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occupiers of Holy Places, religious buildings or sites, or would place
such owners or occupiers in a position less favourable in relation to
the general incidence of taxation than existed at the time of the adop-
tion of the Assembly's recommendations.
   14. Special powers of the Governor in respect of the Holy Places,
 religious buildings and sites in the City and in any part of Palestine.
   (a) The protection of the Holy Places, religious buildings and sites
located in the City of Jerusalem shall be a special concern of the
Governor.
   (b) With relation to such places, buildings and sites in Palestine
outside the city, the Governor shall determine, on the ground of powers
granted to him by the Constitutions of both States, whether the pro-
visions of the Constitutions of the Arab and Jewish States in Palestine
dealing therewith and the religious rights appertaining thereto are
being properly applied and respected.
   (c) The Governor shall also be empowered to make decisions on
the basis of existing rights in cases of disputes which may arise between
the different religious communities or the rites of a religious com-
munity in respect of the Holy Places, religious buildings and sites
in any part of Palestine.
   In this task he may be assisted by a consultative council of repre-
sentatives of different denominations acting in an advisory capacity.
              D. DURATION OF THE SPECIAL REGIME
   The Statute elaborated by the Trusteeship Council on the afore-
mentioned principles shall come into force not later than 1 October
1948. It shall remain in force in the first instance for a period of ten
years, unless the Trusteeship Council finds it necessary to under-
take a re-examination of these provisions at an earlier date. After
the expiration of this period the whole scheme shall be subject to
re-examination by the Trusteeship Council in the light of the ex-
perience acquired with its functioning. The residents of the City shall
be then free to express by means of a referendum their wishes as to
possible modifications of the regime of the City.
                               PART IV
                             Capitulations
  States whose nationals have in the past enjoyed in Palestine the
privileges and immunities of foreigners, including the benefits of con-
sular jurisdiction and protection, as formerly enjoyed by capitulation
or usage in the Ottoman Empire, are invited to renounce any right
pertaining to them to the reestablishment of such privileges and im-
munities in the proposed Arab and Jewish States and the City of
Jerusalem.
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