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Article 13 (2 ) : In the first sentence His Highness
desired ,T the courts” in place of ”a court” (of the Sultan).
For the second sentence it was agreed to substitute
the alternative two sentences in the margin.
Article 12 (5 ) * To meet His Highness it was proposed to
insert, after ”for the prevention of breaches of the
peace”, the words ”or a breach of a law or regulation of
the Sultan which has been made applicable to nationals of
His Majesty under Article 14”. The Sultan could not
agree to these words until Article 14 was discussed.
Article 14 : This article was discussed at considerable
length, and to meet some of the views expressed by His
Highness at the previous meeting it was proposed to him
that the second paragraph should run ”In the case of police
or municipal regulations or of legislation imposing taxes
or duties the text of the laws and regulations, or of the
relevant provisions thereof, shall always De exhibited
„ etc.”. It was represented to the Sultan that
this met his practical objections, and the general purpose
of the Article and its necessity from our point oi view
v/as explained to him. He could not oe brought to accept
it, even with the offered deletion of the third paragi aph
which, it was explained, was inserted in his own inoeiest.
He objected to a new article which showed that there weie
two Governments in his State, and he could not ag/ee uo the
machinery by which his laws were enf orceaole against
British subjects only when exhibited cy the Consul.
Certain of his remarks suggested however that bis oo jc^ uion
was largely to the appearance oi the Ar tide iu tne Ii v,wty
and that he might be less reluctant to accept the
principle of the Article if it were embodied in
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