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TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND SIAM
Art. II.—The transfer provided for in the preceding Article shall take place f
within thirty days after the ratification of this Treaty.
Arh III.—A mixed Commission, composed of Siamese and British officers, shall. :
be appointed within six months after the date of ratification of this Treaty, and shall ?
be charged with the delimitation of the new frontier. The work of the Commission. I
shall be commenced as soon as the season permits, and shall he carried out in Ji
accordance with the Boundary Protocol annexed hereto.
Subjects of His Majesty the King of Siam residing within the territory de- i
scribed in Article I. who desire to preserve their Siamese nationality will, during the ;
period of six months after the ratification of the present Treaty, be allowed to do so
if they become domiciled in the Siamese dominions. His Britannic Majesty's
Government undertake that they shall be at liberty to retain their immovable ;;
property within the territory described in Article I.
It is understood that in accordance with the usual custom where a change of
suzerainty takes place any Concessions within the territories described in Article I. 1
hereof to individuals or companies, granted by or with the approval of the Siamese
Government, and recognized by them as still in force on the date of the signature of
the Treaty, will be recognized by the Government of His Britannic Majesty.
Art. IV.—His Britannic Majesty’s Government undertake that the Government 1
of the Federated Malay States shall assume the indebtedness to the Siamese Govern- |
ment of the territories described in Article I.
Art. Y.—The jurisdiction of the Siamese International Courts, established by
Article VIII. of the Treaty of the 3rd September, 1883, shall, under the conditions j
defined in the Jurisdiction Protocol annexed hereto, be extended to all British sub¬
jects in Siam registered at the British Consulates before the date of the present Treaty.
This system shall come to an end and the jurisdiction of the International
Courts shall be transferred to the ordinary Siamese Courts after the promulgation
and the coming into force of the Siamese codes, namely, the Penal Code, the Civil
and Commercial Codes, the Codes of Procedure, and the Law for organization of
Courts.
All other British subjects in Siam shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the
ordinary Siamese Courts under the conditions defined in the Jurisdiction Protocol.
Art. VI.—-British subjects shall enjoy throughout the whole extent of Siam the
rights and privileges enjoyed by the natives of the country, notably the right of
property, the right of residence and travel.
They and their property shall be subject to all taxes and services, but these
shall not be other or higher than the taxes and services which are or may be imposed
by law on Siamese subjects. It is particularly understood that the limitation in the
Agreement of the 20th September, 1900, by which the taxation of land shall not
exceed that on similar land in Lower Burmah, is hereby removed.
British subjects in Siam shall be exempt from all military service, either in the
army or navy, and from all forced loans or military exactions or contributions.
Art. VII.—-The provisions of all Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions between
Great Britain and Siam, not modified by the present Treaty, remain in full force.
Art. VIII.—The present Treaty shall be ratified within four months from its date.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present
Treaty and affixed their seals.
Done at Bangkok, in duplicate, the 10th day of March, in the year 1909.
[Seal] (Signed) Kalfh Paget.
„ „ Devawongse Varoprakar.
Annex 1
Boundary Protocol annexed to the Treaty
The frontiers between the territories of His Majesty the King of Siam and the
territory over which his suzerain rights have by the present Treaty been transferred
His to Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland are as follows:—