Customary Law of the Beni-Amer القانون العرفي للبني عامر

القانون العرفي للبني عامر, النسخة الانجليزية, والذي اوضعه الشيخ حامد فرج حامد (ممثلا عن قبائل البني عامر) رسميا في البرلمان الارتري, في الفاتح من يونيو١٩٦٠

Customary Law of the Beni-Amer

(Main Source: Bhardwaj 1979: 227-238)

ERITREAN ASSEMBLY

Ref: EA/HM/3                                                                P.O. Box 206

Date: lst June, 1960                                                       ASMARA

Attorney-General

Government of Eritrea,

Asmara

          Subject:  New Customary Law of the Beni-Amer Tribes

I attach herewith a copy of the New Customary Law to govern the necessities of the whole of the Beni-Amer wherever they might be in disputes arising out from the fundamental principles of the Customary Law.

2.     This new codification has been arrived at as a result of numerous meetings of the elected representatives of the tribes, and the result of each meeting was communicated to the people concerned.

3.     Whilst I have to inform you that I have been, in turn, delegated to reduce into writing the above Law I wish to state that I am doing this work for my people only in my capacity as a member thereof and not in any other status which I may be holding officially in the Government.

                                                                   (Sgd.) (Hamid Farej Hamid)

                                                          (Delegate of the Beni-Amer Tribes)

Copy to: The President Supreme Court

  “    “        Secretary Law & Justice

 “     “        The President High Court

 “     “        All S.D.0.s

Source:     Courtesy of Tribal Chiefs.
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