CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 291

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payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such

dues and penalties as would be payable under the

regulations of the Chinese Maritime Customs if the

seizure had taken place in China.

ARTICLE XV.

Both Governments agree to take the necessary

steps to enforce the foregoing articles by such

ordinances, edicts, or regulations as may be

appropriate to give them the force of law.

ARTICLE XVI.

This Agreement shall remain in force for a

period of five years. It is subject to revision

at any time mutual agreement between the High

Contracting Parties and unless denounced by either

party six months before date of expiry it shall

continue in force from year to year, until ther

party shall give six months notice of its desire

to terminate it. During the duration of this

Agreement the Commissioner of Chinese Customs in

Hongkong shall continue to be British.

ARTICLE XVII.

This Agreement has been prepared in English

and in Chinese. In the event of there being any

difference of meaning between the English and the

Chinese texts the sense expressed in the English

text shall be held to be the correct sense.

ARTICLE XVIII.

This Agreement shall come into force on the

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