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FO 371/126979

Penal code and transfer of jurisdiction in Bahrain, 1957

This file contains: Bahrain (Amendment) Order, 1956 (1) Correspondence relating to a point raised by Legal Advisor in the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf Mawdsley about criminal justice administration in Bahrain (2-3) Correspondence relating to the processes to be followed to bring about the transfer of jurisdiction in Bahrain.
FO 371/126977

Jurisdiction in Kuwait and Neutral Zone, 1957

This file contains: Dispatch from the Political Agent in Kuwait G W Bell describing a meeting in which he announced the decision to hand over to the Ruler of Kuwait jurisdiction over all Muslims, other than those from Aden Colony, Pakistan and the British Somaliland Protectorate. He also announced HMG's intention to assume jurisdiction over all classes in the Kuwaiti-Saudi Neutral Zone (1) Kuwait (Amendment No.
FO 371/127003

Christian marriage law in Persian Gulf; registration of births, marriages and deaths under legislation of India, 1957

This file contains: Notes from a meeting at which efforts were made to redraft the Christian Marriage Act to conform with the Foreign Marriages Act, along with comments and further suggested amendments.
FO 371/109929

Judicial matters in Qatar: possibility of establishing joint courts and joint legislation, 1954

This file contains: Correspondence relating to Judge Haines's visit to Dohah [Doha] and his conclusion that the idea of joint courts must be abandoned for the moment. Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani and Abdulla Darwish referred to a 1935 letter from Colonel T C Fowle in which, they allege, HMG agreed to the application of Sharia Law to foreigners. B A B Burrows cannot find any such statement.
FO 371/174579

Regulations on marriage, 1964

This file contains correspondence relating to discussions over whether the new Christian Marriage Act, which has replaced the Indian Christian Marriage Act in several of the Gulf States, should also be extended to Muscat (1).