[Title] Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Pakistan and Japan, Protocol

At the time of signing the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Pakistan and Japan, the undersigned have further agreed on the following provisions, which shall be considered integral parts of the aforesaid Treaty :

1. Nothing in Article I shall be construed so as to entitle Japan to claim the benefit of those rights or privileges which are or may hereafter be accorded by Pakistan to citizens of Commonwealth countries.

2. With references to Article I, nationals of either Party admitted into the territory of the other Party for limited purposes will not enjoy rights to engage in gainful occupations in contravention of limitations expressly imposed, according to law, as a condition of their admittance.

3. Each Party reserves the right to limit the extent to which aliens may establish or acquire interests in enterprises engaged within its territory in activities for gain (business activities) provided that in any event not less than most-favoured-nation treatment shall be accorded. However, new limitations imposed by either Party upon the extent to which alien nationals or companies are permitted to carry on such activities within its territory shall not be applied as against enterprises which are engaged in such activities therein at the time such limitations are adopted and which are owned or controlled by nationals and companies of the other Party.

4. With reference to Article V, paragraph 1, either Party may require that the treatment with respect to the enjoyment of rights on immovable property shall be dependent on reciprocity.

5. Nothing in the present Treaty shall be construed so as to grant any right or impose any obligation in respect of copyright.

6. The provisions of Article IV, paragraph 4, shall apply to the property taken in the territory of either Party in which nationals and companies of the other Party have direct or indirect interests.

7. The object of Article VIII is to preclude discrimination in the matter of import and export but it is not intended to preclude special arrangements providing more favourable treatment for transactions in certain currencies than for transactions in other currencies for balance-of-payments reasons.

8. The provisions of Article VII and Article VIII of the present Treaty shall not apply to preferences or advantages accorded by Pakistan to Common- wealth countries or adjacent countries, existing on the date of signature of the present Treaty.

9. Nothing in the present Treaty shall be construed so as to entitle Pakistan to claim the benefit of those rights and privileges which are or may hereafter be accorded by Japan to : (a) persons who originate in the territories to which all right, title and claim were renounced by Japan in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of the Treaty of Peace with Japan signed at the city of San Francisco on September 8, 1951, or (b) the native inhabitants and vessels of, and trade with, any area set forth in Article 3 of the said Treaty of Peace, so long as the situation set forth in the second sentence of the said Article continues with respect to the administration, legislation and jurisdiction over such area.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have affixed their signatures to this Protocol.

DONE in duplicate, in the English language, at Tokyo, this eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred sixty.

For Pakistan :

(Signed) Mohammad Ayub KHAN

For Japan :

(Signed) Hayato IKEDA

(Signed) Zentaro KOSAKA