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Article III
All lands granted by this lease to the Company or that may be acquired by the
Company in the manner provided for in Article II of this lease as also all products
exported shall be free of all imposts and taxes during the tenure hereof.
All material and apparatus of every kind necessary for the exploration,
working and development of the deposit and for the construction and develop­
ment of the pipe-lines including also all the works specified in the first paragraph
of Article I hereof and office requirements but not including the personal require­
ment of employees shall enter the said territory free of all taxes and custom house
duties. This privilege shall continue in force for a term of ten years from the
date hereof.

Article IV
The Sheikh undertakes to give all the protection in his power to the Company
and to their staff and labourers in any part of his territory from thefts, highway
robbery, assault, &c. Similarly the Sheikh undertakes to protect all the property
of the Company and of their employees which may be exposed to wilful damage
or to possible loss by theft.
If the Company’s work is delayed by such events as are mentioned in this
Article or by any cause beyond the Company’s control arising in Bahrein then the
period shall be added to the period for which this lease is granted and the annual
minimum royalty of Rs. 75,000 provided for by Article VIII shall not be payable
in respect of such delay.
Article V
For the above purposes it is agreed that the Company in communication with
the Sheikh shall appoint permanent trustworthy guards under a reliable man of
good family whose pay and that of the guards shall be provided by the Company
and who shall remain there summer and winter.
If in spite of the efforts of the said guards thefts should occur, the Sheikh
undertakes to recover the property stolen and to compensate the Company for any
damage sustained in his territory. In the event of non-recovery of the stolen
property, the value thereof shall be deducted by the Company from any sums due
to the Sheikh by the Company.
The number of guards at any place where the Company may operate shall
be fixed by the Company.
It shall be the duty of the above-mentioned head of the guard to keep order in
the areas in his charge to such extent as the Company may order him, he shall
have no right to interfere in any disputes among the Company servants unless
asked by the Company to do so.
The Company hereby agree that so long as the provisions of Bahrein Orders
in Council 1913 and 1922, or any Order in consolidation thereof or in substitution
therefor or supplementary thereto, remain in force, and jurisdiction over certain
foreigners in the State of Bahrein is exercised by His Britannic Majesty, the
provisions in the second paragraph of this Article V shall not apply in respect to
commissions of any acts of theft or damage by any person (1) if, on such person
being arrested, it is found that he is a foreigner over whom jurisdiction exercised by
His Britannic Majesty under the said Orders in Council has been extended, or (2) if,
in the event of no arrests being made, it is proved to the satisfaction of the
Company, or if necessary, the Political Agent, that the offender is such a foreigner
as above mentioned, and that he has left the territory governed by the Sheikh and
has not to the knowledge of the Sheikh or his officials returned thereto, and that
no arrest could therefore be made.

Article VI
In case of misconduct the said guards are subject to dismissal or fine by the
Company. In the event of any heavier punishment being needed, the offender
shall be handed over to the representative of the Sheikh, and the Sheikh under­
takes that punishment shall be inflicted and to use his utmost endeavours to uphold
the authority of the Company’s employees, thereby avoiding unnecessary troubles
to both parties to this lease.