'11/2 PROPOSED EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN BAHRAIN, NEJD, & KUWAIT - SAUDI AGREEMENT' [‎46v] (92/106)

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“ (2) That the property and animals now returned comprise all that
we have recovered from the offenders up to this date, in its entirety,
and, by way of compensation for objects certified to be impossible of
recovery in kind and to be missing, namely
the following, which are forwarded , and
I certify that these are of the same equivalent value as the missing
objects which it has not been possible to recover, and, further, that all
possible measures will be taken for the recovery of any other loot which
has not been recovered from the offenders, and that, when recovered,
it will be returned to you accompanied by another certificate.
Signature ”
Wisaqa. " V
(1) It shall not be permissible to detain live-stock or property on either
side of the frontier in order to enforce the return of other, looted, live-stock
or property believed to be unlawfully held on the other side of the frontier.
(2) This section shall not affect the right of the authorities on each
side of the frontier to make use of this means to enforce the restoration of
live-stock or property unlawfully held in their own territory only.
3. Araif.
If any national of Koweit proves before the competent authorities in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or any national of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia before the competent authorities in Koweit, his property rights'in
animals, found in the possession of another person, which he has recognised
as his, the competent authorities shall hand over the animals to him who
recognises them as his after the claim has been proved before them. The
possessor, if he makes known the person who sold him the animals, shall
have the right to demand the price from the seller, and the Government in
whose territory the seller is shall look into the claim of the possessor from
whom the animals have been taken, and shall recover the price from the
seller and punish the seller if he is a thief or has obtained the animals
illegally. If the possessor of the animals does not make known the seller,
he shall himself be responsible for his illegal possession of the animals.
4. Blood Money.
Either Government shall collect from a homicide, being its national, blood
money in respect of a person slain belonging to the other Government,
provided that the homicide was not guilty of premeditated aggression, in
which case the law of retaliation applies; and provided that the homicitiii.
was not engaged in lawful self-defence. The blood money shall be calculaKf
according to the Sharia Law as at present recognised between the Sheikhdom
of Koweit andvthe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
5. Compensation for Bosses.
Persons guilty of premeditated acts of aggression, such as raiding or
robbery, shall be obliged to make good all losses suffered by the victims as
a result of the aggression and shall pay the value of animals which have
been killed in the fighting, or which have been looted and have died or
been lost while in their possession. The frontier officer appointed in
accordance with Article 3 of the Agreement for Friendship and Neighbourly
Relations who is responsible for the collection and return of loot, shall
likewise collect from the aggressors out of their property objects equivalent •
in value to those losses, and shall deliver them together with the loot as
required by Section 1 of this Schedule. The frontier officer of the Govern
ment whose nationals were the victims may collect any evidence which he
considers appropriate regarding the losses and forward it to the frontier
officer of the other Government engaged in collecting the loot.