Civil and Criminal Appeal Rules for the Persian Gulf States: introduction of new Penal Code

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Drafts of the Muscat Criminal and Civil Appeal Rules, 1954 and the Muscat Legal Practitioners Rules, 1954 (1)
• Drafting of the Penal Code Regulation, 1955 for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial States and Muscat. It includes arrangements for the payment of Sir Harry Trusted and Sir Thomas Creed for their work in examining the draft code (2, 4, 7, 9, 14, 16-18)
• Notes on pending legislation and other matters for discussion by Judge C H Haines with B A B Burrows (3, 6, 11-13)
• Pending bankruptcy cases in Bahrain, and the interpretation of the applicable legislation in force (5, 8)
• Concerns about the slow pace in dealing with legal matters related to the Gulf (10)
• Legislation outstanding, pending and currently in force in the Gulf (11)
• Criminal Procedure Rules, 1955 for the Trucial States, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar (15, 17)