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since it was opened in 1950 it has been arranged with the Qatar Petroleum
Company that their doctor there should perform the functions of Quarantine
Medical Officer at the port under the supervision of the Chief Quarantine Medical
Officer, Persian Gulf, at Bahrain.(I0*) At Dohah the State Medical Officer performs
such quarantine work as may arise under the same supervision.

</) Nationality and Passports
74. No nationality law has been issued by the Ruler. The Qatar Petroleum
Company are under an obligation to employ as many Qataris as possible and it
used to be the practice for the Ruler’s representative under the concession
agreement to issue certificates to local Arabs seeking employment with the company
that they were Qatar subjects. This practice was much abused and many persons
who were not Qatar subjects were certified as such.
75. In 1951 the Ruler issued a Passport Law (Appendix H) requiring all
persons subject to his jurisdiction entering Qatar to be in possession of proper
travel documents bearing valid visas except where the necessity for this had been
waived. The necessity for obtaining visas has been waived in respect of all
persons to whom the law applies, provided they are in possession of proper travel
documents.

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P.R. to F.O. Despatch 28 of November 20. 1950 (EA 1793/3 of 1950).
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