762 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1883.
ARTICLE XV.
The subjects of each of the Contracting Parties in the dominions and possessions of the other shall be at full liberty to exercise civil rights, and therefore to acquire, possess, and dispose of every descrip- tion of property, movable and immovable. They may acquire and transmit the same to others, whether by purchase, sale, donation, exchange, marriage, testament, succession ab intestato, and in any other manner, under the same conditions as national subjects. Their heirs may succeed to and take possession of it, either in person or by procurators, in the same manner and in the same legal forms as subjects of the country.
In none of these respects shall they pay upon the value of such property any other or higher impost, duty, or charge than is payable by subjects of the country. In every case the subjects of the Contracting Parties shall be permitted to export their property, or the proceeds thereof if sold, freely and without being subjected on such exportation to pay any duty different from that to which subjects of the country are liable under similar circumstances.
ARTICLE XVI.
The dwellings, manufactories, warehouses, and shops of the subjects of each of the Contracting Parties in the dominions and possessions of the other, and all premises appertaining thereto destined
purposes of residence or commerce, shall be respected.
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It shall not be allowable to proceed to make a search of, or a domiciliary visit to, such dwellings and premises, or to examine or inspect books, papers, or accounts, except under the conditions and with the forms prescribed by the laws for subjects of the country.
The subjects of each of the two Contracting Parties in the dominions and possessions of the other shall have free access to the Courts of Justice for the prosecution and defence of their rights, without other conditions, restrictions, or taxes beyond those imposed on native subjects, and shall, like them, be at liberty to employ, in all causes, their advocates, attorneys, or agents from among the persons admitted to the exercise of those professions according to the laws of the country.
ARTICLE XVII.
The subjects of each of the Contracting Parties shall have, in the dominions and possessions of the other, the same rights as native subjects in regard to patents for inventions, trade-marks, and designs, upon fulfilment of the formalities prescribed by law.
ARTICLE XVIII.
The Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents of each of the Contracting Parties, residing in the dominions and possessions of the other, shall receive from the local authorities such assistance as can by law be given to them for the recovery of deserters from the vessels of their respective countries.
ARTICLE XIX.
The stipulations of the present Treaty shall be applicable to all the Colonies and foreign Posses- sions of Her Britannic Majesty, excepting to those hereinafter named, that is to say, except to→
· India,
The Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland,
The Cape,
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Natal.
New South Wales.
Victoria,
Queensland,
Tasmania,
South Australia, Western Australia, New Zealand.
Provided always, that the stipulations of the present Treaty shall be made applicable to any of the above-named Colonies or foreign Possessions on whose behalf notice to that effect shall have been given by Her Britannic Majesty's Representative at the Court of Italy to the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, within one year from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty.
ARTICLE XX.
The present Treaty shall come into force on the 1st July, 1883, and shall remain in force until the 1st February, 1892, and thereafter until the expiration of a year from the day in which one or other of the Contracting Parties shall have repudiated it.
Each of the Contracting Parties reserves, however, the right of causing it to terminate on the 1st January, 1888, upon six months' notice being given previously.
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