'Treaties and Undertakings in Force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat] and Oman, 1845-1914' [‎10v] (29/190)

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take possession of, recover and realise all available property and assets of sueli
bankrupt to be dealt with and distributed according to the provisions of Eng
lish Bankruptcy Law.
Article 16.
Should a subject of His Highness the Sultan of Muscat resist or evade
payment of the just and rightful claims of a British subject, the authorities of
His Highness the Sultan shall afford to the British creditor every aid and
facility in recovering the amount due to him. In like manner the British
Consul shall afford every aid and facility to subjects of His Highness the Saltan
of Muscat in recovering debts justly due to them from a British subject.
Article 17.
Should a British subject die within the dominions of His Highness the
Sultan of Museat, or dying elsewhere leave property therein, moveable or im
moveable, the British Consul shall be authorised to collect, realise and take
possession of the estate of the deceased, to be disposed of according to the pro
visions of English law.
Article 18.
The houses, dwellings, warehouses, and other premises of British subjects,
or of persons actually in their regular service, within the dominions of His
Highness the Sultan of Muscat, shall not bo entered or searched under any
pretext, by the ofiicials of His Highness without the consent of the occupier,
unless with the cognisance and assistance of the British Consul or his
substitute.
Article 19.
It is hereby agreed between the two High Contracting Parties that, in the
event of an agreement being hereafter arrived at between His Highness the
Sultan of Muscat and the various Powers with which His Highness shall be in
Treaty relations, including Great Britain, which must be a consenting party,
whereby the residents of district or town shall, without distinction of nationality,
be made subject to the payment of local taxes, for municipal and sanitary pur
poses, the same to be fixed and administered by or under the control of a
special Board, nothing contained in this Treaty shall be understood so as to
exempt British residents from the payment of such taxes.
Article 20.
Subjects of the two High Contracting Parties shall, within the dominions
of each other, enjoy freedom of conscience and religious toleration, the free and
public exercise of all such forms of religion, and the right to build edifices for
religious worship.
Article 21.
The stipulations of the present Treaty shall be applicable to all the colonies-
and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty so far as the laws permit
excepting to those hereinafter named, that is to say except to—
The Dominion of Canada.
Newfoundland,
The Cape of Good Hope.
Katal.
New South Wales.
Victoria.
Queensland.
Tasmania.
South Australia.
Western Australia.
Kew Zealand.