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2. Fire-arms designed, intended or adapted for non-military purposes,
such as sport or personal defence, that will fire cartridges that can
be fired from fire-arms in Category I; other rifled fire-arms firing
from the shoulder, of a calibre of 6 mm. or above, not included in
Category I, with the exception of rifled fire-arms with a " break
down " action.
3. Ammunition for the arms enumerated in the above two headings,
with the exception of ammunition covered by Category I.
4. Swords and lances.
B.—Component parts, completely finished, of the articles covered by A above,
if capable of being utilised only in the assembly or repair of the said articles, or as
spare parts.
CATEGORY III.
Vessels of War and their Armament.
1. Vessels of war of all kinds.
2. Arms, ammunition and implements of war mounted on board vessels
of war and forming part of their normal armament.
CATEGORY IV.
1. Aircraft, assembled or dismantled.
2. Aircraft engines.
CATEGORY V.
1. Gunpowder and explosives, except common black gunpowder.
2. Arms and ammunition other than those covered by Categories I and
II, such as pistols and revolvers of all models, rifled weapons with
a " break-down " action, other rifled fire-arms of a calibre of less
than 6 mm. designed for firing from the shoulder, smooth-bore
shot-guns, guns with more than one barrel of which at least one
barrel is smooth-bore, fire-arms firing rimfire ammunition, muzzle-
loading fire-arms.
CHAPTEE II.
Supervision and Publicity.
Article 2.
The High Contracting Parties undertake not to export or permit the export
of articles covered by catagory I, except in accordance with the following con
ditions :
1. The export shall be for a direct supply to the Government of
the importing State or, with the consent of such Government, to a public
authority subordinate to it;
2. An order in writing, which shall be signed or endorsed by a re
presentative of the importing Government duly authorised so to act,
shall have been presented to the competent authorities of the exporting
country. This order shall state that the articles to be exported are
required for delivery to the importing Government or public authority
as provided in paragraph 1.
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Nevertheless, export for supply to persons may be permitted in the
following cases :
1. Articles covered by Category I exported direct to a manufacturer
of war material for use by him for the requirements of his industry,
provided their import has been duly authorised by the Government of
the importing country;
2. Rifles, muskets and carbines and their ammunition exported
for supply to rifle associations formed for the encouragement of
individual sport and duly authorised by their own Government to
use them, the import of which is not contrary to any other provisions of
the present Convention. Such arms and ammunition shall be sent direct
to the Government of the importing country for transmission by such
Government to the associations for which thev are suDoliecL
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