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that whatever quantity of material is required for the strength and
welfare of Afghanistan, such as all kinds of factory machinery,
engines and materials and instruments for telegraph, telephones,
Ac., which Afghanistan may be able to buy from Britain or the
British dominions or from other countries of the world, shall
ordinarily be imported without let or hindrance by Afghanistan into
its own territories from the ports of the British Isles and British
India. Similarly the Government of Afghanistan agrees that evei\
kind of goods, the export of which is not against the internal law
of the Government of Afghanistan and which may in the judgment
of the Government of Afghanistan be in excess of the internal
needs and requirements of Afghanistan and is required by the
British Government, can* be purchased and exported to India with
the permission of the Government of Afghanistan. With regard to
arms and munitions, the British Government agrees that as long
as it is assured that the intentions of the Government of Afghanistan
are friendly and that there is no immediate danger to India from
such importation in Afghanistan, permission shall be given without
let or hindrance for such importation. If, however, the Arms
Traffic Convention is hereafter ratified by the Great Powers of the
world and conies into force, the right of importation of arms and
munitions bv the Afghan Government shall be subject to the
proviso that the Afghan Government shall first have signed the
Arms Traffic Convention, and that such importation shall only
be made in accordance with the provisions of that Convention.
Should the Arms Traffic Convention not be ratified or lapse, the
Government of Afghanistan; subject to the foregoing assurance,
can from time to time import into its own territory the arms and
munitions mentioned above through the ports of the British Isles
and British India.
Article 7.
No Customs duties shall be levied at British Indian ports on
goods imported under the provisions of Article (i on behalf of the
Government of Afghanistan, for immediate transport io
Afghanistan, provided that a certificate signed by such Afghan
authority or representative as may from time to time he determined
by the two Governments shall be presented at the time .of importa
tion to the Chief Customs Officer at the port of import setting forth
that the goods in question are the property of the Government o"
Afghanistan and are being sent under its orders to Afghanistan,
and showing the description, number and value of the goods in
respect of which exemption is claimed; provided, secondly, that
(he goods are required for the public services of Afghanistan and
not for the purposes of any State monopoly or State trade; and
provided, thirdly, that the goods are, unless of a clearly dis
tinguishable nature, transported through India in sealed packages,
which shall not be opened or subdivided before their export from
India.
And also the British Government agrees to the grant in respect
of all trade goods imported into India at British ports for re-export