Application of Queen's Regulations in Persian Gulf

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Necessity for an amendment to the Bahrain Order, 1959, the Qatar Order, 1959 and the Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction Regulation, 1960, apropos the secession of Syria from the United Arab Republic. It also contains copies of the Syrian Nationality Law (21, 25)
• Procedure for making Queen's Regulations in the Gulf and elsewhere, including views on 'telescoping' by the Foreign Office. It contains: a list of relevant Orders in Council between 1924 and 1929, with their library stock number; 'Instructions Regarding the Preparation and Issue of Queen's Regulations and Rules of Court'; 'Instructions respecting the issue of King's Regulations, Urgent King's Regulations, other Regulations and Rules of Court under China Orders in Council', 1912; the Bahrain Order, 1959; the 'Ichang and Chungking Consular District (Repealing) Regulations, 1923'; and numerous other regulations relating to China, Egypt and Morocco (22, 27-29)
• Sir John Whyatt's memorandum [not enclosed] setting out the requirements of a civilised system of justice and assessing the situation in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (23)
• Possible transfer of jurisdiction and judicial reform in Bahrain. Discussants include the Ruler Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Deputy Ruler Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Whyatt and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (26)