'League of Nations, Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War, Geneva, 17th June 1925' [‎24r] (54/138)

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§ 2.
Special licences referred to in Section 1 of Section II of the present Annex
shall contain the following particulars :
(а) A statement of the nature and quantity of the articles in respect of
which the licence is issued.
(б) The name of the vessel on which the cargoes are to be shipped.
(c) The name of the ultimate consignee.
{d) The ports of loading and discharge.
It shall be certified on such licences that they have been issued in conformity
with the provisions of the present Convention.
§3.
An authorisation to fly the flag of a High Contracting Party may only be
granted by the authorities mentioned in paragraph (6) below, and subject to the
three following conditions :
{a) The owners must be nationals of the Power whose flag they claim
to fly or companies who are nationals under the laws of that Power.
(h) The owners must have furnished proof that they are bona fide
owners of real estate in the territory of the authorities to whom the applica
tion for a licence is addressed, or have given to such authorities sufficient
guarantees for the payment of any fines to which they may become iiable.
(c) The owners and the captain of the vessel must have furnished
proof that they enjoy a good reputation and, in particular, that they have
never been convicted of illicit conveyance of arms or ammunition or imple
ments of war.
§4 -
All native vessels before they are authorised to fly the flag of a High Contract
ing Party shall have complied with the following regulations for the purpose of
their identification at sea :
{a) The initial letters of the port of registration of the native vessel,
followed by the vessel's registration number in the serial port numbers,
must be incised and painted in white on black ground on both quarters
of each vessel in such a position as to be easily distinguishable from a dis
tance.
(6) The net tonnage of the native vessel shall also, if practicable, be
incised and painted inside the hull in a conspicuous position.
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§ 5.
The regulations referred to in Article 24 of the present Convention are as
follows :—
1. When a warship belonging to one of the High Contracting Parties en
counters within the maritime zone but outside territorial waters a presumed
native vessel of under 500 tons burden (net tonnage),
{a) Flying the flag of one of the High Contracting Parties, or
. (6) Flying no flag,
and the Commanding Officer of the warship has good reason to believe that the said
vessel is flying the flag of any High Contracting Party without being entitled to
do so, or is illicitly conveying articles covered by Categories I, II, IV and V, he
may proceed to stop the vessel in order to verify the nationality of the vessel by
examining the document authorising the flying of the flag, but no other docu
ment.
2. Any vessel which presents the appearance of native build and rig may be
presumed to be a native vessel.
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