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sentatives accrsdited to it of contiguous States among the High
tracting Parties. After the .Representatives of the other coritiguo^
States have, if necessary, been informed, a joint enquiry i n t 0 ^
facts by all these Representatives will be opened, and if need be, the
importing State will be called upon to furnish explanations. If ^
gravity of the case should so require, and if the explanations of the
importing State are considered unsatisfactory, the Representatives
will jointly notify the importing State that all transit licences in h
favour are suspended and that all future requests will be refuse^
until it shall have furnished new and satisfactory guarantees.
The forms and conditions of the guarantees provided by the
present Article shall be agreed upon previously by the Representatives
of the contiguous States among the High Contracting Parties. These
Representatives shall communicate to each other, as and when issued,
the transit licences granted by the competent authorities.
(6) If the importing State has been placed under the mandatory
system established by the League of Rations, the proof of the viola-
tion shall be furnished by one of the High Contracting Parties or on
its own initiative by the Mandatory Power. The latter shall then
notify or demand, as the case may be, the suspension and future
refusal of all transit licences.
In cases where a violation has been duly proved, no further transit
licence shall be granted to the offending State without the previous
consent of the Council of the League of Rations.
If any proceedings on the part of the importing State or if ife
disturbed condition should threaten the public order of one of the
contiguous State signatories of the present Convention, the importa
tion in transit of arms, ammunition, material, and articles intended
for armament shall be refused to the importing State by all the con
tiguous States until order has been restored.
CHAPTER IV.
Maritime Supervision.
Article 11.
Subject to any contrary provisions in existing special agreements,
or in future agreements, provided that in all cases such agreement
comply with the provisions of the present Convention, the sovereign
State or Mandatory Power shall carry out all supervision and police
measures within territorial waters in the prohibited areas and zone
specified in Article 6.
Article 12.
Within the prohibited areas and maritime zone specified in
Article 6, no native vessel of less than 500 tons burden shall h
allowed to ship, discharge, or tranship arms or ammunition.
For this purpose, a vessel shall be considered as a native vessel
if she is either owned by a native, or fitted out or commanded by-
native, or if more than half of the crew are natives of the countries