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IJA 2875

Issues of Iraqi Gazette

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These are editions of the official Iraqi government newspaper, "The Iraqi Gazette." Each issue contains articles pertaining to recent government decisions, laws, and declarations.

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Archive Reference: IJA 2875
Item Number: 1493
Date: Approx. January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1980
Languages: Arabic
Keywords: Annotation, Eagle Crest, Economics, Iraqi Gazette, Iraqi Government, Legal, Ministry of Information, Newspaper, Property, Revolutionary Command Council, Typed

AI English Translation, Pages 1-25

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Issue No. ⟦2277⟧
Sixteenth Year
Al-Waqai' Al-Iraqiya
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Iraq
Published by the Ministry of Information in Baghdad
Registered at the Post Office under No. (1) in Baghdad
Tuesday 14 Shaban Year 1393 and 11 September Year 1973
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Resolution No. 78
In the name of the people
Revolutionary Command Council
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two, and paragraph (d) of Article Forty-Three of
the Interim Constitution and based on the approval of the President of the Republic.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-9-1973
to issue the following law: -
No. (98) of 1973
Law
Ratification of the Convention on the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
Concluded in Geneva on 6-3-1948
Article One - The Convention of the Consultative Organization is ratified | ⟦this law⟧ shall not be a cause for establishing relations with it of any kind
called the "Convention on the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization between ⟦Governments⟧" | under this Convention.
Governments" concluded in Geneva on 6-3-1948 as amended | Article Two - This law shall be published in the Official
by the resolutions of the aforementioned Organization's Assembly issued | Gazette and the Ministers shall implement its provisions.
on 15-9-1964 and 28-9-1965, provided that Iraq's
accession to this Convention is not considered recognition of Israel, and that
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council

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Mandatory Reasons
Whereas the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, concluded in Geneva
on March 6, 1948, is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations in the field of maritime transport
and maritime navigation, and in order to achieve international cooperation in technical matters and the safety of navigation
international maritime affairs, and participation in organized international efforts in this field, and to benefit
at the same time from the services it provides, the Government of the Republic of Iraq has decided
to join the aforementioned convention, without this accession being considered a recognition of Israel,
nor shall it be a reason for establishing relations with it of any kind required by this convention.
And for the purpose of ratifying the aforementioned convention and putting it into effect, this law was enacted.
Decision No. 792
In the Name of the People
Revolutionary Command Council
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution and based on the approval of the President
of the Republic on the proposal of the Ministry of Economy.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-9-1973.
To issue the following law: -
No. (100) of 1973
Law
Ratification of the Trade and Payments Development Agreement between the Governments of
the Republic of Iraq and the Polish People's Republic
Signed in Baghdad on 26-11-1972
Article One - The agreement attached to this law is ratified | The law is effective from the date of its signature.
Related to the development of trade and payments between the governments of the Republic | Article Three - This law shall be published in the Official
of Iraq and the Polish People's Republic, signed in Baghdad | Gazette and the ministers shall implement its provisions.
by the representatives of the two governments on 26-11-1972. |
Article Two - The agreement ratified by this |
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Mandatory Reasons
Based on the desire of the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Polish People's Republic to
conclude an agreement ⟦with the aim of⟧ developing trade relations and payments, this
⟦agreement⟧ was signed on 26-11-1972 and for the purpose of ratifying it, this law was enacted.

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Decision No. 793
In the name of the people
Revolutionary Command Council
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Provisional Constitution and based on the approval of the President
of the Republic on the proposal of the Supreme Agricultural Council.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-9-1973.
Issuance of the following law: -
Number (101) for the year 1973
Law
Amendment to the Law on the Sale of Real Estate, Machines, Engines and Tools
Delivered to the Agricultural Council from the Agricultural Bank
No. (204) of 1964
Article 1 - The phrase: (And the Land Registry Department shall register the real estate in the name of the High Committee) mentioned at the end of paragraph (c) of Article 3 of the law shall be deleted and replaced by the following phrase: -
((And the competent Real Estate Registration Department shall register the real estate whose sale was canceled, whether it was land or an orchard, as pure state-owned (Amiri Sirf), without fee)). | Article 2 - Registrations previously made in the name of the ((High Committee)) shall be corrected in accordance with what was stated in Article 1 of this law.
Article 3 - This law shall be published in the Official Gazette and the Ministers shall implement its provisions.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Explanatory Note
Paragraph (c) of Article 3 of the Law on the Sale of Real Estate, Machines and Engines Delivered to the High Committee from the Agricultural Bank No. (204) of 1964 requires registering the real estate in the name of the aforementioned Committee if it is decided to cancel its sale in accordance with its provisions.
And whereas the lands and orchards whose sale is decided to be canceled under this law are among the Agrarian Reform lands and orchards provided for in Articles 1 and 17 of the Agrarian Reform Law No. (117) of 1970 and are subject to unified provisions under the law in distribution and disposal to farmers or for public benefit, and in line with the general principle adopted by the aforementioned law in unifying the registration of the category of agricultural lands belonging to the state as the category of (Pure State-Owned/Amiri Sirf), it was necessary to amend Law No. (204) of 1964 in a manner consistent with the Agrarian Reform Law in this respect.
Therefore, this law has been enacted.

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Resolution No. 796
In the name of the People
Revolutionary Command Council
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution and based on the approval of the President of the Republic
upon the proposal of the Minister of Health.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 9-8-1973
to issue the following law: -
No. (102) of 1973
Law
First Amendment to the Law of Progression for Health Professionals
No. (44) of 1973
Article 1 - The following is added to the end of paragraph (2) | Article 2 - This law shall be published in the Official Gazette
of Article 1 of the law: | and the Ministers shall implement its provisions.
(and statistical assistant and health physics assistant | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
and anesthesia assistant) | Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
⟦line⟧
No. (29) of 1973
Regulation
Amendment to the Regulation on the Use of the National Flag
No. (10) of 1963
In the name of the People
Presidency of the Republic
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article (57) of the Interim Constitution.
The following regulation was issued: -
Article 1 - Article 2 of the Regulation on the Use of | Article 3 - The phrase (and the places indicated in
the National Flag No. (10) of 1963 is deleted and replaced by | paragraph (12) of Article 3) mentioned in Article 9
the following: - | of the regulation is deleted.
Article 2 - | Article 4 - The following article is added to the regulation and its
The following buildings shall be equipped with flagpoles and | sequence shall be (10) and the sequence of the following articles shall be adjusted
the national flag shall be raised on them daily: - | accordingly.
1 - The headquarters of the President of the Republic. | Article 10 - The Presidency of the Diwan of the Presidency of
2 - The National Council. | the Republic may issue the necessary instructions
3 - The center of the Governorate, District, and Sub-district. | when necessary.
4 - The Ministry of Defense building and the headquarters, barracks, and garrisons | Article 5 - This regulation shall be published in the Official
of the Iraqi Army. | Gazette and the Ministers shall implement its provisions.
5 - Police posts separate from government centers located | Written in Baghdad on the first day of the month of Sha'ban
outside municipal boundaries and border posts designated by | for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-ninth day of the month of
the Minister of Interior. | August for the year 1973.
Article 2 - Article 3 of the aforementioned regulation is repealed | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
and the sequence of the following articles shall be adjusted accordingly. | President of the Republic

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Decisions of the Revolutionary Command Council
No. 743
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 19-8-1973 the following:
First - Appointing the persons whose names are listed below as judges in the civil courts of Iraq, as an exception to the appointment procedures stipulated in the Judiciary Law No. (26) of 1963, as amended. Their salaries shall be determined according to the provisions of the aforementioned law.
1 - Abdul Hamid Abdul Majeed Fikri | Judicial Investigator
2 - Tu'ma Shatat Washi | Deputy Public Prosecutor
3 - Abdullah Khader Al-Rahali | First Clerk
4 - Nouri Hassan Al-Saudi | Deputy Public Prosecutor
5 - Warya Ali Yusuf | Deputy Public Prosecutor
6 - Habib Abdul Rahim Al-Yusufani | Lawyer
7 - Ismat Taha | Additional First Clerk in the Court of First Instance
8 - Mohammed Sami Barism | Lawyer
9 - Ahmed Abdul Hamid Jawad | Notary Public of Al-Ashar
10 - Fattah Naji Fahd | Additional First Clerk in the Basra Court of First Instance
11 - Mustafa Naji Al-Qashtini | Deputy Public Prosecutor
12 - Fouad Nouri Al-Khalaf | Deputy Public Prosecutor
13 - Ismail Fouad Hamdi | Deputy Public Prosecutor
14 - Ghazi Mohammed Saleh | Deputy Public Prosecutor
15 - Kamal Mustafa Qadir | Deputy Public Prosecutor
16 - Hassan Abdullah Rashid Al-Azzawi | Deputy Public Prosecutor
17 - Ibrahim Ali Al-Sheikh | Regular Execution Officer
18 - Fadel Abbas Mohieddin | First Clerk of the Karkh Grand Criminal Court
19 - Hamid Al-Sayyid Salman | Lawyer
20 - Abu Zaid Al-Hajj Salal | Lawyer
21 - Tariq Sakin Faris | Additional First Clerk of the Baghdad Court of First Instance
22 - Adnan Abdul Razzaq Al-Saffar | Additional First Clerk of the Karkh Grand Criminal Court
23 - Tahsin Omar Arslan | Deputy Public Prosecutor in Kirkuk
24 - Noureddine Ali Fathallah | Notary Public
25 - Salah Ahmed Al-Yaqoubi | First Clerk
26 - Aziz Abdullah Ahmed | Lawyer
27 - Jassim Abdul Sabbar | Lawyer
28 - Jato Abdullah Ali | First Clerk of the Court of Cassation of Iraq
29 - Kamil Hassan Mahmoud | Director of Administration of the Personal Status Body, Court of Cassation of Iraq
30 - Baqir Khalil Al-Khalili | Director of Administration of the General Body (Court of Cassation of Iraq)
31 - Saad Jassim Hammadi | Additional First Clerk of the Court of Cassation of Iraq
32 - Habib Yusuf | Additional First Clerk of the Court of Cassation of Iraq
33 - Abdul Aziz Al-Hiti | Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Rusafa Grand Court
34 - Khalil Iskandar Al-Jubouri | Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Babylon Grand Court
35 - Abdul Karim Yassin Al-Ani | Deputy Public Prosecutor
36 - Hamid Abdul Karim Al-Ajrash | Director of Personnel of the Hilla Court of Appeal
37 - Talib Sabbah Al-Shaibani | Deputy Public Prosecutor
38 - Abdul Karim Ibrahim Harba | Lawyer
39 - Badri Marza Al-Qazwini | Lawyer
40 - Hadi Ali Jeek | Lawyer
41 - Nouri Majid | Lawyer
42 - Hussein Shanshal Al-Ramahi | Lawyer

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43- Hassoun Samir ⟦line⟧ Lawyer
44- Musa Hussein Al-Sabbar ⟦line⟧ Lawyer
45- Abd Ali Al-Khuzai ⟦line⟧ Lawyer
46- Muhammad Ali Al-Haj Hassan ⟦line⟧ Deputy Prosecutor
47- Muhammad Jassim Al-Shammari ⟦line⟧ First Clerk
48- Amer Bahjat Al-Haj Fandi ⟦line⟧ First Clerk
49- Abdulhadi Hassan Ashour ⟦line⟧ First Clerk
50- Alauddin Sabri Al-Bayati ⟦line⟧ First Clerk
51- Jassim Muhammad Al-Sultan ⟦line⟧ Secretary of the General Disciplinary Council
52- Abdulkazim Jalil Al-Kazemi ⟦line⟧ Judicial Investigator
53- Zaki Hamid Al-Jader ⟦line⟧ Judicial Investigator
54- Abdullah Atiyah Al-Bayar ⟦line⟧ First Clerk
55- Abdul Amir Sultan Salman Al-Hasani ⟦line⟧ Lawyer
56- Mustafa Ibrahim Al-Waiz ⟦line⟧ Lawyer
57- Abbas Hashim Al-Jabri ⟦line⟧ Lawyer
58- Abboud Muhammad Al-Mutlaq ⟦line⟧ Lawyer
59- Muhammad Abdul Jalil Al-Hadithi ⟦line⟧ Judicial Investigator
60- Abdul Rahman Shukr Al-Jowrani ⟦line⟧ Deputy Prosecutor
61- Thamer Hassan Al-Tikriti ⟦line⟧ Deputy Prosecutor
62- Khairi Amin Al-Omari ⟦line⟧ Deputy Prosecutor
63- Alauddin Nouri Abdul Qadir ⟦line⟧ Deputy Prosecutor
64- Bassem Hassan Al-Jawad ⟦line⟧ Deputy Prosecutor
65- Alauddin Hussein Al-Nawab ⟦line⟧ Deputy Prosecutor
66- Ghassan Jamil Al-Waswasi ⟦line⟧ Deputy Prosecutor
67- Amer Khattab Omar ⟦line⟧ Execution Officer
68- Qais Omar Khattab ⟦line⟧ First Clerk
69- Mahdi Mohsen Al-Shibli ⟦line⟧ First Clerk
70- Ghalib Kamil Al-Saad ⟦line⟧ First Clerk
71- Muhammad Sheet Muhammad Said Al-Hayali ⟦line⟧ First Clerk
72- Rami Muhammad Saleh ⟦line⟧ First Clerk
73- Musa Jaafar Azzam ⟦line⟧ Additional Clerk at the Baghdad Court of First Instance
74- Ismail Taha Amin ⟦line⟧ Judicial Investigator
75- Shaker Mahmoud Al-Najjar ⟦line⟧ Judicial Investigator
76- Fadel Abbas Al-Ani ⟦line⟧ Additional First Clerk at the Karkh Sharia Court
77- Abdul Ghafour Ahmed ⟦line⟧ Judicial Investigator
78- Thamer Qasim Muhammad ⟦line⟧ Notary Public of Northern Baghdad
79- Adnan Khalil Zaidan ⟦line⟧ Director of Administration and Personnel for the Minors' Property Administration
80- Farouk Hassan Tahsin ⟦line⟧ Editor-in-Chief of Diyala Governorate
81- Mahdi Saleh Al-Khalaf ⟦line⟧ Additional First Clerk at the Ramadi Court of First Instance
Second - The Ministers of Justice and Finance shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
⟦line⟧
No. 744
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 8-25-1973 the following:-
1 - To bring the pension service of the retiree Khio Namto Khio (formerly technical observer at the Oil Products Distribution Administration)
to fifteen years for the purpose of his entitlement to a pension.
2 - The Ministers of Finance, Oil, and Minerals shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council

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Number 745
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 25-8-1973 the following:-
1 - Adding a period of two years and four months to the service of the retiree Mahmoud Kadhim Saleh, the janitor at the former Samarra First School, for the purpose of his entitlement to the pension salary according to the provisions of the Civil Pension Law No. (33) of 1966 - Amended.
2 - The Ministers of Interior and Finance shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 746
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 19-8-1973 the following:-
1 - Ratification of all appointments made in all ministries, official and semi-official departments, interests, institutions, and public sector companies contrary to the principles stipulated in the Revolutionary Command Council Decision (455) on 27-4-1970 and the Revolutionary Command Council / Secretariat Office letter No. (5110) on 18-10-1971.
2 - Cancellation of paragraph (1) of the Revolutionary Command Council / Secretariat Office letter No. (2361) on 19-6-1973 and paragraph (5) of the Ministry of Finance circular No. 1/M/17 on 5-7-1973 as amended by circular No. 1/M/23 on 18-7-973.
3 - The Ministers shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 747
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 25-8-1973 the following:-
1 - Authorizing the Board of Directors of the General Establishment for Drilling and Agricultural Stations affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform the power to grant the allowances mentioned in the Revolutionary Command Council Decision (638) on 2-5-1971 to the employees of the Groundwater Department in the Directorate of Artesian Wells.
2 - The competent ministers shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 750
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 25-8-1973 the following:-
1 - The plots of land whose numbers and areas are shown below shall be expropriated as an exception to the provisions of the Expropriation Law No. (54) of 1970, as amended, and for a compensation of six dinars per dunam.
Plot Number | Area
161/1896 | 1531 m2
161/1897 | 952.75 m2
161/1898 | 904.40 m2
161/1899 | 976.93 m2
161/1900 | 962.50 m2
161/1901 | 900/— m2
161/1902 | 900/— m2
161/1903 | 962.50 m2
161/1904 | 962.50 m2
161/1905 | 900/— m2
161/1906 | 904.40 m2
161/1907 | 976.93 m2
161/1908 | 962.50 m2
161/1909 | 900/— m2
161/1910 | 900/— m2
161/1911 | 962.50 m2
161/1912 | 962.50 m2
161/1913 | 900/— m2
161/1914 | 900/— m2
161/1915 | 962.50 m2
161/1916 | 962.50 m2
161/1917 | 900/— m2
161/1918 | 900/— m2
161/1919 | 958.75 m2
161/1920 | 10658/— m2
Plot Number | Meter | Olk | Dunam
161/1167 | 16 | 2 | 13
2 - Plot No. 161/1179 (with an area of 887.50 m2) and Plot No. 161/1194 (with an area of —/1747 m2) shall be replaced with similar areas from Plots No. 2001, 2006 - 2011, and 2013 belonging to the General Company for Vegetable Oils.
3 - The plots mentioned in paragraph (1) and the two plots numbered 161/1179 and 161/1194 mentioned in paragraph (2) of this decision shall be registered as absolute property in the name of the General Company for Vegetable Oils for the purpose of establishing residential buildings for its employees. The areas shall be registered

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Decision
Based on the requirements of the administrative interest and based on the authority vested in us under paragraph (Second) of Article Six of the Governorates Law No. 159 of 1969, we have decided to detach District (78) Al-Khadra from Al-Khayrat Sub-district and attach it to Al-Jadwal Al-Gharbi Sub-district.
1973-8-30
Minister of Interior
Statement No. (13) of 1973
Based on the authority vested in us under paragraph (4) of Article Sixty-Three of the Income Tax Law No. (95) of 1959, as amended, we have decided the following: -
1 - The amounts granted to officials and employees shown below are not subject to income tax and are not covered by the provisions of paragraph (5) of Article Two of the Income Tax Law No. (95) of 1959, as amended.
A - Lump-sum hospitality allowances.
B - Lump-sum transportation allowances.
2 - All statements and decisions that conflict with this statement are cancelled.
3 - This statement shall be implemented starting from the fiscal year 1973/1974.
Minister of Finance
Statement No. (53)
Whereas the investigation has proven that the person named (Mubarak Hussein Saleh) obtained the Iraqi Nationality Certificate No. (G / 433418/444178) dated September 10, 1964, based on his making false statements, and based on the provisions of Article (8) amended from Instructions No. (1) of 1965 issued under the Iraqi Nationality Law No. (43) of 1963, as amended, we have decided to invalidate the mentioned certificate.
Acting Minister of Interior
Statement No. (73) of 1973
Based on the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article Two of the Pension Fund Law for Officials and Employees in Semi-Official Departments and Institutions No. 49 of 1967, as amended, and in accordance with Article Thirty-Six of Instructions No. 68 of 1973 issued by the Supreme Agricultural Council, we have decided to include the officials and employees of the departments of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform under the provisions of the mentioned law, effective from 31-7-1973, except for workers and employees with daily or monthly lump-sum wages or those covered by the Labor Law or the Workers' Pension and Social Security Law.
Minister of Finance
Decision No. (28)
First - Based on the request of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and based on paragraph (B) of Article (137) of the Criminal Procedure Code No. (23) of 1971, we have decided to grant Mr. Samir Hamoudi Al-Sheikli, Director of the Detention Center in Baghdad, penal authority based on paragraph (A) of Article (52) of the Prisons Administration Law No. (151) of 1969, to be exercised within the limits of his position as of the date of this decision.
Second - The aforementioned person shall retain the above authority as long as his job title does not change, based on paragraph (2) of the Revolutionary Command Council Decision No. (444) dated 27-9-1969.
Minister of Justice
Statement No. (98) of 1973
Based on the provisions of Article Two of the Employee Bonding Law No. (104) of 1960, it has been decided to increase the bonding amount for the positions mentioned below and add them to our Statement No. (1) of 1961 in the field of special positions and under the title of the Ministry of Municipalities.
Job Title | From | To
Treasurer | 1000 Dinars | 3000 Dinars
Collector | 500 Dinars | 3000 Dinars
Minister of Finance
Statement
1 - Further to our statements numbered K/10 and 14 dated 3/6 and 27/7/1965, and based on the requirements of the public interest and the lack of need for what was stated in them, we have decided to cancel what was stated in them regarding the formation of two special investigative courts for the security of Mosul and Basra.
2 - It shall be implemented as of its date above.
Minister of Justice
Decision No. (9)
Based on the requirements of the public interest and based on Article Four of the Arab and Foreign Cultural Centers and Institutes Law No. (132) of 1972.
It has been decided to close the British School of Archaeology.
Minister of Information

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The replacement plots from the plots referred to in paragraph (2) above in the name of the owners of the two replaced plots numbered 161/1179 and 161/1194 with the same category as these two plots.
4 - The Ministers of Industry and Justice shall implement this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
from these individuals to the Ministry or Department to which they belonged.
3 - The competent ministers shall implement this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 752
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution and for the purpose of facilitating the implementation of the rural village grouping project listed under Article (1) within Chapter (7) of Part One in the centrally funded investment curriculum.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 26-8-1973 the following: -
1 - Authorizing the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform with the following powers: -
a - Spending and making the necessary accounting settlements for that, as an exception to the provisions of Article (26) of the General Accounting Principles Law No. (28) of 1940, as amended.
b - Implementing the project in the manner he deems appropriate and capable of accelerating the completion of the project, as an exception to Instructions No. (2) for the implementation of plan projects and the Wage Earners Service System No. (10) of 1967.
2 - The competent ministers shall implement this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 754
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 26-8-1973 the following: -
1 - Determining the salaries of the following named doctors and pharmacists from the staff of the Medical Directorate of the Iraq Petroleum Company (whose operations are nationalized) transferred to the Ministry of Health as indicated next to each of them, as an exception to the provisions of the Cadre Law No. (25) of 1960, as amended. These salaries are considered personal.
Name | Salary Amount
Dr. Sami Qasim al-Douri | 140/- Dinars
Dr. Othman Omar Shankotal | 140/- Dinars
Dr. Mikhail Rahoumi Saour | 150/- Dinars
Dr. Mazhar Ni'matullah Emmanuel | 150/- Dinars
Dr. Nafe' Daoud Haboush | 150/- Dinars
Dr. Idris Salman Daoud | 150/- Dinars
Dr. Ilya Suleiman Daoud | 150/- Dinars
Pharmacist Bishon Habib | 150/- Dinars
Pharmacist Zaki Hanna Samhiri | 150/- Dinars
2 - The Ministers of Health and Finance shall implement this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 753
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 26-8-1973 the following: -
1 - All graduates of the first session of the Audit Diploma at the College of Administration and Economics at the University of Baghdad are considered appointed as employees in the Board of Supreme Audit and at the salary they are legally entitled to.
2 - The provisions of paragraph (1) of this resolution apply to the graduates of the session from the staff of other ministries or state institutions, and they are considered transferred to the Board of Supreme Audit. It is permissible in case of necessity and with the approval of the President of the Republic to transfer those whose services are needed
Number 756
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 27-8-1973 the following: -
1 - Paragraph (9) of the Revolutionary Command Council Resolution (746) dated 23-5-1971 is deleted and replaced by the following paragraph: -
9 - The Technical Assistant in the General Establishment for Drugs - Member.
2 - The Minister of Health shall implement this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council

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Statement No. (65)
Further to our statement No. (7) dated 25-1-1973, we have decided the following:-
The Department of Veterinary Laboratories and Research in Abu Ghraib is added to the laboratories with scientific eligibility, and its specialization is defined in the field of bacteriological and virological examinations, and it shall be paragraph (11) thereof.
Minister of Health
Decision No. (46)
Further to our decision No. (36) on 30-7-1973 and based on the provisions of Article (36) of Labor Law No. (151) of 1970, as amended by Law No. (50) of 1973.
We have decided that cases of termination of service for workers and employees covered by the Revolutionary Command Council Decision No. 518 on 24-6-1973, effective on 1-7-1973, working in the Presidency of the Diwan of the Presidency of the Republic, the Revolutionary Command Council, the Financial Audit Bureau, the Public Service Council, and the Supreme Agricultural Council, shall be considered by the Second Committee for the Termination of Service of Workers in Baghdad Governorate mentioned in the second paragraph of our amended decision No. (30) on 5-6-1973.
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
Statement
Further to our statement No. 55 on 12-11-1969.
Based on the requirements of the public interest and based on the provisions of Article (17) of the State Officials Discipline Law No. 69 of 1936, as amended, we have decided to reconstitute the Discipline Committee for officials and employees of this Ministry in Nineveh Governorate as follows:-
1 - Dr. Ismail Amin Al-Mufti - Chairman
2 - Dr. Asim Zain Al-Abidin - Vice Chairman
3 - Dr. Shukri Mahmoud Al-Haj Ali - Member
4 - Dr. Hazem Taha Al-Hafiz - Member
5 - Dr. Abdul Hadi Al-Bakou' - Additional Member
6 - Personnel Observer in the Presidency - Secretary.
Acting Minister of Health
Decision No. (47)
Based on the provisions of Articles (36 and 39) of Labor Law No. (151) of 1970, as amended by Law No. (50) of 1973, and based on what was stated in the Revolutionary Command Council Decision No. 518 on 24-6-1973, effective on 1-7-1973.
We have decided to form the Committee for the Termination of Service of Workers in Al-Qadisiyah Governorate to consider requests for the termination of service of workers and employees covered by the aforementioned decision working in official and semi-official departments and interests and public sector institutions as follows:-
1 - Mr. Fallah Nasr Al-Amari - Acting Director of Labor and Affairs of Al-Qadisiyah Governorate - Chairman
2 - Mr. Ghalib Abdul Kadhim - Employee in the Labor Directorate of Al-Qadisiyah Governorate - Rapporteur
3 - Mr. Radhi Abdul Shahid Abbas - Employee in the Labor Directorate of Al-Qadisiyah Governorate - Alternate Rapporteur
4 - Mr. Sahib Diab Al-Ridha - Director of Works of Al-Qadisiyah Governorate - Representative of the Ministry of Works and Housing - Member
5 - Mr. Hadi Abdul Qader - Engineer in the Works Directorate of Al-Qadisiyah Governorate - Representative of the Ministry of Works and Housing - Alternate Member
6 - Mr. Kadhim Hussein - Representative of the General Federation of Trade Unions - Member
7 - Mr. Jassim Aliwi - Representative of the General Federation of Trade Unions - Alternate Member
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
Decision No. (16)
Based on the provisions of paragraph (d) of Article (162) of Labor Law No. (151) of 1970, as amended.
We have decided to appoint Mr. Fadhil Salloum Al-Samarrai, Director of the General Subsistence Interest, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Workers' Institution for Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation, replacing Mr. Adel Abdul Aziz Al-Shaykhli, Director General of the Personnel Department at the Diwan of the General Trade Institution, due to his retirement.
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
Decision No. (45)
Further to our decision No. (30) on 5-6-1973 and based on the provisions of Articles (36 and 39) of Labor Law No. (151) of 1970, as amended, and based on what was stated in the letter of the General Federation of Trade Unions in the country No. (12660) on 20-8-1973.
We have decided to amend sequences (7 and 8) of the first paragraph of our decision above as follows:-
7 - Mr. Mohsen Al-Dhahab - Representative of the General Federation of Trade Unions - Original Member.
8 - Mr. Jassim Al-Dulaimi - Representative of the General Federation of Trade Unions - Alternate Member.
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11/9/1973
Statement No. (2)
Issued by the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform
Based on the authority granted to us by the text of Article Six
of the Pastures and Their Protection Law No. 106 of 1965.
We have decided to prohibit the cutting of trees and shrubs in the
natural pasture lands mentioned below, effective from the date of publication
of this statement in the Official Gazette. Violators shall be punished in accordance with
the provisions of Article Ten of the aforementioned law.
Trees and Shrubs
1 - Haloxylon (Al-Ghadha)
2 - Calligonum (Al-Arta)
3 - Ziziphus (Al-Sidr)
4 - Lycium (Al-Awsaj)
5 - Acacia (Al-Talh)
Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform
Statement
The word (Hinkah) shall be replaced by the word (Hiknah) appearing in the resolution
of the Revolutionary Command Council No. 683 dated 8-8-1973, published
in the Iraqi Al-Waqai' No. 2271 on 21-8-1973.
Head of the Office of the Presidency of the Republic
Statement
The word (Ijtiazuhu) shall be replaced by the word (Ijtiaz) appearing in
Article Thirteen of the Regulation for the Establishment of the Diplomatic Training Institute
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 21 of 1973 published in the newspaper
Iraqi Al-Waqai' No. 2269 on 14-8-1973.
Head of the Office of the Presidency of the Republic
Statement
The phrase "Head of the General Establishment for Employment,
Training and Rehabilitation" shall be replaced by the phrase "and Head of the Labor Establishment
for Employment, Training and Rehabilitation" appearing in Law No. (66)
of 1973, published in the Iraqi Al-Waqai' newspaper
No. (2258) on 26-6-1973.
Head of the Office of the Presidency of the Republic
Foreign Transfer Instructions
Amendment No. 212 of 1973
The name of Rafidain Bank - Baghdad International Fair Branch
is added to the list of banks authorized to deal in foreign
transfers attached to the Revised Transfer Instructions.
Governor of the Central Bank
Amendment No. (2) of 1973
to the Schedule of Revenues and Fees, 1973 edition
Based on the authority granted to the Board of Directors of the
Iraqi Ports Administration under paragraph (c) of Article Four of
the Administration Law No. (40) of 1956 and its amendments, and based
on the approval of the aforementioned Board at its eighth session for the year
1973 held on 26-7-1973, we order the addition of the following
paragraph to Article (8) of Schedule No. 18 - Pilotage -
of the Port Revenues and Fees Schedule - Part One - Revenues
and Fees of the Marine Affairs Department, to be paragraph (g) thereof.
g - A flat pilotage fee shall be imposed in the amount of
-/2300 Dinars for each pilotage operation occurring
between the Shatt al-Arab Lighthouse and the Iraqi deep-water ports
in the Arabian Gulf.
This shall be implemented as of the date of its publication in the Gazette.
General Director
of the Iraqi Ports Administration
and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Statement
Further to our statement No. 17119 on 26-7-1973,
based on the requirements of the public interest and in implementation of the provisions
of Article 12 of the Real Estate Tax Law No. 162 of 1959,
as amended, and based on the authority granted to us by Ministerial Order No.
5849 on 23-4-1960, we have decided to transfer Mr. Mahdi Saleh
Al-Askari and Mr. Yassin Ali Al-Mashhadani, members of the Valuation Committee
for the Second and Fourteenth Real Estate Income, each to the other's place.
This statement shall be implemented as of its date above.
Director General of Revenues
Statement
Due to the excuse of Mr. Fadel Mohammed Mohammed, Head of the Valuation Committee
for the Sixth Real Estate Income operating in the Adhamiyah area, from
continuing the work of the committee, and based on the authority granted
to us by Ministerial Order No. (5849) on 23-4-1960, we have decided
to reconstitute the committee in the following form, effective
from 27-8-1973.
Chairman - Mr. Saib Nasser Ibrahim - Chief
Observers at the Directorate General of Revenues.
Official Member - Mr. Ahmed Mohammed Rashid
Al-Samarrai - Appraiser at the Adhamiyah Real Estate Tax Directorate
Private Expert - Mr. Shihab Ahmed.
Private Expert - Mr. Ahmed Al-Dawoud.
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Grace
5/2/74
Issue No. 2278 Sixteenth Year
Iraqi Al-Waqai'i
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Iraq
Published by the Ministry of Information in Baghdad
Registered at the Post Office under number (1) in Baghdad
Sunday 19 Shaban 1393 and 16 September 1973
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Resolution No. 797
In the name of the people
Revolutionary Command Council
Based on the provisions of paragraph (A) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution and based on the approval of the President
of the Republic to what was presented by the Minister of Defense.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 9-8-1973.
Issuance of the following law:-
No. (103) of 1973
Law
Twenty-ninth Amendment to the Civil Service Law
No. (24) of 1960
Article One - The text contained in (Fourth) of (C) of paragraph (1) and its sequence from Article Fifty-One of the Civil Service Law No. (24) of 1960, as amended, is deleted and the sequence following it is replaced accordingly. | Article Two - This law shall be published in the Official Gazette and the Ministers of Defense and Finance shall be responsible for its implementation.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Explanatory Statement
Since the Army Nurses Service Law No. (99) of 1973 has included
the salaries and allowances granted to them.
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11/9/1973
Announcement
The Directorate of Customs and Excise Police has informed us
by its letter (1046) on 20-8-1973 that on 15-8-1973
the first copy numbered (94) from the accounting book
(37 A) numbered (527047) was found missing without being
used, and on the morning of 18-8-1973 the second copy
of receipt No. (98) from the above book was also found missing.
Accordingly, it was decided to consider them null and void, and we hereby draw the attention of everyone
and all specialized departments not to accept them, and they must inform
the nearest administrative authority if they are presented or shown to them, and to
seize whoever presents them upon review.
Director General of Customs and Excise
Statement
It has been decided that Mr. Abdul Majeed Hamad Al-Dhahabi, Director of
Rights in the University Presidency Office, shall replace Mr. Atta Allah
Abdul Wahid Al-Rawi in the membership of the University Employees Discipline Committee
during the leave of the Assistant Director of the General Office
for Administrative and Legal Affairs.
Acting President of Baghdad University
Statement
Based on the statement of the Ministry of Interior - Directorate of General Local
Administration No. 12460 on 20-8-973.
It was decided to form a committee for nominating our local administration employees
for promotion as follows:
1 - Assistant Governor for Local Administration - Chairman
2 - Director of Administration and Personnel in the Local Administration - Vice Chairman
3 - Director of Local Administration Properties - Member
4 - Director of Local Administration Treasury - Member
5 - Chief Supervisor of Local Education in the Local Administration -
Reserve Member
6 - Assistant Personnel Supervisor of Local Administration - Secretary
Our statement No. 6806 on 5-11-968 is cancelled.
Governor of Wasit
Clarification
It was stated in the text of Article Forty of Instructions No. 68
of 1973 issued by the Supreme Agricultural Council and published
in Issue 2214 dated 31-7-1973: ((Instructions No.
30 of 1970)) and the correct one is Instructions No. 30
of 1971.
Therefore, this notification was necessary.
Announcement No. (7) of 1973
Regarding the amendment of the internal bylaws of a cooperative society
Based on the decision taken by the General Assembly
of the Cooperative Society for the Housing of Workers and Employees of Al-Haj
Younis Textile Company Nineveh in its meeting dated 10-8-1973
to change the name of the society from - The Cooperative Society for the Housing of
Workers and Employees of Al-Haj Younis Textile Company Nineveh.
To: - The Cooperative Society for the Housing of Workers
and Employees of Textile, Sewing, and Knitting Factories and Companies
Private Sector Limited in Mosul.
And the amendment of the fifth paragraph of Article Five of the
Internal Bylaws as follows:
(To be among the workers or employees of the factories
and companies of textile, sewing, and knitting, private sector
Nineveh) instead of (To be among the workers
or employees of Al-Haj Younis Textile Company Nineveh).
And based on what was stated in paragraph (6) of Article (10)
of the Cooperation Law No. 202 of 1970 and due to the fulfillment of the legal
conditions therein, we approve this amendment.
Director of General Cooperation
Announcement No. (21) of 1973
Regarding the registration of a cooperative society
Messrs. Samo Abu Samo, Mikhail Rasho Youkhana,
Gewargis Zorzan Juano and their colleagues residing in Al-Dora
and who signed the internal bylaws with them, submitted a request to establish a
cooperative society for housing, and based on the authority granted to me under
Articles (9 and 10) of the Cooperation Law No. 202 of the year
970, I have authorized them to establish the society under the name Al-Hayaniya
Cooperative Housing Society Limited in Al-Dora, Baghdad, provided that it is
subject to the provisions of the aforementioned law and the regulations and instructions
issued thereunder.
8-9-1973
Director of General Cooperation
Statement No. (29) of 1973
Regarding the appointment of a liquidator for a cooperative society
Further to our statement No. (95) of 1973, we have decided to appoint
Mr. Tariq Raouf Hassan, an employee in the General Cooperation Directorate,
as a liquidator for the business of the Consumer Cooperative Society for the employees
and workers of the Kadhimiya District Sub-district Limited.
Director of General Cooperation
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Al-Waqai' al-Iraqiya - Issue No. 2278 16/9/1973
Resolution No. 798
In the Name of the People
Revolutionary Command Council
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42, and paragraph (d) of Article 43 of
the Interim Constitution, and based on the approval of the President of the Republic to the proposal of the Minister of Justice.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 8-9-1973.
To issue the following law:
No. (104) of 1973
Law
Ratification of the Treaty on Judicial and Legal Cooperation between the Iraqi Republic
and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Article 1 - The treaty attached to this law is ratified | Article 2 - The treaty ratified by this law shall be effective
relating to judicial and legal cooperation between the Iraqi Republic | thirty days after the date of exchange of ratification documents.
and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, signed | Article 3 - This law shall be published in the Official
in Moscow by the representatives of the governments of the two republics | Gazette and the Ministers shall implement its provisions.
on 22-6-1973. | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
| Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
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Explanatory Note
Determined to continue the application of the provisions stipulated in the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation
between the Iraqi Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ratified by Law
No. (43) of 1972, especially what was stated in its preamble and Articles 1 and 6 regarding the strengthening
of the existing relations of friendship and mutual trust between them and the continuous development of comprehensive cooperation in
various fields and the expansion of cooperation and direct links between government institutions in their two countries,
we have reached the conclusion of a treaty for judicial and legal cooperation between the two republics, which was signed
in Moscow on 22-6-1973 by the representatives of the governments of the two countries, and for the purpose of ratifying this
treaty to put it into effect.
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Decisions of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 757
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Provisional Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 27-8-1973 the following:-
1 - Extending the duration of the full exemption certificate granted to the Oil Equipment Factory affiliated to the Government Oil Refineries Administration for a period of two years starting from the date of the expiry of the exemption period on 3-8-1973.
2 - The competent ministers shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 758
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Provisional Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 27-8-1973 the following:-
1 - Transferring ownership to the Iraqi Hunting Club, without compensation, of the area amounting to (169) donums and (19) olks from plot number (4/11) district (18) Al-Amiriya belonging to the College of Agriculture.
2 - The competent ministers shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 759
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Provisional Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 27-8-1973 the following:-
1 - Closing the investigative case number 5/1963 (Ba'shiqa Police Station) in Nineveh Governorate and stopping the legal procedures and follow-ups therein permanently.
2 - The Ministers of Interior and Justice shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 760
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Provisional Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 28-8-1973 the following:-
1 - Transferring Dr. Maitham Sahib Ajam from the Fruit and Vegetable Marketing Administration to the College of Agriculture at the University of Baghdad to practice his specialization in agricultural economics.
2 - The competent ministers shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 762
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Provisional Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 28-8-1973 the following:-
1 - Paragraph (2) of the Revolutionary Command Council Decision (145) on 17-2-1973 is deleted and replaced by the following:-
2 - The factory, including its machinery, tools, raw materials, the land on which it is built, and all facilities and assets created on plot 14/2 of district (6) Karrada al-Sharqiya, shall be registered in the name of the Ministry of Industry.
2 - Compensating the property owners an amount of (-/1232) (one thousand two hundred and thirty-two dinars) for the value of the facilities and assets created on plot number 14/2 district (6) Karrada al-Sharqiya.
3 - This decision is considered effective from the date of the effectiveness of the Revolutionary Command Council Decision (145) on 17-2-1973.
4 - The competent ministers shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Decision No. 767 Date 29/8/1973
Authentication of lawyers' powers of attorney for official and semi-official departments
In the name of the People
Revolutionary Command Council
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Provisional Constitution and based on the approval of the President of the Republic to the proposal of the Minister of Justice.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 29-8-1973 the following:-
Article One - a - Lawyers shall be appointed for official and semi-official departments before the courts by powers of attorney authenticated by the competent minister or by the head of the competent department.
b - Powers of attorney authenticated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) above and issued before the issuance of this decision shall be considered valid.
Article Two - This decision shall be effective from the date of its issuance and shall be published in the Official Gazette.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
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Number 769
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 29-8-1973 the following: ⟦line⟧
1 ⟦line⟧ Referring Abdullah Khidr Daoud (District Officer of Al-Hamdaniya District transferred to the General Establishment for Radio, Television and Cinema) to retirement.
2 ⟦line⟧ The specialized ministers shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Pioneer farmers in the 7/April project who left service in these farms.
2 ⟦line⟧ The Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform shall replace the Agricultural Bank in the debts referred to in paragraph (1) of this decision. These debts are considered collectible under the Law for Collection of Debts Owed to the Government No. (43) of 1931, as amended.
3 ⟦line⟧ The specialized ministers shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 771
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 1-9-1973 the following: ⟦line⟧
1 ⟦line⟧ Exempting all materials imported for the account of projects carried out by the Coaxial Cable Authority from the requirement of obtaining an import license.
2 ⟦line⟧ The authority mentioned in (1) above shall provide the Ministry of Economy with estimates of its annual imports within the import curriculum.
3 ⟦line⟧ The Ministers of Communications and Economy shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 774
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 1-9-1973 the following: ⟦line⟧
1 ⟦line⟧ Correcting the case number appearing against each of the accused Kadhim Huwaijam (sequence 53) and Sa'dun Huwaijam (sequence 54) pursuant to the Revolutionary Command Council decision (593) on 26-5-1970, and the number (1966/31) shall be considered instead of (1946/31).
2 ⟦line⟧ The Ministers of Interior and Justice shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 772
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 1-9-1973 the following: ⟦line⟧
1 ⟦line⟧ Referring Nouri Muhammad Gharib, Chief of Inspectors in the Sulaymaniyah Municipality, to retirement as an exception to the provisions of the Civil Pension Law No. (33) of 1966, as amended.
2 ⟦line⟧ The Ministers of Municipalities and Finance shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 776
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-9-1973 the following: ⟦line⟧
1 ⟦line⟧ The rainfall line in Nineveh Governorate is amended as follows: ⟦line⟧
It starts from the meeting point of the intersection of sectors 68/Al-Walid and Tal Matlab (Zummar) and 60/Tal Al-Saman (Rabia) with the international borders of the Syrian Arab Republic and heads east, following the eastern borders of the sectors shown below until the meeting point of the borders of sectors 8/Al-Kask and 7/Al-Ashiq (Tal Afar) with the borders of sector 62/Hassan Kaif (Hamidat).
Sector | Sub-district
60/Tal Al-Saman | Rabia
53/Safiya | =
51/Khan Safiya | Zummar
61/Karan | Rabia
54/Karah Sour | =
52/Dabshiya | =
Number 773
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 1-9-1973 the following: ⟦line⟧
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District | Sub-district | Sequence | Area
49/ Buthat al-Bayadir | Zummar | 505/1 ) | 219.34 m2
52/ Abduni | Al-Ayadhiya | 509 ) | Square 145.92 m2
5 / Qasr Sarih | = | 15 ) | 201.37 m2
4 / Tal Jadu' | = | 16 ) | Barudiya 202.24 m2
6 / Tamarat | = | 39 ) | 86.22 m2
7 / Al-Ashiq | Tal Afar | Road Area | 138.69 m2
 |  | 511 ) | Square 49.10 m2
 |  | 102 ) | 10.40 m2
 |  | 100 ) | 110.20 m2
 |  | 98 ) | 63.35 m2
 |  | 18 ) | 11.90 m2
 |  | 17 ) | Barudiya 7.80 m2
 |  | 47 ) | 73.-- m2
 |  | 45 ) | 28.80 m2
 |  | 37 ) | 22.40 m2
 |  | 41 ) | 49.15 m2
 |  | 43/1 ) | 8.20 m2
 |  | 43/2 ) | 4.70 m2
2 - The line continues in other areas of Nineveh Governorate as indicated in the Revolutionary Command Council Resolution No. (249) dated 24-3-1973.
3 - The General Survey Directorate shall amend the rainfall line map in accordance with the provisions of this resolution to be acted upon.
4 - This resolution shall be effective from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, and its provisions shall apply to seizure decisions that have acquired or have not acquired final status.
5 - The Supreme Agricultural Council and the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform shall implement the provisions of this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 777
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Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-9-1973 the following:-
1 - Revolutionary Command Council Resolution No. (720) dated 18-8-1973 is cancelled.
2 - Khairallah Talfah is appointed Chairman of the Public Service Council effective from 1-9-1973.
3 - The competent ministers shall implement this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 778
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Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-9-1973 the following:-
1 - Transferring ownership to the Ministry of Communications (Post, Telegraph and Telephone Service) without compensation the areas shown below belonging to the Capital Secretariat for the purposes of landing stations for the Northern Coaxial Cable Project according to the designs prepared for this purpose.
Sequence | Area
503 ) | 286.72 m2
505/3 ) | 105.77 m2
505/2 ) Square | 113.86 m2
2 - The competent ministers shall implement this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Number 779
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Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-9-1973 the following:-
1 - The National Center for Engineering and Architectural Consultancy shall perform the consultancy work for the Silos Project in Iraq funded under the loan agreement concluded with the World Bank. The Grain Board is authorized to contract with the said Center under the terms agreed upon between the two parties.
2 - The National Center for Engineering and Architectural Consultancy is authorized for the purposes of the aforementioned project the following powers:-
a - Contracting with Iraqi or foreign natural and legal persons under the terms and method it deems appropriate.
b - Employing Iraqi and foreign experts, specialists, and technicians with the salaries, terms, and durations determined by the Center.
c - Sending employees and non-employee technicians outside Iraq and granting them allowances in accordance with the rules established in the Travel and Assignment Allowances Regulation No. (1) of 1973.
3 - This resolution shall be effective from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, and the ministers shall implement its provisions.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
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Number 783
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 5-9-1973 the following:-
1 - Notifying the service of the retired police corporal Saber Hassan Kazem to fifteen years for the purposes of obtaining his pension.
2 - The Ministers of Interior and Finance shall implement this decision.
Address
Al-Thawra City - Al-Habibiya.
House Number - 18/28/55.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
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Number 784
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-9-1973 the following:-
1 - The Provincial Council may authorize its chairman the power to implement local administration works and projects listed in the approved budget by way of trust in cases of urgent necessity and within the limits of two thousand dinars for each work or project to be implemented.
2 - The Chairman of the Provincial Council may delegate part of these powers to any permanent member of the Provincial Council.
3 - This decision is considered an exception to the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article one hundred and sixteen of the Provinces Law No. (159) of 1969.
4 - The competent ministers shall implement the provisions of this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
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Number 786
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 5-9-1973 the following:-
1 - Determining the minimum wage for workers in all state departments and institutions, including laborers and employees, at (550) fils per day, effective from 1-10-1973.
2 - Any text that conflicts with the provisions of this decision is repealed.
3 - This decision shall be published in the Official Gazette and the ministers shall implement it.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
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Number 787
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 5-9-1973 the following:-
1 - Extending the period of full exemption from customs duties granted to the General Company for Silk Industry for a period of two years starting from the first of August/ year /1973.
2 - The Minister of Finance shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
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Number 788
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-9-1973 the following:-
1 - Appointing Muwaffaq Asaad Askar, Assistant Director General of the Iraqi News Agency, as Director General of Dar al-Hurriya for Printing, at his same current salary.
2 - The Minister of Information shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
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Number 789
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-9-1973 the following:-
1 - Paragraph (2) of the Revolutionary Command Council Decision (518) of 27-6-1973 is repealed.
2 - Affiliation fees and monthly subscriptions for employees belonging to unions shall be collected in accordance with the provisions stipulated in Labor Law No. (151) of 1970, and administrations shall deduct monthly subscription fees from the salaries of their unionized employees according to Article two hundred and twenty-two of the aforementioned law.
3 - This decision is considered effective from the date of implementation of the Revolutionary Command Council decision mentioned in (1) above.
4 - This decision shall be published in the Official Gazette and the ministers shall implement its provisions.
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Number 790
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-two of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 5-9-1973 the following:
1 - Authorizing the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research the power to determine the duration of study, certificates, and admission requirements for the courses decided to be opened in the College of Engineering at the University of Baghdad, as an exception to the provisions of Article Eleven of the Higher Education and Scientific Research Law No. (132) of 1970. For the purpose of qualifying graduates of the colleges of science and the departments of physics and geology and preparing them as engineers.
2 - Whoever is appointed as an assistant to the dean for course affairs from among the faculty members shall be granted a lump sum fee of (-/70) dinars per month, provided that his working hours are in the evening and in accordance with the course hours, as an exception to the provisions of the State Officials and Employees Allowances Law No. (93) of 1967.
3 - The allowances received by faculty members in the College of Engineering at the University of Baghdad who will work in the courses are excluded from the provisions of the State Officials and Employees Allowances Law.
4 - Postponing the compulsory service for those accepted into the courses referred to in (1) above for the period specified for the course.
5 - The provisions of paragraph (3) of this decision shall apply to faculty members and other lecturers who will work in similar courses decided to be opened in the College of Technological Engineering at the University of Baghdad.
6 - The competent ministers shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
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Amendment of Decision No. (622) Date 23-8-1972
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In the name of the people
Revolutionary Command Council
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-two of the Interim Constitution and based on the approval of the President of the Republic to the proposal of the Presidency of the Follow-up Committee for Oil Affairs and Implementation of Agreements.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-9-1973 the following:
Article One - The text of paragraph (a) of Article Two of the decision is canceled and replaced by the following text:
a - Whoever holds an intermediate school certificate or above, his salary shall be determined according to
the provisions of the Civil Service Law on the basis of calculating his period of service with the nationalized company plus four years for the purpose of determining the salary and increment, if he has no service or practice outside the company, or if his service or practice outside the company is less than four years. As for those who had service with the state or professional practice outside the company according to the Civil Service Law for more than four years, their salary shall be determined on the basis of calculating their period of service with the nationalized company plus their service and practice outside the company, provided that the provisions of paragraph (4) of Article Ten of the amended Civil Service Law are taken into account in calculating this addition.
Article Two - This decision shall be effective from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette and the ministers shall implement its provisions.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
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Number 795
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-two of the Interim Constitution
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 8-9-1973 the following:
1 - Closing the criminal case numbered 116/C/1973 filed in the Third Grand Criminal Court - Al-Atraf in Baghdad and the counter-criminal case numbered 125/C/1973 filed in the same court. And stopping the legal proceedings in them permanently.
2 - The Ministers of Justice and Interior shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
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Number 802
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-two of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 9-9-1973 the following:
1 - Exempting Dr. Najeh Abboud al-Tayyar, a former employee at the Medical City Foundation, from the remaining amount owed by him amounting to (032.900) dinars for his study expenses in the Soviet Union.
2 - The competent ministers shall implement this decision.
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Republican Decrees
No. 335
Based on what was presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
We have decreed the following: -
Abdul Hussein Mahdi Al-Jamali, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is promoted to a salary of (180/-) Dinars per month effective from 6-9-1973.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-fourth day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-third day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 336
Based on Article Four of the Governorates Law No. (159) of 1969 and based on what was presented by the Minister of Interior.
We have decreed the following: -
Detach the districts whose numbers and names are shown below from the center of Al-Shirqat District in Nineveh Governorate and attach them to the center of Baiji Sub-district - Tikrit District in Baghdad Governorate.
(24) Haliwat (84) Al-Baka and Al-Ajra (85) Khirbat Al-Sultaniyat and part of district (29) Al-Shirqat Island, and the dividing line between the governorates of Nineveh and Baghdad in the area shall be as follows: -
The boundary begins from the meeting point of the eastern boundary of district (24) Haliwat with the boundaries of Baghdad Governorate and continues with the eastern and northern external boundaries of the mentioned district until it meets the northern boundaries of district (85) Khirbat Al-Sultaniyat, then the northern and western boundaries of district (84) Al-Baka and Al-Ajra until the boundaries of this district meet Wadi Al-Tharthar in its southern part, and from this point the boundary moves south following Wadi Al-Tharthar until it reaches the Tharthar Bridge located at the meeting point of the governorates of Baghdad and Anbar, leaving the southeastern part of district (29) Al-Shirqat Island within Baghdad Governorate.
The Minister of Interior shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-fourth day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-third day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 337
Based on what was presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
We have decreed the following: -
The salary of Ahmed Hussein Al-Samarrai, Ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters, is set at (160/-) Dinars per month.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-sixth day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-fifth day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 338
Based on the provisions of the first paragraph of Article Three of the Board of Supreme Audit Law No. (42) of 1968.
We have decreed the following: -
Abdul Majeed Hadi Kammouna is returned to retirement due to the end of his legal service term as a member of the Financial Audit Council, effective from 24-8-1973 afternoon.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-sixth day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-fifth day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 339
Based on the provisions of the first paragraph of Article Three of the Board of Supreme Audit Law No. (42) of 1968.
We have decreed the following: -
Abdel Moneim Saeed Al-Hamdouni is referred to retirement due to the end of his service term as a member of the Financial Audit Council, effective from 25-8-1973 afternoon.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-sixth day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-fifth day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 340
Based on the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article Three of the Board of Supreme Audit Law No. (42) of 1968.
We have decreed the following: -
Appointment of both Bastam Abboud Al-Janabi and Falah Dawood as members of the Financial Audit Council effective from 25-8-1973.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-sixth day of the month of August for the year 1973.
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No. 341
Based on the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article (13) of the Governorates Law No. (159) of 1969 and based on what was presented by the Minister of Interior.
We have decreed the following: -
Dhia Mahdi Hamoudi Al-Khazraji is appointed to the position of Sub-District Director.
The Minister of Interior shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-sixth day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 342
Based on what was presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
We have decreed the following: -
Dr. Mahmoud Ali Al-Daoud, Ambassador of the Iraqi Republic in Ankara, is promoted to a salary of (180/-) Dinars per month effective from 6-9-1973.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-sixth day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 343
On 28-4-1973, and in case No. 130/C/1973, the Grand Criminal Court for the First Rusafa District in Baghdad decided to convict the accused (Hussein Mazhar Rashid) according to Article (406 / 1 - D) of the Penal Code in reference to Article (130) thereof, and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year.
And based on the provisions of paragraph (J) of Article (58) of the Interim Constitution and due to the existence of reasons calling for leniency.
We have decreed the following: -
(Hussein Mazhar Rashid) is pardoned for the remainder of his sentence in case No. 130/C/1973 - Grand Criminal Court for the First Rusafa District in Baghdad.
The Ministers of Justice and Labor and Social Affairs shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-sixth day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 344
Based on the provisions of Article Seven of the Law of the General Establishment for Soil and Land Reclamation No. (83) of 1973 and based on what was presented by the Chairman of the Supreme Agricultural Council.
We have decreed the following: -
The appointment of the gentlemen whose names are listed below to the positions shown opposite each of their names: -
1 - Dr. Adnan Hardan - Chairman of the General Establishment for Soil and Land Reclamation.
2 - Mr. Mohammed Abdul Razzaq Al-Kubaisi - Vice Chairman of the General Establishment for Soil and Land Reclamation.
3 - Mr. Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Al-Mashhadani - Director General of the Soil Investigations, Studies and Designs Authority.
4 - Dr. Radwan Khalifa Abdul Halim - Director General of the Reclamation Projects Implementation Authority.
5 - Dr. Khalil Ibrahim Musleh - Director General of the Reclaimed Land Cultivation and Development Authority.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-eighth day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-seventh day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 345
Based on the provisions of Articles One and Two of the Foreign Decorations and Gifts Law No. (22) of 1961 and based on what was presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
We have decreed the following: -
Allowing Hikmat Mohammed Ali Al-Mulla Nasser, formerly Third Secretary at the Iraqi Embassy in Madrid, to wear the Civil Order of the rank of Knight granted to him by the Spanish Government.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-eighth day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-seventh day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 346
Based on what was presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
We have decreed the following: -
Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Hassan Al-Sayyahi, Ambassador of the Iraqi Republic in Warsaw, is promoted to a salary of (180/-) Dinars per month effective from 26-9-1973.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-eighth day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-seventh day of the month of August for the year 1973.
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No. 347
Based on what was presented by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
We have decreed as follows: -
Dr. Muhammad Tayeb Akrawi, Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Sulaymaniyah, is returned to the position of Assistant Professor at the same university.
The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-eighth day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-seventh day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 348
Based on the provisions of paragraph (d) of Article Fifty-Eight of the Provisional Constitution.
We have decreed as follows: -
Appointment of Dr. Ahmed Abdel Sattar al-Jawari, Minister of Education, as Acting Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research during the absence of Dr. Hisham Ibrahim al-Shawi, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, from Iraq.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-ninth day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-eighth day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 349
Based on what was presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
We have decreed as follows: -
Appointment of Taha Abd al-Latif Hamid, Counselor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to the position of Minister Plenipotentiary in the same ministry with a salary of (130/-) Dinars per month effective from 9-12-1973.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-ninth day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-eighth day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 350
Based on the provisions of paragraph (d) of Article Fifty-Eight of the Provisional Constitution.
We have decreed as follows: -
1 - Appointment of Dr. Izzat Mustafa, Minister of Health, as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs during the absence of Murtada Saeed Abdel Baqi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, from Iraq.
2 - Appointment of Amer Abdullah, Minister of State, as Acting Minister of Communications during the absence of Dr. Rashid Muhammad Saeed al-Rifai, Minister of Communications, from Iraq.
Written in Baghdad on the second day of the month of Sha'ban for the year 1393, corresponding to the thirtieth day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 351
Based on what was presented by the Ministers of Justice and Finance.
We have decreed as follows: -
Jamil Saleh al-Rawi, Director of General Administration at the Presidency of the Court of Cassation of Iraq, is promoted to a salary of (130/-) Dinars per month effective from 9-15-1973.
The Ministers of Justice and Finance shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the fifth day of the month of Sha'ban for the year 1393, corresponding to the second day of the month of September for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 353
Based on the provisions of the first paragraph of Article Three of the Financial Audit Bureau Law No. (42) of 1968.
We have decreed as follows: -
Haider Abdul Razzaq al-Alim is referred to retirement due to the end of his term of service as a member of the Financial Audit Council, effective from the afternoon of 9-2-1973.
Written in Baghdad on the fourth day of the month of Sha'ban for the year 1393, corresponding to the first day of the month of September for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 354
Based on the provisions of paragraph (d) of Article Fifty-Eight of the Provisional Constitution.
We have decreed as follows: -
Appointment of Dr. Abdullah Sulaiman al-Khudair, Minister of Unity, as Acting Minister of Health during the absence of Dr. Izzat Mustafa, Minister of Health, from Iraq.
Written in Baghdad on the fifth day of the month of Sha'ban for the year 1393, corresponding to the second day of the month of September for the year 1973.
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Number 355
Based on the provisions of paragraph (f) of Article (58) of the Interim Constitution and based on what was presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
We have decreed as follows: —
Ahmed Hussein al-Samarrai, the Ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is appointed as Ambassador of the Iraqi Republic in Bucharest.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the fourth day of the month of Sha'ban for the year 1393, corresponding to the first day of the month of September for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
Number 356
Based on what was presented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform.
We have decreed as follows: —
Further to Republican Decree No. (233) on 24-5-972, the lands of plot (3) of district (36) Mansouriya and all the lands of the plots located within district (10) Mansouriya are considered within the scope of work of the Khalis Project Authority as of 24-5-1972.
The Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the fourth day of the month of Sha'ban for the year 1393, corresponding to the first day of the month of September for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
Number 357
Based on the provisions of the second paragraph of Article (13) of the Governorates Law No. (159) of 1969 and based on what was presented by the Minister of Interior.
We have decreed as follows: —
Kamal Abed al-Mathhour, Director of Karma Sub-district, is appointed to the position of District Governor at his current salary of (56/-) Dinars per month.
The Minister of Interior shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the fourth day of the month of Sha'ban for the year 1393, corresponding to the first day of the month of September for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
Number 358
Based on the provisions of the second paragraph of Article (13) of the Governorates Law No. (159) of 1969 and based on what was presented by the Minister of Interior.
We have decreed as follows: —
Salman Shallal is appointed to the position of Sub-district Director.
The Minister of Interior shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the second day of the month of Sha'ban for the year 1393, corresponding to the thirtieth day of the month of August for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
Number 360
Based on the provisions of paragraph (d) of Article fifty-eight of the Interim Constitution.
We have decreed as follows: —
Appointment of Izzat al-Douri, Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs during the absence of Murtada Saeed Abdul Baqi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, from Iraq.
Written in Baghdad on the fifth day of the month of Sha'ban for the year 1393, corresponding to the second day of the month of September for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
Number 365
Based on Article four of the Governorates Law No. (159) of 1969 and based on what was presented by the Minister of Interior.
We have decreed as follows: —
The administrative boundary separating Yathrib Sub-district, Balad District in Baghdad Governorate, and the center of Khalis District in Diyala Governorate in plot (9) of district (74) Dujma and Zannour shall be the middle of the deepest course of the Tigris River passing through it.
The Minister of Interior shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the eighth day of the month of Sha'ban for the year 1393, corresponding to the fifth day of the month of September for the year 1973.
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Number 369
Based on the provisions of Article Two of the National Center
for Consultancy and Management Development Law No. (186)
of 1970 and based on what was presented by the Minister of Planning.
We have decreed as follows: —
Renewing the membership of Dr. Naji Abdul Qadir, President of the
Scientific Research Foundation, and Dr. Abdul Sahib Dhahab,
Consultant at the National Oil Company, in the Board of Directors of the National Center
for Consultancy and Management Development for a period of three
more years.
The Minister of Planning shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the thirteenth day of the month of Sha'ban
of the year 1393, corresponding to the tenth day of the month of September
of the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
The individual named Saleh Hassan al-Yasiri, collector for the Nu'maniyah municipality,
for being accused of embezzlement.
The competent authorities shall implement this and inform us.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
Civil Service Instructions
Number (80) of 1973
Subject / Liability of the official or employee
Based on Article Sixty-Six of the Civil Service Law
No. (24) of 1960 and Article Fifty of the
General Accounting Principles Law No. (28) of 1940,
and to facilitate the application of Article Sixty-One of the Civil Service Law
and Article Forty of the Accounting Principles Law, we have issued
the following instructions: —
Number 370
Based on the provisions of paragraph (d) of Article Fifty-Eight
of the Provisional Constitution.
We have decreed as follows: —
Appointing Amin Abdul Karim, Minister of Finance, as Acting Minister of Justice
during the absence of Hussein Muhammad Ridha al-Safi, Minister of Justice,
from Iraq.
Written in Baghdad on the fourteenth day of the month of Sha'ban
of the year 1393, corresponding to the eleventh day of the month of September
of the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
1 — The following phrase is added to the end of the first paragraph of
Civil Service Instructions No. (3) of 1960:
(In the event that they do not object to the demand for payment
within (30) days from the date of their notification, the amount becomes due
for payment).
2 — These instructions shall be implemented as of the date of their publication in
the Official Gazette.
Minister of Finance
Statement No. (14)
Further to our statement No. (15) 30/32115 dated
23-7-1972 and based on the transfer of Judge Mr. Abdul Majeed
Salman al-Janabi, we have decided to appoint Mr. Muhammad Mohiuddin Ahmed,
Judge of the Ramadi Court of First Instance, in his place as the original head of the
Audit Committee formed in Anbar Governorate in accordance with the provisions of Article (37)
amended of the Income Tax Law No. (95)
of 1959.
Minister of Finance
Order
Based on the authority vested in us under paragraph (20) of
Article Four of the National Safety Law No. (4)
of 1965, as amended.
We have decided to seize the movable and immovable property belonging to
the individual named Jalal Yaqub Daman, Assistant Observer in the Directorate of
General Social Services, for being accused in a case affecting
state funds.
The competent authorities shall implement this and inform us.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
Statement No. (15)
Further to our statement No. (6) 30/17077 dated
18-4-1971 and based on the transfer of Mr. Abdul Sahib
al-Birmani to Baghdad.
We have decided to appoint Mr. Jabbar Hussein al-Rubaie, Director of
Revenues of Basra Governorate, in his place as an original member of the
Second Audit Committee formed in Basra Governorate in accordance with the provisions of
Article (37) of the Income Tax Law No. (95)
of 1959.
Minister of Finance
Order
Based on the authority vested in us under paragraph (20) of
Article Four of the National Safety Law No. (4)
of 1965, as amended.
We have decided to seize the movable and immovable property belonging to
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Decision No. 805
In the name of the people
Revolutionary Command Council
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-two of the Interim Constitution and paragraph (d) of Article
Forty-three thereof, and based on the approval of the President of the Republic to the proposal of the Minister of Communications.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 11-9-1973.
To issue the following law:-
No. (105) of 1973
Law
Ratification of the Protocol amending the Warsaw Convention
for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air
Article One - This law ratifies the Protocol
signed at The Hague on 28/September of the year 1955 amending
the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air signed
in Warsaw on 12/October 1929.
Article Two - The accession of the Republic of Iraq
to the Convention ratified by this law does not in any way
imply recognition of Israel, nor does it lead to the entry of
the Republic of Iraq into dealings with it as included in this
Convention.
Article Three - This law shall be published in the Official
Gazette and the Ministers shall be responsible for its implementation.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council