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accept the decision or contest the amount of the compensation awarded, the dispute shall
be submitted to a court of arbitration consisting of one arbitrator appointed by the Govern¬
ment whose flag the vessel was flying, one appointed by the Government of the capturing
officer, and an umpire chosen by the two arbitrators thus appointed. The two arbitrators
shall be chosen, as far as possible, from among the diplomatic, consular or judicial officers
of the High Contracting Parties. These appointments must be made with the least possible
delay, and natives in the pay of the High Contracting Parties shall in no case be appointed.
Any compensation awarded shall be paid to the person concerned within six months at most
fiom the date of the award.
The decision shall be communicated to the Central International Office.
Chapter VI. — General Provisions.
Article 24.
The High Contracting Parties who exercise authority over territories within the prohi¬
bited zones specified in Article 9 agree to take, so far as each may be concerned, the measures
required for the enforcement of the present Convention, and in particular for the prosecution
and repression of offences against the provisions contained therein and to appoint the neces¬
sary territorial and consular officers or special representatives competent for this purpose.
They shall communicate these measures to the Central International Office and shall
inform them of the competent authorities referred to in the preceding Article.
Article 25.
In time of war, Articles 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 shall be considered as suspended from operation
until the restoration of peace so far as concerns any export and transit of arms, munitions
or implements of war to or on behalf of any of the belligerents recognised as such by the export¬
ing country and the countries of transit, provided such recognition has been previously
communicated to the other High Contracting Parties.
Article 26.
Any Government may, on signing or adhering to the present Convention, declare that it
accepts its provisions partially or conditionally, provided that the High Contracting Parties
consent, and that it does not thereby affect the effectiveness of the supervision of the trade
in arms, munitions, and implements of war.
Nevertheless, the Convention shall only apply to Powers availing themselves of the option
provided in the previous paragraph if, within the period of one year from the notification by
the French Government of the deposit of their ratification (or adherence), partial or condi¬
tional, no opposition to such ratification (or adherence) has been raised by any of the Contrac¬
ting Parties.
Article 27.
All the provisions of former general international Conventions relating to the matters
dealt with in the present Convention, including the Convention for the Control of the Trade in
Arms and Ammunitions and the Protocol signed at Saint Germain-en-Laye September 10th,
1919, shall be considered as abrogated in so far as they are binding between the Powers which
are Parties to the present Convention.
The present Convention shall in no way affect the rights and obligations which may arise
out of the provisions either of the Covenant of the League of Nations or of the Treaties of
Peace signed in 1919 and 1920 at Versailles, Neuilly, Saint Germain and Trianon or of the Treaty
limiting Naval Armaments signed at Washington on February 6th, 1922, and the provisions
of Agreements registered with the League of Nations and published by the League up to the
date of the coming into force of the present Convention, so far as the Powers which are signa¬
tories of or benefit by the said Treaties or Agreements are concerned.
Article 28.
The Council of the League of Nations shall cause to be published an annual report on the
operation on the present Convention.
This report shall be presented to the Assembly of the League of Nations.
Article 29.
The present Convention, of which the French and English texts shall both be authentic,
is subject to ratification. It shall bear to-day’s date and shall be open for signature by the
Powers until [date].
Each Power shall address its ratification to the French Government, which shall at once
notify the deposit of ratification to each of the other signatory Powers.
The instruments of ratification shall then remain deposited in the archives of the French
Government.