Jurisdiction in Trucial States

This file contains:

• Account by D F Hawley of his discussion with the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan regarding HMG's proposals concerning jurisdiction (20)
• Correspondence regarding the preparation of amending legislation relating to jurisdiction in Abu Dhabi and the question of whether to make the legislation apply to the other Trucial States as well. The legislation would cede to the Rulers of the Trucial States jurisdiction over nationals of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Iran, the United Arab Republic, Lebanon, Yemen, Muscat and Oman, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Indonesia, the Somali Republic, Sudan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and stateless persons of Palestinian origin (21, 25)
• Question of what action should be taken, following the jurisdictional changes in the Trucial States, when the Muscat authorities request that a subject of Muscat and Oman should be arrested in the Trucial States and sent to Muscat (22)
• Correspondence from different government ministries commenting on the proposal for the transfer of jurisdiction to the Rulers of the Trucial States (23)
• Question of speeding up the action for the transfer of jurisdiction (24)
• Brief on the transfer of jurisdiction in the Trucial States and a draft regulation to give effect to the transfer, along with notes and comments (26, 28)
• Details of a case involving jurisdiction in Abu Dhabi to do with a Lebanese man who was arrested following a traffic accident. It includes correspondence between Sheikh Shakhbut and the Acting Political Resident in the Persian Gulf M C G Man (27, 32)
• Updates on the progress made in obtaining the agreement of the Rulers to the transfer of jurisdiction (29)
• Copies of the Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction Regulation, 1960, with related correspondence (30-31)