The following arrangements are agreed to for the decision of Civil Suits
and Criminal Cases within the territories of His Highness the Ameer, in
which British subjects are concerned:--
(_a._) Civil suits in which both plaintiff and defendant are
British subjects, and Criminal Cases in which both
prosecutor and accused are British subjects, or in which the
accused is a European British subject, mentioned in the
Third Article of this Treaty, shall be tried by the British
Representative or one of his Agents, in the presence of an
Agent appointed by His Highness the Ameer;
(_b._) Civil suits in which one party is a subject of His Highness
the Ameer, and the other party a British subject, shall be
tried by the Courts of His Highness, in the presence of the
British Representative or one of his Agents, or of a person
appointed in that behalf by such Representative or Agent;
(_c._) Criminal cases in which either prosecutor or accused is a
subject of His Highness the Ameer shall, except as above
otherwise provided, be tried by the Courts of His Highness
in presence of the British Representative, or of one of his
Agents, or of a person deputed by the British
Representative, or by one of his Agents;
(_d._) Except as above otherwise provided, Civil and Criminal Cases
in which one party is a British subject, and the other the
subject of a foreign power, shall, if either of the parties
be a Mahomedan, be tried in the Courts of His Highness; if
neither party is a Mahomedan, the case may, with consent of
the parties, be tried by the British Representative or one
of his Agents; in the absence of such consent, by the Courts
of His Highness;
(_e._) In any case disposed of by the Courts of His Highness the
Ameer to which a British subject is party, it shall be
competent to the British Representative, if he considers
that justice has not been done, to represent the matter to
His Highness the Ameer, who may cause the case to be
re-tried in some other Court, in the presence of the British
Representative, or of one of his Agents, or of a person
appointed in that behalf by such Representative or Agent.
ARTICLE IX.
The rights and privileges enjoyed within the dominions of His Highness
the Ameer by British subjects under the Treaty, shall extend to the
subjects of all Princes and States in India in alliance with Her Majesty
the Queen; and if, with respect to any such Prince or State, any other
provisions relating to this Treaty or to other matters should be
considered desirable, they shall be negotiated through the British
Government.
ARTICLE X.
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