Retrocession in Trucial States

This file concerns the termination of HMG’s jurisdiction in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence relating to: The Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction (Miscellaneous Matters No. 2) Regulation, 1971; The Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction (Miscellaneous Matters No. 3) Regulation, 1971; The Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction (Miscellaneous Matters No. 5) Regulation, 1971; The Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction (Miscellaneous Matters No. 6) Regulation, 1971; The Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction (Miscellaneous Matters No. 7) Regulation, 1971; The Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction (Miscellaneous Matters No. 8) Regulation, 1971; The Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction (Miscellaneous Matters No. 9) Regulation, 1971; The Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction (Miscellaneous Matters No. 10) Regulation, 1971. This file also contains correspondence relating to:

• The Trucial States Civil Appeal (Amendment) Rules, 1971, including a memorandum by G G Arthur, suggesting that HMG reduce the time allowed for filing appeals if it is to close its courts by March 1971, due to eighty cases still pending in the Trucial States
• The retrocession of the Identity Card Law
• The Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi signing the Ras Al Khaimah Penal Code, 1971 and the Ras Al Khaimah Law of Criminal Procedure after the establishment of a civil court in Ras Al Khaimah
• Draft laws from the Legal Advisor to the Abu Dhabi Government, including the Abu Dhabi Commercial Code