File 1355/1917 Pt 6 'Arms Traffic Convention: revised convention, 1925' [‎551r] (1108/1226)

KMARKS,
pli 10 of
•^FT of Temporary Mixed Commission.
yti Convention for the Control of the
'international Trade in Arms, Munitions
and Implements of War.
Chapter IV.—Supervision on Land.
Article 10.
Arms, munitions and implements of war
girted under licence into the prohibited
i shall be admitted only at ports, or other
ices of entry, designated for this purpose by
a authorities of the State, colony, protec-
::rate or territory under mandate concerned.
Such arms, munitions and implements of war
list be deposited by the importer at his own
and expense in a public warehouse under
exclusive custody and permanent control of
ie authority and of its agents, of whom one
! least must be a civil official or a military or
ival officer. No arms, munitions or imple-
:ents of war shall be deposited or withdrawn
without the previous authorisation of the
iiministration of the State, colony, protec-
iorate or territory under mandate, unless the
w. munitions and implements of war to be
ieposited or withdrawn are intended tor the
ices of the Government or the defence of
^national territory.
The withdrawal of arms, munitions or imple-
0 f war deposited in those warehouses
hill be authorised only in the following
!»$: —
1. For despatch to places designated by
the Government where the inhabitants are
allowed to possess arms, under the control
lod responsibility of the local authorities,
for the purpose of defence against robbers
°r rebels.
2. For despatch to places designated by
the Government as "warehouses and placed
under the supervision and responsibility of
the local authorities.
3. For individuals who can show that they
require them for their legitimate personal
use.
Article 11.
fo the prohibited zones specified in article 9,
trade in arms, munitions and implements of war
stal l be placed under the control of officials of
^ Government and shall be subject to the
following regulations:—
1. No person may keep a warehouse for
arms, munitions or implements of war without
a licence.
2. Any person licensed to keep a ware
house for arms, munitions or implements of
Redraft by Interdepartmental
Committee.
Draft Convention for the Control of the
International Trade in Arms, Ammuni
tion and Implements of War.
ponent parts in transit shall be subject to the
provisions of article 5.
(/.) A return of the licences granted in ana
one month in accordance with the provisions of
this article shall be sent within fourteen days
of the termination of that month. The form in
which these returns are rendered shall be that
given as Appendix II to the present Convention
to the Central International Office by the issuing
Governments, but this return shall not include
fire-arms and ammunition carried by individuals
for their legitimate personal use.
Special Zones.
Part 2 .—Supervision on Land.
Article 9.
The arms, ammunition and implements of war
specified in article 1 shall be admitted into the
special zones only at ports, or other places of
entry, designated for this purpose by the
authorities of the State, colony, protectorate
or territory under mandate concerned.
Except in the case of fire-arms and ammunition
imported by individuals for their legitimate per
sonal use, and under local licence issued in
accordance with article 8 (d), arms, ammunition
and implements of war specified in article 1
must be deposited by the importer at his own
risk and expense in a public warehouse under
the exclusive custody and permanent control
of the authority and of its agents, of whom one
at least must be a civil official or a military or
naval officer. No arms, ammunition or imple
ments of war shall be deposited or withdrawn
without the previous authorisation of the
Administration of the State, colony, pi otec-
torate or territory under mandate, unless the
arms, ammunition and implements of war to be
deposited or withdrawn are intended for tie
forces of the Government or the defence of the
national territory. . .
The withdrawal of arms, ammunition or im
plements of war deposited in those warehouses
shall be authorised only in the following
cases :—
1. For despatch to places designated by
the Government where the inhabitants are
allowed to possess arms, under the control
and responsibility of tbe local authorities,
for the purpose of defence against robbers
or rebels. . . , , v
2. For despatch to places designated by
the Government as warehouses and placed
under the supervision and responsibility ot
the local authorities. , , ,,
3 For individuals who can show that they
require them for their legitimate personal
use.
Article 10.
Remarks.
Paragraph 11 of
report.
Paragraph 11 of
report.
In the special zones specified in article 8,
trade in arms, ammunition and implements ot
war shall be placed under the control ot
officials of the Government and shall tie subject
to the following regulations:—
1 . No person may keep a warehouse foi
arms, ammunition or implements of Avar
without a licence.
2. Any person licensed to keep a ware
house for arms, ammunition or implements o