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shall have the right to demand the price from the seller, and
the Govei-nmen t in whose territory the seller is shall look inti
the claim of the possessor from whom the animals have been
taken, and shall recover the price from the sifeiler 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 f or his illegal possession of
tfre animals*
i» Blood money *
Either Government shall collect from a homicide, being its
national, block money in respect of a person slain belonging to
the other Government, provided that the homicide was not guilty
of premediated aggression, in which case thejiaw of retaliation
appliess and provided that the homicide was not engaged in law
ful self-defence* The blood money shall be calculated according
to the Shalva Law as At present recognised between the
Shaikhdom of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia*
5a Compensation for Losses *
Persons guilty of premediated 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 Kriendshmp and Leighbourly
Relations who is repponsible 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 Government whose
nationals were the victims may collect an$ Evidence which he
considers appropriate regarding the losses and forward it to
the frontier officer of the other Government engaged in collect
ing the loot*
6* Khidma *
On the return of the looted property or animals nothing
shall be deducted therefrom by the way of Khidma, recompense,
wages of herdsmen, or expenses* If the Government collecting
the loot has incurred such expenditure, it is free to recover
it out of the property of the offenders* The recompense,
however, of a person who has found stray cameks and taken
charge of them until application is made by their owner shall
be calcuated at the rate of one goM pound for every five
camels, provided that the finder has given notice of his having
found them at the time of its occurrence and has not attempted
to conceal it* The frontier officer to whom notice is given
shall give notice of the fact to the frontier officer of the
other Government* •
7* Losses *
The nationals of either country may enter the other c oubtry
to^search for any of their property which may have been lost or
stolen* If the searcher finds anywhere what he lost or what
was stolen from him he shall demand his losses from the person
in whose possession they are* If the latter surrenders them,
well and good; but if not, the searcher shall not have the
right to recover them by force b)it shall apply to the nearest
Government centre in order to inform those concerned of the
result of his enquiries about his losses or what was stolen
from him* The authority to whom this information is given
shall take the necessary measures to give ?/hat is due to the
rightful person and to punish the offenders*
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