"ملف ١٤/١ III الامتياز النفطي في مسقط" [و‎‎٣‎٧] (٥٩٤/٧٨)

other happening which the Company could not
or control.
reasonably prevent
ARTICLE 25. The Sultan shall not by general or special
legislation or by administrative measures or by any other act
whatever annul this Agreement except as provided in Article 21.
Bo alteration shall be made in the terms of this Agreement
by either the Sultan or the Company except in the event of the
Sultan and the Company jointly agreeing that it is desirable in
the interests of both parties to make certain alterations
deletions or additions to this Agreement.
j-P 2 6 , (a) If at any time during the currency of this
Agreement any difference or dispute shall arise between the
parties hereto concerning the interpretation or execution hereof,
or anything herein contained, or in connection herewith, or the
rights or liabilities of either party hereunder, the same shall,
failing any agreement to settle it in any other way, be referred
to two arbitrators, one of whom shall be chosen by each party,
and a referee, who shall be chosen by the arbitrators before pro
ceeding to arbitration,
(b) Each party shall nominate its own arbitrator within
Sixty days after delivery of a request so to do by the other
party failing which its arbitrator may at the request of the
other party be designated by the British Political Resident In
the Persian G-ulf. In the event of the arbitrators failing to
agree within Sixty days after being chosen or designated the
British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf may appoint a
referee at the request of the arbitrators or of either of them.
(c) The decision of the arbitrators, or in a case of a
difference of opinion between them the decision of the referee,
shall be final and binding upon both parties.
(d) In giving a decision the arbitrators or the referee
shall specify an adequate period of delay during which the party