File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [‎102r] (214/448)

The said rules will be held to apply to all arms and ammunition or parts
thereof held m our territories by traders for sale on the date of the introduction
of the said rules, and to all such arms, ammunition or parts thereof as may be
thereafter imported into our territories.
On, or about, but not before, the 1st September 1912, a subsidiary notice
will be issued in due course confirming these draft rules and notifying the
date on which the rules so confirmed shall come into operation.
Draft Rules.
Buie R—All arms, ammunition or parts thereof held by traders for sale
to the public within my dominions shall be dej)osited forthwith in the Arms
■Warehouse in accordance with these regulations. The Warehouse Superinten
dent w ill grant a detailed receipt to the depositor for all such arms, ammuniti-
tion or parts thereof in the form attached and marked A.
Buie 5—After the^ expiry of one month from the date on which these
rules come into operation, all arms, ammunition or parts thereof, found in
the possession of traders (except in accordance with the provisions of rule
15 hereinafter mentioned), contrary to the provisions of rule 1 aforesaid,
shall be confiscated. If the offending trader be a Maskat subject, he will be
severely punished ; if a foreigner and amenable to my jurisdiction, he will be
liable to expulsion from my territories. If the offending trader be a subject of
any of the Powers in treaty relations with me, information will be laid against
him to the Consul of the Power, whose subject or proteg^ he may be, and the
aforesaid Consul will be requested to deal with him according to law and treaty
and the spirit of these regulations.
Buie 3 .—In addition to all or any of the penalties imposed by these
rules, should any trader be found guilty in the proper forum of offending
against the provisions of rule 1 aforesaid, all arms, ammunition or parts thereof,
held in the Maskat Arms Warehouse to the credit of such offending, trader, or
that maw subsequently be deposited in tbe Arms Warehouse in his name under
the provisions of rule 4, will, without further sentence of forfeiture, be liable
to confiscation.
Buie 4.—-All arms, ammunition or parts thereof, which may hereafter be
imported into Maskat territory, will be taken direct to the Arms Warehouse
and there deposited.
Buie 5 .—Por the more effective carrying out of the provisions qf the
preceding rule, the masters of steamers importing arms and ammunition or
parts thereof null be required to produce on arrival and furnish to the represent
ative of the Warehouse Sujoerintendent who will attend on board, the copy
of a separate manifest, and in the form attached and marked B, showing all
arms and ammunition and parts thereof, destined for importation into my
territories and carried on board their vessels.
Bide 6 .—All arms, ammunition or parts thereof, destined for import info
Maskat, but not detailed, or incorrectly or insufficiently described, in the
separate manifest (form B) especially w ith regard to the marks on the packages
or the name of the consignee, shall, as soon as such arms, ammunition or parts
thereof have left the ship’s tackles become liable to confiscation.
Exception .—The sole exception to the operation of this rule shall be in the
case of arms, ammunition or parts thereof, landed by mistake in good faith
and clearly destined for some other port, to which the import of arms and
ammunition is not prohibited. The burden of proving that sucli arms and
ammunition were intended for import to a port, to which the import of arms and
ammunition is not prohibited, shall lie on the steamer’s agent, importer or
consignee. No claims under this exception will be entertained after a period
of three months from date of landing of the goods, in resj^ect of which the
claim is made.
Buie 7 .—All arms, ammunition or parts thereof, deposited in the Arms
■Warehouse in accordance with tbe provisions of rule 4, shall be claimed by the
consignee nothin a period of three months from the date of deposit in the
Arms Warehouse.