If the defendant or accused of autonomous Outer Mongolia, the
joint examination and decision of the case are to be held at the
Chinese Dignitary's place at Niga and that of his assistants in
the other localities of autonomous Outer Mongolia; if the
defendant or the accused is a Mongol of autonomous Outer Mongolia
and the claimant or the complainment is a Chinese subject, the
case is to be examined and decided in the same manner in the
Mongolian yamen. The guilty are to be punished according to their
own laws. The interested parties are free to arrange their
disputes amicably by means of arbitrators chosen by themselves.
Art. 15. Civil and criminal actions arising between Mongols of
autonomous Outer Mongolia and Russian subjects residing therein
are to be examined and decided conformably to the stipulations of
Article XVI of the Russo-Mongolian Commercial protocol of 2lst
October, 1912.
Art. 16. All civil and criminal actions arising between Chinese
and Russian subjects in autonomous Outer Mongolia are to be
examined and decided in the following manner: in an action wherein
the claimant or the complainant is a Russian subject and the
defendant or accused is a Chinese subject, the Russian Consul
personally or through his delegate participates in the judicial
trial, enjoying the same right as the Chinese Dignitary at Urga or
his delegate or his assistants in the other localities of
autonomous Outer Mongolia.
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