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questions which mi ht arise from the abrogation
of the provisions of treatics and agreements
provided for in Article 2 of the present Treaty,
the High Contracting Parties agree that such
existing rights or titles shall be indefeasible
and shall not be questioned upon any ground except
upon proof, established through the process of
law, that such rights have been acquired by fraud
or as a result of confiscatory action during the
Japanese occupation, in which case the property
shall be restored n such terms as justice
shal require to its previous owners.
(11). The High Contracting Parties
also agree that if it should be the desire of
the Government of the Republic of China to
replace by new deeds of ownership existing
leases in perpetuity or other documentary
evidence relating to real property held by
nationals or companies of His Majesty the king or
by H. G. in the U., the replacement shall be
id.
made by the Chinese authorities without charges
of any sort and the new deads of ownership shall
fully protect the holders of auch leases or other
documentary evidence, and their legal heirs and
assigns without diminution of their prior right a
and interests, including the right of alienat ion.
(111). The High Cont, acting Parties agree
further that nationals or companies of His Majesty
the ing or H. M. G. in the .. shall not be required
or asked by the Chinese authorities to make any
payments or fees in connexion with land transfers
for or with relation to any period prior to the
effective date of this Treaty.
Article 6./