"مجموعة من المعاهدات والالتزامات والسندات المتعلقة بالهند والدول المجاورة" [‎٢‎٩‎٨] (٥٧٨/٣١٥)

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AFGHANISTAN—NO. XXV—1&23.
Abticle IV.
The Afghan Government agrees to furnish to the British Minister at Kabul a
reasonable number of copies of its Customs Tariff Schedule, and of all orders and
notifications introducing any change in that Schedule, or in any other way affect
ing commerce between Afghanistan and any portion of the British Empire.
Similarly the British Government agrees to furnish to the Afghan Minister in
London a reasonable number of copies of similar United Kingdom Tariff Sche
dules, orders and notifications, and to the Afghan Consul-General with the Govern
ment of India a reasonable number of Indian Tariff Schedules, orders and noti
fications.
Aeticle V.
I his Convention shall be ratified and ratifications shall be exchanged at London
within two months of its signature, It shall come into force immediately upon
ratification and shall remain in force for the same period as the Anglo-Afghan
Treaty executed on the
22nd November 1921, A.D.
30th Aqrab 1300, Hijri Shamsi.
Conclusion.
These five Articles having been stipulated and agreed to in the manner and
form preceding, the aforesaid Representatives have agreed to the present Con
vention, drawn up in two copies, in English and Persian, each of them signed and
sealed in th p ‘ T respective languages, each of which shall be of equal force; and
have exchanged with each other the proper authenticated instrument.
Done at Kabul the fifth day of June 1923 A.D. (corresponding to the fifteenth
Jauza, 1302 Shami Hijri ),
Ghulam Muhammad,
Minister of Commerce.
Faiz Muhammad,
Assistant Foreign Secretary.
J. A. Brett.
W. W. Nind.
APPENDIX A.
Rules for the exemption from Customs duty of goods imported on behalf of the Govern^
ment of Afghanistan.
The following procedure shall be adopted in giving effect to the Customs con
cessions granted under Articles VI and VII of the Treaty between the British
Government and the Government of Afghanistan in respect of exemption from
payment of duty on goods imported at British Indian ports on behalf of the Gov
ernment of Afghanistan for immediate transport to that country.
Rule i.—Goods purporting to be the property of the Afghanistan State shall,
on arrival at the port of entry in India, be entered and cleared in the manner
prescribed under the Sea Customs Act, but such goods shall be exempted from