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Article 4.
Laws, as also orders and regulations, with the full force of law, for the good
government of the Soudan, and for regulating the holding, disposal, and devolution
of property of every kind therein situate, may from time to time be made, altered, or
abrogated by proclamation of the Governor-General. Such laws, orders and regula
tions may apply to the whole or any named part of the Soudan, and may, either
explicitly or by necessary implication, alter or abrogate anv existing law or
regulation.
All such proclamations shall be forthwith notified to Her Britannic Majesty’s
agent and consul-general in Cairo, and to the President of the Council of Ministers
or His Highness the Khedive.
Article 5.
No Egyptian law, decree, Ministerial arrete, or other enactment hereafter to be
made or promulgated, shall apply to the Soudan or any part thereof, save in so far
as the same shall be applied by proclamation of the Governor-General in manner
hereinbefore provided.
Article 6.
In the definition by proclamation of the conditions under which Europeans, of
whatever nationality, shall be at liberty to trade with or reside in the Soudan, or to
hold property within its limits, no special privileges shall be accorded to the subjects
of any one or more Power.
Article 7.
Import duties on entering the Soudan shall not he payable on goods coming from
Egyptian territory. Such duties may, however, be levied on goods coming from else
where than Egyptian territory; but in the case of goods entering the Soudan at
Suakin, or any other port on the Red Sea littoral, they shall not exceed the corre
sponding duties for the time being leviable on goods entering Egypt from abroad.
Duties may be levied on goods leaving the Soudan at such rates as may from time to
time be prescribed by proclamation.
Article 8.
The jurisdiction of the Mixed Tribunals shall not extend, nor be recognised for
any purpose whatsoever, in any part of the Soudan [except in the town of
Suakin].*
Article 9.
Until, and save so far as it shall be otherwise determined by proclamation, the
Soudan [with the exception of the town of Suakin]* shall be and remain under
martial law.
Article 10.
No consuls, vice-consuls or consular agents shall be accredited in respect of, nor
allowed to reside in, the Soudan without the previous consent of Her Britannic
Majesty’s Government.
Article 11.
The importation of slaves into the Soudan, as also their exportation, is absolutely
prohibited. Provision shall be made by proclamation for the enforcement of this
regulation.
Article 12.
It is agreed between the two Governments that special attention shall be paid
to the enforcement of the Brussels Act of the 2nd July, 1890, in respect of the import,
sale and manufacture of firearms and their munitions, and distilled or spirituous
liquors.
Done in Cairo, the 19th January, 1899.
(Signed) CROMER.
BOUTROS GHALI.
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* The passages in square brackets were cancelled by a subsequent convention concluded on the
10th July, ItSOH.