'A Collection of Treaties and Engagements relating to the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman in force up to the End of 1953' [‎34r] (69/92)

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A rticle 2.
The subjects of Syud Sueed bin Sultan, the Sultan of Maskat, shall be at
liberty to reside in, trade with, and pass with their merchandize through
France, and the French shall, in like manner, have similar liberty with regard to
the territories ol Syud Sueed bin Sultan, the Sultan of Maskat. The subjects of
both the Governments shall have all the privileges which are or may be conceded
by the respective Governments to the subjects of the most favoured nations.
A rticle 3.
The French shall be at liberty to purchase, sell or rent land, houses or ware
houses, in the dominions of Syud Sueed bin Sultan, the Sultan of Maskat. The
houses, warehouses, or other premises occupied by the French, or by persons in
their service, shall not be forcibly entered without the permission of the French
Consul. They shall not be prevented from leaving the dominions of Syud Sueed
bin Sultan whenever they wish to do so.
A rticle 4.
The subjects of Syud Sueed bin Sultan, the Sultan of Maskat, actually in the
service of the French, shall enjoy the same privileges which are granted to the
French themselves; but if such subjects of His Highness shall be convicted of
any crime or infraction of the law, they shall be discharged by the French, and
delivered over to the authorities of the place.
A rticle 5.
The two high contracting parties acknowledge reciprocally the right of
appointing Consuls to reside in each other's dominions, wherever the interests of
commerce may require the presence of such officers; and such Consuls shall at
all times be placed in the country in which they reside on the footing of the Con
suls of the most favoured nations. Each of the high contracting parties further
agrees to permit his own subjects to be appointed to Consular offices by the other
contracting party, provided always that the persons so appointed shall not begin
to act without the previous approbation of the sovereign whose subjects they may
be. The public functionaries of either Government, residing in the dominions
of the other, shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities, and exemptions which
are enjoyed within the same dominions by similar public functionaries of other
countries. The French Consul shall be at liberty to hoist the French flag over
his house.
A rticle 6.
The authorities of the Sultan of Maskat shall not interfere in disputes
between the French, or between the French and the subjects of other Christian
nations. When differences arise between a subject of the Sultan of Maskat and a
Frenchman if the former be the complainant, the cause shall be heard by the
French Consul: but if a Frenchman be the complainant against any of the sub
jects of the Sultan at Maskat, or against any Mahomedans, then the cause shall
be decided by the authorities of the Sultan of Maskat, or by his deputy: but in such
case the cause shall not be decided, except in the presence of the French Consul,
or his deputy, who shall attend at the Court. In causes between a Frenchman
and a subject of the Sultan of Maskat the evidence of a man proved to have given
false testimony on a former occasion shall not be received. A cause to be decided
by the French Consul shall be tried in the presence of the Sultan of Maskat, or a
person acting for him.
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The nropertv of a French subject who may die in any part of the dominions
of the Sultan of Maskat, or of a subject of the Sultan of Maskat who may die m
any part of the French dominions, shall be delivered oyer to the executor or
administrator of the deceased, or, in default of such executor or administrator, to
the respective Consuls of the contracting parties.
A rticle 8.
If a Frenchman shall become bankrupt in the dominions of the Sultan of
Maskat, the French Consul shall take possession of all the property of such
bankrupt, and shall give it up to the creditors of the bankrupt to be divided among
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