ملف ١٩١٦//٢٩٠٢ "المعاهدات والاتفاقيات بين الحكومة البريطانية وحُكام الساحل العربي للخليج الفارسي" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٣] (٤٤٨/٢١٦)

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Buie 13—On the production of the weapons as directed in accordance
with the provisions of Eule 12 (<?), the Warehouse Superintendent shall pro
ceed to satisfy himself that the weapon is duly marked on the barrel with the
official mark of the Arms Warehouse and on the butt with the serial number
of issue. If it is found not to be so marked, the Superintendent shall, after
marking the weapon with the marks and number of the Arms Warehouse
refer the question of the legality of possession of the weapon to me for orders!
The burden of proving that the weapon was innocently come by and not in
infringement of the rules of the Arms Warehouse, will lie on the owner and
should he fail to prove innocent possession, the weapon shall be liable to con
fiscation.
Bide Id .—(Not in force.)
Buie 15. —To meet the needs of traders who may desire to expose in their
shops a sample of arms and ammunition for sale, a trader’s license in form E
Arabic form ( ) can be procured by them from the Warehouse Superin
tendent. A trader holding such a license will be permitted to withdraw from
the Arms Warehouse one sample weapon of every kind of which he may have
stock lying in the Arms Warehouse under the provision of Rules 1 and 4, 7
and 8 aforesaid together with 200 rounds of ammunition per sample weapon.
This stock of ammunition may be renewed under the trader’s license twice a year
on the personal guarantee of the trader that it is not for sale hut merely
“ practice ammunition.
Buie 16 .—The Warehouse Superintendent shall have power to frame
rules for the charge and collection of Warehouse charges not exceeding 2 per
cent, per mensem ad valorem on all arms and ammunition or parts thereof
stored in the Arms Warehouse and for the discharge of such obligations, when
over one month in arrears, by the appropriation to the State of an equivalent
portion of the offending goods.
Bide 17 .—The Warehouse Superintendent shall frame rules to be approved
by me regulating the transfer between traders of arms, ammunition or parts
thereof stored in the Arms Warehouse except (1) that no such transfer shall
be valid without the consent of the traders concerned ; (2) that it shall be
reduced to writing and subject to the certificate of the Warehoue Superin
tendent to be confirmed by me that all charges leviable under these rules
have been fully paid; (3) that it shall be duly registered by the Warehouse
Superintendent; and (4) that the fees to be charged for the registration of any
such transfer shall not exceed RIO for each such transfer.