In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
No.
T 12157/12157/378.
and address
not to any person by name,
but to-
"The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
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S.W.1.
1933
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15th November, 1933.
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I am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to
transmit to you herewith, to be laid before the Secretary
of State for the Colonies, a copy of a despatch with
enclosures in original for eventual return, from the Acting British Consul General at Shanghai relative to
the application of the children of Ali Gulab Mallek
for the registration of their births.
2.
It appears from the enclosure in your letter
No. 82718/31 of the 6th January 1932 that Moslem
marriages are recognised as valid in Hong Kong law.
It would therefore seem that, under the rules which
provisionally
have now been adopted in regard to polygamous marriages,
the marriage of Ali Gulab Mallek according to Moslem rites.
at Shanghai is one which, for the purpose of conferring
British nationality on his children, should be regarded
as valid, whether Ali Gulab Mallek is domiciled in Hong
Kong or in China.
3. In these circumstances, Sir John Simon proposes,
subject to the concurrence of Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister,
to authorise the registration of the births of the children.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial office.