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67. Proposal by the Chairman for Article 20.
The Chairman pointed out that they had to vote on the insertion in this article of two lines
indicated by the Legal Section in respect of Article 16 (Presumption of the Native Character
of Wessels):
“Any vessel which presents the appearance of a native build or rig shall be presumed
to be a native vessel.,>
Article 20 was adopted with this addition and with the amendment submitted by Admiral Aubrey
Smith.
68. Article 21.
Article 21 was adopted with the amendment submitted by the Legal Section.
69. Article 22.
Article 22 was adopted,
70. Article 23.
Article 23 was adopted.
71. Article 24. •
Article 24 was adopted.
72. Article 25.
Article 25 was adopted.
73. Article 26.
Wording of the Permanent Advisory Commission.
“The High Contracting Parties which exercise authority over territories within the
prohibited areas and zone specified in Article 10 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 con¬
tained therein.
“They shall communicate these measures to the Central International Body and
shall inform it of the competent authorities referred to in the preceding articles. Such
of them as are Members of the League of Nations shall at the same time transmit this
information to the Secretary-General of the League.”
The Chairman pointed out that in the case of this article and the following they had again
come to the political part of the Convention. He recalled that the Permanent Advisory Commis¬
sion proposed to add the sentence from the Convention of St. Germain amended as follows to
the first paragraph:
“and to appoint the necessary territorial and consular officers or special repre¬
sentatives competent for this purpose”.
Article 26 was adopted.
(The Drafting Committee will decide where the addition made by the Permanent Advisory
Commission is to be inserted.)
74. Article 27.
Wording of the Sub-Commission.
“The High Contracting Parties will use their best endeavours to secure the accession
to the present Convention of the other States, whether Members of the League of Nations
or not.
“This accession shall be notified through the diplomatic channel to the Government
of the French Republic, and, by it, to all the signatory or adhering States. The accession
will come into force from the date of such notification to the French Government.
“Any State may, with the consent of the High Contracting Parties, notify its partial
or conditional adherence to the provisions of the present Convention, provided that
such conditions or partial adherence do not affect the effectiveness of the supervision
of trade in arms and ammunition.”
The Chairman, taking into account the observations of the Legal Section, proposed that the
Commission should instruct the Drafting Committee to insert the first two paragraphs in a more
appropriate place. For the present they might merely approve the principle embodied.