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[p.100]
The International Court of Justice,
having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court,
having regard to Article 37 of the Rules of Court,
Makes the following Order:
Having regard to the Application dated May 26th, 1951, deposited and filed
in the Registry on that day, whereby the Government of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, referring to the declarations made by
that Government and by the Imperial Government of Iran accepting the
Optional Clause provided for in Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute,
instituted pro-ceedings before the Court against the Iranian Empire in the
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company case;
Whereas the text of this Application was on the same day transmitted to the
Iranian Government in accordance with Article 40, paragraph 2, of the
Statute, and the submissions therein made were, also on the same day,
communicated by telegraph to the said Government;
Having regard to the telegram dated Tehran, May 28th, 1951, whereby the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran acknowledged receipt of the telegraphic
notification of the Application and stated that his Government was of the
opinion that the Court had no jurisdiction to adjudicate in this case and
that on receipt of the Application the said Government would submit a
detailed reply;
Having regard to the Order of to-day's date, by which, following the Request
of the Government of the United Kingdom dated [p 101] June 22nd, 1951, the
Court indicates interim measures of protection in the case, which indication
in no way prejudges the jurisdiction of the Court to consider the merits of
the case,
Fixes as follows the time-limits for the presentation by the Parties of the
written proceedings:
for the Memorial of the Government of the United Kingdom: September 3rd,
1951;
for the Counter-Memorial of the Imperial Government of Iran: December 3rd,
1951.
And reserves the rest of the procedure for further decision.
Done in French and English, the French text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred
and fifty-one, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the archives
of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of the United
Kingdom and to the Imperial Government of Iran, respectively.
(Signed) Basdevant,
President.
(Signed) E. Hambro,
Registrar. |
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