AI en Translation, Pages 76-100
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The Abolished Period
Paragraph (b) of Article Five of Law No. 12 of 1951.
Every Jew who left Iraq with a passport, if he has not returned by the end of the period, the Council of Ministers
based on the proposal of the Minister, may decide to revoke the Iraqi nationality from him and disposal
of his property shall be carried out according to Law No. (5) of 1951, and the regulations issued and to be issued thereunder.
The Minister may issue instructions determining the period for the purpose of applying this
Article.
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The Revoked Paragraph
Paragraph (b) of Article Five of Law No. 12 of 1951.
Every Jew who left Iraq with a passport, if he did not return at the end of the period, the Council of Ministers
based on the Minister's proposal, may decide to revoke his Iraqi citizenship, and his property shall be disposed of
in accordance with Law No. (5) of 1951, and the regulations issued and to be issued thereunder.
The Minister may issue instructions determining the period for the purpose of applying this
Article.
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Number
292
Second Year
The Iraqi Gazette
The official newspaper of the Republic of Iraq, issued by the Ministry of Guidance in Iraq
Registered at the Central Post Office in Baghdad under number (4)
Wednesday, 21 Rajab 1379 and 20 January 1960
Number (10) of 1960
Law
Amendment to the Law of Sale and Lease of Government Properties
Number (34) of 1936
In the name of the People
The Sovereignty Council
After reviewing the Interim Constitution and based on what was presented by
the Minister of Finance and approved by the Council of Ministers.
The following Law is ratified:
Article One - The following paragraph is added to paragraph (j)
added to Article Six of the Law of Sale and Lease of Government Properties
Number (34) of 1936 by Law Number (38)
of 1958, and shall be the third paragraph of it.
3 - The Minister of Finance may stipulate that purchasers of state-owned plots
according to paragraph (i) must construct residential houses
on them within five years from the date of their registration
in their names at the Land Registry Office and at a cost he determines in each
case, and he has the right to reclaim them from them through
the courts in case of failure to implement this.
Article Two - This law shall be implemented from the date of its publication in
the Official Gazette.
Article Three - The Minister of Finance shall implement this law.
Written in Baghdad on the fifteenth day of the month of Rajab
in the year 1379, corresponding to the thirteenth day of the month of January
in the year 1960.
The Sovereignty Council
Muhammad Najib al-Ruba'i
President of the Sovereignty Council
Khalid al-Naqshbandi
Member
Member
Muhammad Hadid
Minister of Finance
and Acting Minister of Industry
Mustafa Ali
Minister of Justice
Hashim Jawad
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Muhyi al-Din Abdul Hamid
Minister of Education
Muhammad Abd al-Malik al-Shawwaf
Minister of Health
Fuad Arif
Minister of State
Naziha al-Dulaimi
Minister of Municipalities
Abdul Latif al-Shawwaf
Minister of Trade
Major General
Abd al-Karim Qasim
Prime Minister
and Acting Minister of Defense
Ibrahim Kubba
Minister of Agrarian Reform
and Acting Minister of Oil
Ahmad Muhammad Yahya
Minister of Interior
Hassan al-Talabani
Minister of Communications
Abdul Wahab Amin
Minister of Social Affairs
and Acting Minister of Agriculture
Tal'at al-Shaibani
Minister of Planning
Faisal al-Samir
Minister of Guidance
Awni Yusuf
Minister of Works and Housing
Explanatory Grounds
This law was enacted to serve as a deterrent for purchasers of state plots for a
suitable price to construct residential houses on them as soon as possible, which has the greatest impact in solving
the housing crisis to which the government devotes its utmost attention.
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No. (12) of 1960
Law
Amnesty for Absentees and Defaulters
In the name of the People
Sovereignty Council
After reviewing the Interim Constitution and based on what was presented by
the Minister of Defense and approved by the Council of Ministers.
The following law has been ratified: -
Article 1 - All soldiers and non-commissioned officers
who committed the crime of absence stipulated in Article (57)
of the Military Penal Code shall be exempted from the penalty contained therein.
Article 2 - A - All conscripts who committed
the crime of defaulting according to paragraphs (a, b, c, d, and e) of
Article (29) of the National Defense Law No. 40 of 1938
shall be exempted from the penalties contained therein.
B - All conscripts covered by Article (32) of the
National Defense Law shall be exempted.
Article 3 - A - All reserve conscripts
who committed the crime of defaulting according to paragraphs (a, b, c,
and d) of Article (19) of the Reserve Service Law No. (74)
of 1956 shall be exempted.
B - Reserve conscripts covered by Article (21) of the
Reserve Service Law shall be exempted from the penalty contained therein.
Article 4 - Fines paid before
1/6/1960 shall not be returned.
Article 5 - The exemption provision under this
Law shall remain in effect for a period of one hundred and twenty days.
Article 6 - This Law shall be implemented as of
1/6/1960.
Article 7 - The Minister of Defense shall implement this Law.
Written in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of the month of Rajab
of the year 1379, corresponding to the sixteenth day of the month of January
of the year 1960.
Sovereignty Council
Muhammad Najib al-Ruba'i
President of the Sovereignty Council
Khalid al-Naqshbandi
Member
Member
Mohammed Hadid | Staff Major General
Minister of Finance | Abd al-Karim Qasim
Acting Minister of Industry | Prime Minister
| and Acting Minister of Defense
Mustafa Ali | Ibrahim Kubba
Minister of Justice | Minister of Agrarian Reform
| and Acting Minister of Oil
Hashim Jawad | Ahmed Mohammed Yahya
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Minister of Interior
Muhyi al-Din Abdul Hamid | Hassan al-Talabani
Minister of Education | Minister of Communications
Mohammed Abdel-Malek al-Shawaf | Abdul Wahab Amin
Minister of Health | Minister of Social Affairs
| and Acting Minister of Agriculture
Fuad Arif | Talat al-Shaibani
Minister of State | Minister of Planning
Naziha al-Dulaimi | Faisal al-Samir
Minister of Municipalities | Minister of Guidance
Abdul Latif al-Shawaf | Awni Yusuf
Minister of Trade | Minister of Works and Housing
Explanatory Grounds
Some simple soldiers, non-commissioned officers and conscripts were forced by
their living conditions to be absent from their units or to default on service, and for the purpose of
providing the opportunity for these people to return to service in the army and perform the
sacred duty upon them, and on the occasion of the glorious Army Day on January 6, 1960, it was
deemed appropriate to exempt them from the penalties resulting from that, and on this basis
the draft Law on Amnesty for Absentees and Defaulters No. (12) of 1960 was enacted.
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Article Fourteen - Students are accepted into the first stage in courses decided by the Shura Council, and the first grade shall not open with fewer than ten students.
Article Fifteen - Admission begins on the first Saturday of September, and the list of candidate students is presented to the Director of General Endowments to obtain his approval thereof.
Article Sixteen - For a student to be accepted, it is required that they be:
A - Iraqi.
B - Proficient in reading and writing in the Arabic language.
C - Aged between ten and twelve years old.
D - Of good reputation and conduct.
E - In possession of an official certificate proving they are free from infectious diseases and having passed a medical examination.
F - Of good voice and pronunciation.
G - Successful in the interview exam.
H - Dedicated to studying in these schools alone.
I - Providing a financial guarantee, the amount of which is determined by the Shura Council.
Article Seventeen - Only graduates of the first stage are accepted into the second stage, and only graduates of the second stage are accepted into the third stage. Non-Iraqis may be accepted with an equivalent certificate and by a decision of the Shura Council.
Article Eighteen - Instruction begins on the third Saturday of September and ends on May 21st, and attendance shall be during a single period. Instruction is suspended during official holidays, for two weeks after the mid-year exam, and in emergency cases determined by the General Directorate of Endowments.
Article Nineteen - Examinations are of three types:-
A - Monthly classroom exams to test students' daily effort.
B - Mid-year exam, which begins on the first Saturday of February for a period of six days.
C - End-of-year exam, which begins on the first Saturday of June for a period of ten days.
The three exams shall be written and oral in accordance with the instructions of the General Directorate of Endowments.
Article Twenty - Students of the final grades for the first and second stages are exempted from final school exams.
The annual average grades are considered a final grade for them, and they have the right to participate in the general examination conducted by the General Directorate of Endowments directly according to instructions it sets, if they have passed or are eligible for re-examination.
Article Twenty-one - The examination for those eligible for re-examination takes place on the first Saturday of September.
Article Twenty-two - Grading shall be on a percentage basis in all exams, and the student's final grade in each subject is calculated as follows:
A - Classroom exam grade: 25% of the final total.
B - Mid-year exam grade: 25% of the final total.
C - Final exam grade: 50% of the final total.
Provided that for subjects having an oral and written exam, the grade shall be the result of adding the two grades and dividing by two.
Article Twenty-three - A student's success requires obtaining eighty percent in the Quran Memorization subject, sixty percent in religious and Arabic subjects, and fifty percent in the remaining subjects.
Article Twenty-four - If a student fails in four subjects, they are expelled from the school and the guarantee amount is forfeited. If they fail in three subjects, they are re-examined in the second session; if they fail all of them, they are expelled and the guarantee amount is forfeited. If they fail in one or two subjects, they are promoted to the higher grade but are not considered to have passed until passing the exam in the subjects they failed immediately after the mid-year break; if they fail, they are expelled and the guarantee amount is forfeited.
Article Twenty-five - If it is proven that a student cheated in a classroom exam or in the mid-year exam, they are given a zero in the subject and (25) marks are deducted from their school conduct grade. If cheating occurs in the final exams, they are considered to have failed in all subjects, are expelled, and the guarantee amount is forfeited.
Article Twenty-six - Anyone absent for sixty days during the year is considered to have failed in their grade regardless of the reasons for absence, and absence from every five separate lessons is considered one day of absence.
Article Twenty-seven - The Minister in charge may exempt a student from paying the guarantee amount if valid reasons for exemption are established based on investigations by the General Directorate of Endowments and the approval of the Shura Council.
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No. (6) of 1960
Regulation
Religious Schools
In the name of the people
The Sovereignty Council
Based on Article (12) amended of the Endowments Administration Law No. 27 of 1929 and based on what was presented by the responsible Minister (Prime Minister) and approved by the Council of Ministers.
Ordered the enactment of the following regulation:
Article 1 - The Directorate General of Endowments shall establish religious schools as needed to prepare Sharia judges, teachers, imams, preachers, memorizers, and muezzins.
Article 2 - Study in these schools shall be in three stages:
A - The first stage, lasting six years.
B - The second stage, lasting five years.
C - The third stage, lasting three years.
Article 3 - A graduate of the first stage shall be granted a certificate qualifying him for the positions of Azan and reciting the Holy Quran, and for admission to the second stage; he may not combine the position and admission.
A graduate of the second stage shall be granted a certificate qualifying him for the positions of Imamat and preaching in mosques of the second and third categories, and for admission to the third stage; he may not combine the position and admission.
A graduate of the third stage shall be granted a certificate qualifying him for the positions of Sharia judiciary, private teaching or public teaching, and for Imamat and preaching in mosques of the first category.
Article 4 - The following shall be studied in these schools: -
A - In the first stage: The Holy Quran with full memorization. Tajweed. Hadith. Prophetic Biography. Jurisprudence. Tawhid (Monotheism). Grammar and Morphology. Reading. Composition. Handwriting and Dictation. History. Geography. National Education. Arithmetic.
B - In the second stage: Tafsir (Exegesis) with review of the Holy Quran. Hadith and its principles. Jurisprudence and its principles. Tawhid. Islamic Ethics. Preaching and Guidance. Grammar and Morphology. Rhetoric sciences. Arabic literature. Reading. Composition. Ancient Logic. History. Geography. Principles of General Sciences. Arithmetic. A foreign language.
C - In the third stage: Tafsir. Sciences of the Holy Quran. Hadith. Comparative Jurisprudence. Principles of Jurisprudence. Tawhid.
And God's universal laws. Principles of litigation and Sharia documents. Provisions of Endowments. History of Islamic Legislation. History of Islamic Civilization. History of Religions. Grammar and Morphology. Philology. Literary Criticism. History of Arabic literature. Modern Logic. Ethics of Research and Debate. A foreign language.
Article 5 - The number of lessons for each class in the first and second stages shall be thirty lessons per week, and in the third stage twenty-four lessons per week.
Article 6 - Lesson curricula, their weekly hours, distribution, and matters related to attendance and discipline shall be determined by instructions issued by the Directorate General of Endowments.
Article 7 - A - The school shall be managed by a director from among the religious scholars, appointed by nomination of the Director General of Endowments and approval of the responsible Minister (Prime Minister).
B - The director of each stage must meet the requirements of a teacher as stipulated in Article 8 of this regulation.
Article 8 - The teaching staff in the three stages shall consist of teachers and lecturers. It is required for a teacher of the first stage to be a graduate of a religious school or a recognized religious institute or to be a specialist in the subject he teaches. For a teacher of the second stage, he must be a graduate of a recognized religious institute or have previously taught in religious schools for a period of no less than six years or be a specialist in the subject he teaches. For a teacher of the third stage, he must be a college graduate and specialized in his subject or have previously taught in religious schools for a period of no less than ten years and be recognized for his expertise. Lecturers in the three stages must meet the requirements of their respective teachers.
Article 9 - The teacher is appointed by nomination from the Director General of Endowments and approval of the responsible Minister (Prime Minister), and lecturers are appointed by the Director General of Endowments.
Article 10 - The Director and teachers are appointed according to the approved staff registry.
Article 11 - The Director is responsible for the administration of the school, student discipline, monitoring the progress of teaching and examinations, the spirit prevailing in the school, and everything that leads to its progress and good reputation.
Article 12 - The director of the first stage shall teach twelve hours per week, and the director of the second stage eight hours. The director of the third stage six hours. A teacher in the first stage shall teach twenty-eight hours. A teacher in the second stage twenty-two hours. A teacher in the third stage sixteen hours.
Article 13 - The specializations of the Teachers' Council for each stage shall be determined by instructions issued by the Directorate General of Endowments.
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Article Twenty-eight - The Directorate General of Awqaf shall perform the following:-
a - Providing students with books and school supplies.
b - Clothing them with religious summer attire every academic year and religious winter attire every two years.
c - Granting each student a monthly stipend (except for the summer vacation months) the amount of which is decided by the Shura Council. It shall not be paid to him if he is absent without a legitimate excuse.
d - An Iraqi third-stage student shall be paid travel expenses from his hometown to Baghdad at the beginning and end of each academic year, and when the school closes in emergency situations determined by the Directorate General of Awqaf, in accordance with the travel allowance regulations.
Article Twenty-nine - If the student leaves school for a reason other than illness supported by an official medical report, or is dismissed or expelled from school, he is required to pay the bail amount.
Article Thirty - This regulation shall be implemented from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article Thirty-one - The responsible Minister (Prime Minister) shall implement this regulation.
Written in Baghdad on the sixteenth day of the month of Rajab in the year 1379 Hijri, corresponding to the sixteenth day of the month of January in the year 1960.
Sovereignty Council
Muhammad Najib al-Ruba'i
President of the Sovereignty Council
Khalid al-Naqshbandi | Member
⟦illegible⟧ | Member
Major General | Abd al-Karim Qasim | Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Defense
Mohammed Hadid | Minister of Finance and Acting Minister of Industry
Ibrahim Kubba | Minister of Agrarian Reform and Acting Minister of Oil
Mustafa Ali | Minister of Justice
Ahmed Mohammed Yahya | Minister of Interior
Hashem Jawad | Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hassan al-Talabani | Minister of Communications
Muhi al-Din Abdul Hamid | Minister of Education
Abdul Wahab Amin | Minister of Social Affairs and Acting Minister of Agriculture
Mohammed Abdel Malek al-Shawaf | Minister of Health
Talaat al-Shaibani | Minister of Planning
Fuad Arif | Minister of State
Faisal al-Samer | Minister of Guidance
Naziha al-Dulaimi | Minister of Municipalities
Awni Yusuf | Minister of Works and Housing
Abdul Latif al-Shawaf | Minister of Commerce
Announcement
Number (12) for the year 960
Amending the bylaws of a cooperative society
Based on the decision taken by the General Assembly of the Halija District Agricultural Cooperative Society Unlimited in Mahmoudiya at its meeting held on 10/30/959 to amend its internal bylaws, and based on the provisions of Article Eleven of the Cooperative Societies Law No. 73 of 959, I have approved the aforementioned amendment, ratified it, and kept a copy of it with me.
Written in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of the month of Rajab in the year 1379 Hijri, corresponding to the sixteenth day of the month of January in the year 1960 AD.
On behalf of the Minister of Social Affairs
Khazal Saleh Shukr
Statement
Based on the provisions of Article Two of the Law on Preventing the Entry of Harmful Propaganda Means for the year 1924.
We have decided to prevent the story (The Naked Virgin) written by Kamil Mahdi and published and distributed by the Commercial Office in Beirut from entering Iraq and to confiscate everything that arrives from it in the future.
On behalf of the Minister of Guidance
Mohammed Tawfiq Hussein
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292
Second Year
Al-Waqai' Al-Iraqiya
The Official Gazette of the Iraqi Republic issued by the Ministry of Guidance in Iraq
Registered at the Central Post Office in Baghdad under number (4)
Wednesday, Rajab 21, 1379, and January 20, 1960
Number (10) for the year 1960
Law
Amendment to the Law on Selling and Leasing Properties Belonging to the Government
Number (34) for the year 1936
In the name of the People
Sovereignty Council
After reviewing the provisional constitution and based on what was presented by
the Minister of Finance and approved by the Council of Ministers.
The following law is ratified:
Article One - The following paragraph is added to paragraph (j)
added to Article Six of the Law on Selling and Leasing Properties
Belonging to the Government No. (34) of 1936 by Law No. (38)
of 1958, and shall become a third paragraph for it.
3 - The Minister of Finance may require the purchasers of state-owned lands
under paragraph (i) to construct residential houses
on them within five years from the date of their registration
in their names in the Land Registry Department and at a cost he determines in each
case, and he has the right to reclaim them from them through
the courts in case of failure to implement that.
Article Two - This law shall be implemented from the date of its publication in
the Official Gazette.
Article Three - The Minister of Finance shall implement this law.
Written in Baghdad on the fifteenth day of the month of Rajab
of the year 1379, corresponding to the thirteenth day of the month of January
of the year 1960.
Sovereignty Council
Muhammad Najib al-Ruba'i
President of the Sovereignty Council
Khalid al-Naqshbandi | Member
Member | Major General Staff
Muhammad Hadid | Abd al-Karim Qasim
Minister of Finance | Prime Minister
and Acting Minister of Industry | and Acting Minister of Defense
Mustafa Ali | Ibrahim Kubba
Minister of Justice | Minister of Agrarian Reform
| and Acting Minister of Oil
Hashim Jawad | Ahmad Muhammad Yahya
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Minister of Interior
Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Hassan al-Talabani
Minister of Education | Minister of Communications
Muhammad Abd al-Malik al-Shawaf | Abd al-Wahhab Amin
Minister of Health | Minister of Social Affairs
| and Acting Minister of Agriculture
Fuad Arif | Tala't al-Shaibani
Minister of State | Minister of Planning
Naziha al-Dulaimi | Faisal al-Samir
Minister of Municipalities | Minister of Guidance
Abd al-Latif al-Shawaf | Awni Yusuf
Minister of Trade | Minister of Works and Housing
Explanatory Grounds
This law was enacted to be a deterrent to purchasers of state-owned lands at a
suitable price to construct residential houses on them as soon as possible, which has the furthest impact on solving
the housing crisis to which the government devotes its utmost attention.
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Number (12) of the year 1960
Law
Amnesty for absentees and evaders
In the name of the people
The Sovereignty Council
After reviewing the provisional constitution and based on what was presented by
the Minister of Defense and approved by the Council of Ministers.
The following law is ratified: -
Article 1 - All soldiers and non-commissioned officers
who committed the crime of absence stipulated in Article (57)
of the Military Penal Code are exempted from the penalty mentioned therein.
Article 2 - A - All conscripts who committed
the crime of evasion according to paragraphs (a, b, c, d, and e) of
Article (29) of the National Defense Law No. 40 of 1938 are exempted
from the penalties mentioned therein.
B - All conscripts covered by Article (32) of
the National Defense Law are exempted.
Article 3 - A - All reserve conscripts
who committed the crime of evasion according to paragraphs (a, b, c,
and d) of Article (19) of the Reserve Service Law No. (74)
of 1956 are exempted.
B - Reserve conscripts covered by Article (21) of
the Reserve Service Law are exempted from the penalty mentioned therein.
Article 4 - Fines paid before
1960/1/6 shall not be returned.
Article 5 - The exemption provision under this
law shall continue for a period of one hundred and twenty days.
Article 6 - This law shall be implemented as of
1960/1/6.
Article 7 - The Minister of Defense shall implement this law.
Written in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of the month of Rajab
the year 1379, corresponding to the sixteenth day of the month of January
the year 1960.
The Sovereignty Council
Muhammad Najib al-Ruba'i
President of the Sovereignty Council
Khalid al-Naqshbandi | Member
Member
Muhammad Hadid | Minister of Finance | and Acting Minister of Industry
Major General Staff | Abd al-Karim Qasim | Prime Minister | and Acting Minister of Defense
Mustafa Ali | Minister of Justice
Ibrahim Kubba | Minister of Agrarian Reform | and Acting Minister of Oil
Hashim Jawad | Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ahmed Mohamed Yehia | Minister of Interior
Muhi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Minister of Education
Hassan al-Talabani | Minister of Communications
Mohammed Abdel Malik al-Shawaf | Minister of Health
Abdel Wahab Amin | Minister of Social Affairs | and Acting Minister of Agriculture
Fuad Arif | Minister of State
Talaat al-Shaibani | Minister of Planning
Naziha al-Dulaimi | Minister of Municipalities
Faisal al-Samir | Minister of Guidance
Abd al-Latif al-Shawaf | Minister of Trade
Awni Youssef | Minister of Works and Housing
Explanatory Reasons
Some simple soldiers, non-commissioned officers and conscripts were forced by
their living conditions to be absent from their units or evade service, and for the purpose of
providing an opportunity for them to return to service in the army and perform the sacred duty
incumbent upon them, and on the occasion of the glorious Army Day on January 6, 1960, it was
decided to exempt them from the penalties resulting from that. On this basis,
the draft law of Amnesty for absentees and evaders No. (12) of 1960 was enacted.
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Article Fourteen - Students are accepted in the first stage in sessions decided by the Shura Council, and the first grade shall not open with fewer than ten students.
Article Fifteen - Admission begins on the first Saturday of September, and the list of candidate students is presented to the Director General of Awqaf to obtain his approval.
Article Sixteen - To be accepted, a student is required to be:
A - Iraqi.
B - Proficient in reading and writing in the Arabic language.
C - Aged between ten and twelve.
D - Of good reputation and behavior.
E - In possession of an official certificate proving freedom from infectious diseases and successful in the medical examination.
F - Having a good voice and clear speech.
G - Successful in the interview examination.
H - Dedicated to studying in these schools alone.
I - To provide a financial guarantee, the amount of which is decided by the Shura Council.
Article Seventeen - No one is accepted into the second stage except for a graduate of the first stage, and into the third stage except for a graduate of the second stage. A non-Iraqi may be accepted with an equivalent certificate and by a decision of the Shura Council.
Article Eighteen - Teaching begins on the third Saturday of September and ends on May 21st, and attendance shall be in one shift. Teaching is suspended during official holidays, two weeks after the mid-year exam, and in emergency circumstances decided by the General Directorate of Awqaf.
Article Nineteen - Examinations shall be of three types:
A - Monthly classroom exams to test the daily effort of students.
B - Mid-year exam, which begins on the first Saturday of February for a period of six days.
C - End-of-year exam, which begins on the first Saturday of June for a period of ten days.
The three exams shall be written and oral in accordance with the instructions of the General Directorate of Awqaf.
Article Twenty - Students in the graduating classes of the first and second stages are exempted from final school exams.
The annual average grades are considered a final grade for them, and they have the right to participate in the general examination conducted directly by the General Directorate of Awqaf according to instructions it sets if they are successful or completing requirements.
Article Twenty-One - The examination for those completing requirements takes place on the first Saturday of September.
Article Twenty-Two - Grading shall be based on a percentage basis in all examinations, and the final grade for the student in each subject is calculated as follows:
A - Classroom exam grade: 25% of the final total.
B - Mid-year exam grade: 25% of the final total.
C - Final exam grade: 50% of the final total.
Provided that for subjects having an oral and written exam, the grade shall be the result of adding the two grades and dividing it by two.
Article Twenty-Three - A student's success requires obtaining eighty percent in the Quran Memorization subject, sixty percent in Religious and Arabic subjects, and fifty percent in the rest of the subjects.
Article Twenty-Four - If a student fails in four subjects, they are dismissed from the school and must pay the guarantee amount. If they fail in three subjects, they are re-examined in the second round; if they fail in all of them, they are dismissed and must pay the guarantee amount. If they fail in one or two subjects, they are promoted to the higher grade provided they are not considered successful until passing the exam in what they failed in immediately after the mid-year holiday; if they fail, they are dismissed and must pay the guarantee amount.
Article Twenty-Five - If it is proven that a student cheated in a classroom exam or in the mid-year exam, they are given a zero in the subject and (25) points are deducted from their school behavior grade. If cheating occurs in the final exams, they are considered to have failed in all subjects, are dismissed, and must pay the guarantee amount.
Article Twenty-Six - Whoever is absent for sixty days during the year is considered to have failed their grade regardless of the reasons for the absence, and absence from every five separate lessons is considered one day of absence.
Article Twenty-Seven - The Responsible Minister may exempt a student from paying the guarantee amount if the necessary reasons for exemption are established based on investigations by the General Directorate of Awqaf and the approval of the Shura Council.
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Seizure Decision
The Second Baghdad Seizure Committee met on November 9, 1959, chaired by Haqqi al-Ajjaj and with the membership of Kamil Nassif and Yusuf Musa. It conducted an investigation regarding the lands belonging to Arif al-Suwaidi based on the decision of the High Committee for Agrarian Reform published in the Official Gazette issue 172 on May 2, 1959, and issued its following decision: -
1 - Rejection of the request of the respondent's representative regarding the exclusion of the archaeological mound area from his retained land due to lack of jurisdiction.
2 - The committee agreed to allow the aforementioned to retain the following lands after dividing plot 1/4 of the Kuwayrish district into two plots numbered 4/3 with an area of 2180 dunams and 20 olks, and 4/4 with an area of 796 dunams, and dividing plot 5/2 into two plots numbered 5/3 with an area of 1519 dunams and 21 olks, and 5/4 with an area of 144 dunams and 4 olks. All irrigation, drainage, and passage rights for all retained and seized plots are marked on the cadastral maps, as are the boundaries of the plots.
Plot | District and its fame | Sub-district | Area | Category | Descriptions
4/4 | 9 Kuwayrish | Al-Yusufiyah | 796 | Granted by Lazma | Agricultural, flow-irrigated
4/2 | 9 Kuwayrish | Al-Yusufiyah | 59 21 | Delegated by Tapu | Planted orchard, flow and pump irrigated
5/4 | 9 Kuwayrish | Al-Yusufiyah | 144 4 | Granted by Lazma | Agricultural, flow-irrigated
| Total | | 1000 | |
3 - The committee decided to consider the following areas as dissolved and as pure state land (Miri Sirf) due to not being cultivated for three years before the law's enforcement and one year after its enforcement, as marked on the cadastral map.
Plot | District and its fame | Sub-district | Area | Category | Descriptions
5/3 | 9 Kuwayrish | Al-Yusufiyah | 57 7 | Granted by Lazma | Agricultural as marked on the cadastral map with the letter (A)
4/3 | 9 Kuwayrish | Al-Yusufiyah | 48 14 | Granted by Lazma | Agricultural as marked on the cadastral map with the letter (B)
4/3 | 9 Kuwayrish | Al-Yusufiyah | 23 11 | Granted by Lazma | Agricultural as marked on the cadastral map with the letter (A)
| Total | | 129 7 | |
4 - Seizure of the land and machinery belonging to the respondent exceeding the upper limit as follows: -
A -
Plot | District and its fame | Sub-district | Area | Category | Descriptions
4/3 | 9 Kuwayrish | Al-Yusufiyah | 2108 20 | Granted by Lazma | Agricultural, flow and pump irrigated
5/3 | 9 Kuwayrish | Al-Yusufiyah | 1462 14 | Granted by Lazma | Agricultural, flow and pump irrigated
| Total | | 3571 9 | |
B - Machinery
Machine | Type | Power | Number
Water pump | Ruston | 25 HP | 128017 with 8x6 pump head
The decision was issued in accordance with Articles 1, 4, and 28 of the Agrarian Reform Law No. 30 of 1958, subject to objection within thirty days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, and was publicly announced.
Member Member Chairman of the Committee
Survey Inspector Administrative Official Haqqi al-Ajjaj
Yusuf Musa Kamil Nassif
Iraqi Gazette Issue 292
6
20 / 1 / 1960
Article Twenty-Eight - The General Directorate of Endowments shall undertake the following:
a - Providing students with books and school supplies.
b - Providing them with a summer religious uniform every academic year and a winter religious uniform every two years.
c - Granting each student a monthly stipend (except for the summer holiday months), the amount of which is decided by the Shura Council. It shall not be paid to him if he is absent without a legitimate excuse.
d - An Iraqi third-stage student shall be paid travel expenses from his hometown to Baghdad at the beginning and end of each academic year, and when the school is closed in emergency circumstances decided by the General Directorate of Endowments, in accordance with the travel allowance regulations.
Article Twenty-Nine - If a student leaves the school for a reason other than illness supported by an official medical report, or is dismissed or expelled from the school, he shall be required to pay the bail amount.
Article Thirty - This regulation shall be implemented from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article Thirty-One - The responsible Minister (Prime Minister) shall implement this regulation.
Written in Baghdad on the sixteenth day of the month of Rajab,
Year 1379, corresponding to the fourteenth day of January, Year 1960.
Sovereignty Council
Muhammad Najib al-Ruba'i
President of the Sovereignty Council
Khalid al-Naqshbandi | Member
Member
Muhammad Hadid | Major General
Minister of Finance | Abd al-Karim Qasim
and Acting Minister of Industry | Prime Minister
and Acting Minister of Defense
Mustafa Ali | Ibrahim Kubba
Minister of Justice | Minister of Agrarian Reform
and Acting Minister of Oil
Hashim Jawad | Ahmad Muhammad Yahya
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Minister of Interior
Muhi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Hassan al-Talabani
Minister of Education | Minister of Communications
Muhammad Abd al-Malik al-Shawaf | Abd al-Wahhab Amin
Minister of Health | Minister of Social Affairs
and Acting Minister of Agriculture
Fuad Arif | Talat al-Shaibani
Minister of State | Minister of Planning
Naziha al-Dulaimi | Faisal al-Samir
Minister of Municipalities | Minister of Guidance
Abd al-Latif al-Shawaf | Awni Yusuf
Minister of Trade | Minister of Works and Housing
Announcement
No. (12) for the year 960
Regarding the amendment of a cooperative society's bylaws
Based on the decision taken by the General Assembly of the Halija District Unlimited Agricultural Cooperative Society in Mahmoudiyah in its meeting held on 30/10/959 to amend its internal bylaws, and based on the provisions of Article Eleven of the Cooperative Societies Law No. 73 of 959, I have approved the aforementioned amendment, ratified it, and kept a copy of it with me.
Written in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of the month of Rajab,
Year 1379 Hijri corresponding to the sixteenth day of January, Year 1960 AD.
On behalf of the Minister of Social Affairs
Khaza'al Saleh Shukr
Statement
Based on the provisions of Article Two of the Law Prohibiting the Entry of Harmful Propaganda Media for the year 1924.
We have decided to ban the story (The Naked Virgin) written by Kamel Mahdi and published and distributed by the Commercial Office in Beirut from entering Iraq and to confiscate all copies arriving in the future.
On behalf of the Minister of Guidance
Muhammad Tawfiq Hussein
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Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: ⟦10 / 57 / 25⟧
Date: ⟦18 / 6 / 1957⟧
Subject Summary:
Administrative Order
The Administrative Committee decided in its session held on 17 / 6 / 1957:
1 - To increase the monthly salary of Mr. Sassoon Khedhouri to -/40 Dinars per month (-/27 Dinars nominal salary and -/13 Dinars cost of living allowance) starting from the first day of the month of April 1957.
2 - To increase the medicine allowance from five Dinars per month to ten Dinars per month starting from the first day of the month of April 1957.
The President
A copy to:
The Accountant - to act accordingly
The ⟦Technical⟧ Supervisor
Personal File
Al-Waqayi' al-Iraqiya Issue 292 8 1/20/1960
Comparison of state revenues and expenditures for the month of September/1958 and the corresponding figures for the same period of last year
Revenues | Month of September 1958 (Fils / Dinar) | Total until September /958 (Fils / Dinar) | Month of September 1957 (Fils / Dinar) | Total until September /957 (Fils / Dinar)
Chapter One - Income Tax | 230371 / 841 | 12075095 / 262 | 250198 / 188 | 6392635 / 139
Chapter Two - Customs Duties | 1871116 / 362 | 9561751 / 080 | 1835183 / 977 | 9759363 / 480
Chapter Three - Excise Duties | 965853 / 707 | 4243161 / 366 | 578229 / 175 | 3917890 / 791
Chapter Four - Consumption Duties and Land Tax | 199702 / 459 | 1017486 / 224 | 223891 / 881 | 1116479 / 865
Chapter Five - Property Tax and Stamp Duties | 167752 / 736 | 918837 / 382 | 147214 / 858 | 862628 / 269
Chapter Six - Posts and Telegraphs | 2741412 / 701 | 1217239 / 747 | 194786 / 548 | 1125777 / 318
Chapter Seven - Other State Departments | 234234 / 412 | 1570549 / 043 | 255898 / 440 | 1543052 / 319
Chapter Eight - Income from Government Projects | 46738 / 144 | 130546 / 270 | 22665 / 718 | 114416 / 241
Chapter Nine - Miscellaneous Receipts | 111198 / 080 | 677086 / 103 | 77252 / 297 | 486342 / 373
Total Revenues | 4101110 / 442 | 31411752 / 477 | 3585321 / 082 | 25318585 / 795
Expenditures | | | |
Chapter One - Pension Salaries and Grants | 439432 / 847 | 1228485 / 384 | 342883 / 067 | 1686810 / 197
Chapter Two - Bureau of the Sovereignty Council | 1074 / 353 | 27828 / 273 | 8052 / 600 | 48343 / 321
Chapter Three - National Assembly | 3516 / 965 | 89818 / 250 | 16262 / 581 | 118056 / 615
Chapter Four - Bureau of the Comptroller General | 3055 / 545 | 19372 / 050 | 3091 / 997 | 18554 / 570
Chapter Five - Bureau of the Council of Ministers | 2406 / 382 | 21222 / 157 | 5061 / 148 | 25071 / 823
Chapter Five (A) Service Council | 2719 / 523 | 16098 / 837 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
Chapter Six - Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 51379 / 390 | 534821 / 987 | 133301 / 648 | 573011 / 351
Chapter Seven - Ministry of Finance | 288076 / 864 | 1396012 / 284 | 273354 / 406 | 1491200 / 037
Chapter Eight - Ministry of Interior | 80969 / 500 | 485099 / 482 | 88304 / 676 | 483059 / 461
Chapter Eight (A) Ministry of Guidance | 18146 / 937 | 131309 / 825 | 16727 / 341 | 127138 / 376
Chapter Eight - (B) Police Department | 452604 / 402 | 2640858 / 451 | 462134 / 014 | 2729016 / 894
Chapter Nine - Ministry of Social Affairs | 78474 / 179 | 467339 / 705 | 80641 / 213 | 422050 / 166
Chapter Ten - Ministry of Health | 403602 / 365 | 2243891 / 501 | 340400 / 620 | 2305317 / 979
Chapter Eleven - Ministry of Defense | 1781552 / 324 | 9663325 / 089 | 1444055 / 782 | 8440058 / 045
Chapter Twelve - Ministry of Justice | 119901 / 815 | 723257 / 514 | 122143 / 413 | 676560 / 573
Chapter Thirteen - Ministry of Education | 354303 / 915 | 2095913 / 308 | 336300 / 623 | 1833272 / 134
Chapter Fourteen - Ministry of Economy | 20296 / 510 | 106355 / 966 | 15859 / 356 | 96041 / 753
Chapter Fifteen - Ministry of Agriculture | 152387 / 505 | 913724 / 865 | 137488 / 440 | 822860 / 124
Chapter Sixteen - Ministry of Communications and Works | 234663 / 402 | 1364786 / 396 | 220174 / 347 | 1363633 / 840
Chapter Seventeen - Administration of Local Liwas and Municipalities | 3587346 / 443 | 4322139 / 156 | 2947016 / 513 | 6043043 / 734
Chapter Eighteen - Other Projects | ⟦line⟧ | 579670 / 070 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
Total Expenditures | 8075911 / 166 | 29071330 / 480 | 6993253 / 785 | 29303100 / 993
Republic of Iraq - Government Press
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The Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: ⟦...⟧/58
Date: 15 / 4 / 1958
Secret and Urgent
Subject Summary: ⟦line⟧
Honorable President of the Community
After greetings
The Administrative Committee previously appointed the lawyer Hassan Al-Kahji to file a criminal lawsuit against
the trespasser Naeema Murad, and as explained in your marginal note dated 27 / 3 / 58 that there occurred
a reason that caused you to request the lawyer to suspend the legal proceedings.
The Administrative Committee has the right to know the reason that made your sovereignty request the suspension
of proceedings so that it may be aware of that; please respond to this letter of ours urgently.
Please accept our highest respect
Head of the Committee
Page 91
Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: M / ⟦222⟧
Date :: 29 / 5 / 1956
Subject Summary ::
To -
Presidency of Ezra Menachem Daniel School
Greetings,
With reference to your letter dated 20 / 5 / 1956, the Administrative Committee at its meeting
held on 28 / 5 / 1956 approved your expenditure of 400 Dinars to purchase the furniture shown
in your above-mentioned letter. Please submit the necessary documents for this expenditure.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
A copy to -
The Secretary - for information
Assistant Administrator of Ezra Menachem Daniel Endowments to issue a check for the amount mentioned above
to the order of Mr. Yusuf Masri.
Page 92
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: ⟦10/266⟧
Date: ⟦1956/5/29⟧
Subject Summary:
To:-
The Presidency of the ⟦Office⟧ of Ezra Menachem Daniel
Greetings,
With reference to your letter dated 1956/5/20, the Administrative Committee approved in its session
held on 1956/5/28 your expenditure of an amount of 400 Dinars to purchase the furniture shown
in your aforementioned letter. Please provide the necessary documents for this expenditure.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
A copy to:-
The Secretary - For information
Assistant Trustee of the Ezra Menachem Daniel Endowments to issue a check for the amount mentioned above
to the order of Mr. Yusuf Sabri.
⟦illegible⟧
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Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Telephone: 85267
Baghdad on 20 / 5 / 1956
To the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad -
Baghdad.
Greetings,
The stadium is in dire need of the furniture detailed below, the costs of
which amount to about (400/000) four hundred Dinars. Please grant preliminary approval to spend
this amount to purchase this furniture as soon as possible, and we will provide the details of the
actual amount upon completion of the purchase. Please note that in the stadium budget for the current year
there are sufficient credits to cover this spending category.
Please accept our highest respect,
On behalf of the Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium Committee
President
⟦signature⟧
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
Number
Date / / 19
19 / /
Details of furniture with approximate prices - | Fils / Dinars
24 aluminum chairs at 3/500 per chair | 84 / 000
36 aluminum chairs at 2/750 per chair | 99 / 000
4 large tables at 5/000 per table | 20 / 000
6 small tables at 2/500 per table | 15 / 000
4 large electric fans for the garden or the hall at approx. 42/000 Dinars. | 168 / 000
| 386 / 000
To the Secretary
Please approve the expenditure of
the above amount based
on the Board's decision
on 25 / 5 / 956
Respected Members,
Please provide preliminary approval for the above, provided that
a decision is taken regarding this in the next meeting
Approved
Secretary of the Committee
25 / 5 / 956
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Telephone: 85267
Number
Save
To the Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community in Baghdad.
Baghdad.
After greetings,
With reference to your letter dated 5/29/1956 and numbered M/056/366.
According to your request - we list below the expenditure list of (400/000) four hundred
dinars. -
| Fils / Dinar
Indola brand garden fan No. PGF 24 at a price of 39/- each | 156/000
Quantity: four |
Aluminum chair without arms, quantity (36) at a price of 2/750 each. | 99/000
Cocktail table 60 x 100, quantity (4) at a price of 6/250 | 25/000
Cigarette table, quantity (6) at a price of 2/150 | 12/900
Aluminum chair with arms, quantity (24) at a price of 3/750 | 84/000
Vertical garden fan | 30/000
| 406/900
Only four hundred and six dinars and nine hundred fils, nothing else.
This is what was necessary, please accept our highest respect. ,
On behalf of the Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium Committee
Member
Mr. Meir Zubeida
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
No: ⟦line⟧ 570
Date: ⟦line⟧ 8/8/1957
Subject Summary: Preparatory Commercial Branch ⟦line⟧
Director of the Frank Iny School ⟦line⟧
You have requested our approval to open a preparatory commercial branch at the Frank Iny School in the coming year, and you have discussed the matter with us repeatedly. Upon studying the case from all its aspects in detail, we found that it is difficult to provide sufficient funding to cover the expenses required to open the aforementioned branch.
Therefore, we regret that we are unable to fulfill the request, hoping to leave the discussion on this subject for another appropriate opportunity ⟦line⟧
President
A copy to:
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Community - for kind perusal
Administration
File
⟦...⟧
Page 96
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 57/2590
Date: 1957/6/25
Subject Summary:
To -
The Directorate of Menahem Daniel School
Greetings,
The Administrative Committee approved in its session held on 57/6/17 your request
for 500 Dinars (Five hundred Dinars) calculated against the budget for the 1957/1956 school year.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
The President
A copy to -
The Secretary
Assistant Trustee of the Ezra Menahem Daniel Endowments to provide a check for the amount of -/500 Dinars in the name of
Mr. Yusuf Sabri.
⟦illegible stamp⟧
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The Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: ⟦100⟧
Date :: 15 / 11 / 1957
Subject Summary:
To -
Head of the Office of Ezra Menachem Daniel
With reference to your letter dated 28 / 10 / 1957, the Administrative Committee approved in its session held
on 14 / 11 / 1957 to loan your office an amount of 500 Dinars (five hundred Dinars) from
the revenues of the endowments of the late Ezra Menachem Daniel.
The President
A copy to:-
The Secretary of the Community Presidency
The Endowment Management Committee of Ezra and Samuel Menachem Daniel to issue a check to the order of Mr. Yusuf Sabri, Head of
the Office, and deliver it to him against a receipt.
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Committee
Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Telephone 85267
Number ::
Date :: 28 / 10 / 1957
To the Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
After greetings -
Please provide us with an advance of (500/000) five hundred dinars in order
to manage the affairs of the stadium.
Below we list the total expenses of the stadium starting from 1 / 7 / 957 until
this date.
Fils / Dinar |
278/850 | Salaries and wages.
134/280 | General expenses including sports equipment, sundries, telephone, water, electricity, etc..
413/130 |
Only four hundred and thirteen dinars and one hundred and thirty fils and no more.
With sincere respect.
Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium Committee
On behalf of the President
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
⟦Please approve the disbursement of the amount of⟧
500 Dinars
Number 10 on 14 / 11 / 957
⟦signature⟧
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Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number: 5452
No.: 58/M
Date: 31 / 3 / 1958
Subject Summary:
Al-Samarrai Hospital - Baghdad
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 104 dated 16 / 10 / 57, we enclose herewith check No.
333064 dated 5 / 3 / 58 in the amount of 18/225 Dinars. Please send the necessary receipt
acknowledging delivery. As for the difference in the invoice amounting to 11/250 Dinars, please collect it from
the patient, Faiza Salman.
Please accept our highest respect,
President