The Peace Treaty of Sèvres

ARTICLE 48.In order to facilitate the execution of the duties with which it is entrusted by this Section, theCommission shall have power to organise such a force of special police as may be necessary. Thisforce shall be drawn so far as possible from the native population of the zone of the Straits andislands referred to in Article 178, Part V (Military, Naval and Air Clauses), excluding the islands ofLemnos, Imbros, Samothrace, Tenedos and Mitylene. The said force shall be commanded byforeign police officers appointed by the Commission.ARTICLE 49.In the portion of the zone of the Straits, including the islands of the Sea of Marmora, which remainsTurkish, and pending the coming into force of the reform of the Turkish judicial system providedfor in Article 136, all infringements of the regulations and by-laws made by the Commission,committed by nationals of capitulatory Powers, shall be dealt with by the Consular Courts of thesaid Powers. The Allied Powers agree to make such infringements justiciable before their ConsularCourts or authorities. Infringements committed by Turkish nationals or nationals of noncapitulatoryPowers shall be dealt with by the competent Turkish judicial authorities.In the portion of the said zone placed under Greek sovereignty such infringements will be dealt withby the competent Greek judicial authorities.ARTICLE 50.The officers or members of the crew of any merchant vessel vwithin the limits of the jurisdiction ofthe Commission who may be arrested on shore for any offence committed either ashore or afloatwithin the limits of the said jurisdiction shall be brought before the competent judicial authority bythe Commission's police. If the accused was arrested otherwise than by the Commission's police heshall immediately be handed over to them.ARTICLE 51 .The Commission shall appoint such subordinate officers or officials as may be found indispensableto assist it in carrying out the duties with which it is charged.ARTICLE 52.In all matters relating to the navigation of the waters within the limits of the jurisdiction of theCommission all the ships referred to in Article 37 shall be treated upon a footing of absoluteequality.ARTICLE 53.Subject to the provisions of Article 47 the existing rights under which dues and charges can belevied for various purposes, whether direct by the Turkish Government or by international bodies orprivate companies, on ships or cargoes within the limits of the jurisdiction of the Commission shallbe transferred to the Commisssion The Commission shall fix these dues and charges at suchamounts only as may be reasonably necessary to cover the cost of the works executed and theservices rendered to shipping, including the general costs and expenses of the administration of theCommission, and the salaries and pay provided for in paragraph 3 of the Annex to this Section.10