‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’ [‎55r] (126/297)

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CES OF ORld,
<( ARTICLE V.
t'Tbe Contracting Powers undertake, unless this has already been provided for by laws in
ic slave trad;? ^ nce w j t | 1 the spirit of the present Article, to enact or propose to their respective Legisla-
accm in ^e course of one year at latest from the date of the signature of the present General Act,
military servJn 65 ' applyi n £' 011 0116 ^ an ^' provisions of their penal laws concerning grave offences
: civilized natijt ^nst the person, to the organizers and abettors of man-hunts, to perpetrators of the mutila-
^ of adults and male infants, and to all persons who may take part in the capture of slaves by
each territory^ 0 ! 1 e . an d, on the other hand, the provisions relating to offences against ndividual liberty, to
ive or re pref a 0 J erS) transporters, and dealers in slaves.
"Accomplices and accessories of the different categories of slave captors and dealers above
advanced statk ;(: e( ] s hall be punished with penalties proportionate to those incurred by the principals,
nd to the J fi P ec 1 ' "
ts, so as to-I "Guilty persons who may have escaped from the jurisdiction of the authorities of the country
means of porb' here the crimes or offences have been committed shall be arrested either on communication of
the incriminatory evidence by the authorities who have ascertained the violation of the law, or on
■ oduction of any other proof of guilt by the Power on whose territory they may have, been dis-
lakes, su Ppor^ o r vere( j an d shall without other formality be held at the disposal of the Tribunals competent
to try them.
osts and stati: "The Powers will communicate to each other with the least possible delay the laws or de-
Lrees already in existence or promulgated in execution of the present Article.
nunication of;
ion, and to ass* "ARTICLE VI.
"Slaves liberated in consequence of the stoppage or dispersal of a convoy in the interior of
and of con ti neB t shall be sent back, if circumstances permit, to their country of origin; if not,
ive trade, jjj ie i oca i authorities shall help them as much as possible to obtain means of subsistence, and, if
they desire it, to settle on the spot.
. , ' f ARTICLE VII,
a the posts wl
prevent thee " Any fugitive slave claiming on the continent the protection of the Signatory Powers shall
sidiary dutiesXjbtain it and ^shall be received in the camps and stations officially established by them, or on
, if i I board Government vessels plying on the Ukes and rivers. Private stations and vessels are only
tion belon permitted to exercise the right of asylum subject to the previous sanction of the State,
imminent daJ « A R T iCLE VIII.
to co-operate:
> of arbitrate « The experience of all nations who have intercourse with Africa having shown the perni-
to increase ti c j ous an( j preponderating part played by fire-arms in slave trade operations, as well as in intes-
)f barbarous o tine wars between native tribes, and this same experience having clearly proved that Ihe pre-
l servation of the African populations, whose existence it is the express wish of the Powers to safe-
leir legality,eaj guard, is a radical impossibility if restrictive measures against the trade in fire-arms and ammu-
;o the foumM nition are not established, the Powers decide, insofar as the present state of their frontiers
| permit, that the importation of fire-arms, and especially of rifles and improved weapons, as well
as of powder, balls, and cartridges, is, except in the cases and under the conditions provided
or may hsrtJ j n the following Article, prohibited in the territories comprised between the 20th parallel of
north latitude and the 22nd parallel of south latitude, and extending westward to the Atlantic
0 c ,_j Grr3 J Ocean, and eastward to the Indian Ocean and its dependencies, comprising the islands adjacent
' r ' u " to the coast as far as 100 nautical miles from the shore.
" ARTICLE IX.
c| "The introduction of fire-arms and ammunition, when there shall be occasion to authorize it in
innnn and ;t ^ p 0ssess i 0ns 0 f Signatory Powers which exercise rights of sovereignty or of protectorate in
- ? CU m S ' Africa ) sha11 be r egulated in the following manner in the zone laid down in Article VIII, unless
^oTs^sionsa identical or more rigorous Regulations have been already applied;
good officesi " AH imported fire-arms shall be deposited at the cost, risk, and peril of the importers in
upon a simA-a public warehouse placed under the control of the Administration of the State. No withdrawal
* of fire-arms or imported ammunition shall take place from such warehouses without the previous
I authorization of the Administration. This authorization shall, except in cases hereinafter
^ specified, be refused for the withdrawal of all arms of precision, such as rifles, magazine-guns, or
riplPOTte breech-loaders, whether whole or in detached pieces, their cartridges, caps, or other ammunition
virtue of A® for them.
they contrai-t " At the seaports the respective Governments may permit the establishment of private
i warehouses under conditions affording the needful guarantees^ but only for ordinary powder and
enterprises^ j fliQt-lock guns, and to the exclusion of improved arms and their ammunition,
pression 0i ," Besides the measures directly taken by Government for the arming of the public forte and the
e at any organization of their defence, individual exceptions shall be admitted for persons affording suffi-
^ercise of i ^ guarantees that the arm and ammunition delivered to them will not be given, assigned, or sold
to third persons, and for travellers provided with a declaration of their Government stating that
the weapon and ammunition are destined exclusively for their personal defence.