one of the parties in the
course of proceedings before the National Courts shall not
affect the competence of the Court before which the proceedings
have been brought.
■i-apres, aucune
ou penale, ne
les juridictions
Article 8.
Subject to the provisions of Article 9, no civil or commercial
action, no action in matters of personal status and no criminal
cause shall be instituted before any Consular Court in Egypt
after October 15th, 1937.
is avant la date
tes juridictions
ne soient trans
ions prevues a
aire.
Proceedings already brought prior to the above date in
any such courts shall be continued before them until finally
disposed of, unless they are remitted to the Mixed Tribunals
under the conditions specified in Article 53 of the Reglement
d’organisation judiciaire.
qui a des tribu-
r a reflet d’exer-
el, dans tons les
tte Haute Partie
Article 9.
Any of the High Contracting Parties who possess at present q
Consular Courts in Egypt, may retain such courts for the purposes f
of jurisdiction in matters of personal status in all cases in which i
the law applicable is the national law of the High Contracting |
Party concerned.
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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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- Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937'
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- 362r:362v, 444r:445v, 363r:435v
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- Montreux Conference
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