'File 32/9 (4/17) Codification of Bahrain Laws'

Title:

'File 32/9 (4/17) Codification of Bahrain Laws'

Date:

1940/1942

Description:

Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding efforts to implement a codification of law in Bahrain. The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Major Reginald George Evelin Alban, Political Agent in Bahrain; and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The correspondence discusses possible models that could be used as a template for Bahrain (such as the Penal Code of Sudan). Also discussed is from where an individual with the necessary skills needed to draft Bahrain's legal code could be hired; suggestions made include India, Yemen and Zanzibar.The file contains a letter to Belgrave from Judge H I Lloyd regarding his potential involvement in the drafting of Bahrain's legal code and a possible visit to Bahrain (ff 5-6).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 30; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-26; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Law reform

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000f5_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000f5_en
IOR/R/15/2/818
IOR/R/15/2/818

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