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100. Article 15.
Count Bonin-Longare said that, so far as all these articles were concerned, as they were
of a technical naval character, his acceptance was conditional subject to the approval of the Italian
naval experts.
The Chairman said that the Commission would take note of this declaration.
The French text of Article 15 was adopted. (The English text of the two first paragraphs of
Article 15 required re-drafting.)
101. Articles 16 and 17 .
Articles 16 and 17 were adopted.
102. Article 18.
On the proposal of Admiral Aubrey Smith, the Commission added at the end of the first
paragraph of paragraph 1, after the word “exists”, the words “and the manifest provided for in
Article 16”.
The Commission adopted Commander Deleuze’s suggestion that the last paragraph but one
should begin with the words “if it is proved that the ship that has been stopped was illicitly
transporting arms, munitions or implements of war”.
Article 18, with these two amendments, was adopted.
103. Article 19.
Article 19 was adopted.
104. Article 20.
Hie Chairman pointed out that Article 8 already covered the second part of Article 20.
The Committee adopted the following wording for Article 20:
“The High Contracting Parties undertake to communicate to the Central Inter¬
national Body specimen forms of the documents mentioned in Articles 15, 16 and 17.”
105. Articles 21,22 and 23.
Articles 21, 22 and 23 were adopted.
106. Articles 24 and 25.
Articles 24 and 25 were adopted.
Major Hills proposed that the order of these articles should be inverted.
This proposal was adopted.
107. Article 26.
Count Bonin-Longare pointed out that the phrase “any High Contracting Party”, with
which the article began, appeared to assume that the Government referred to had already
adhered.
The Commission decided to ask the Secretariat to make the necessary alterations in this
text.
108. Article 27.
Article 27 was adopted.
109. Article 28.
Admiral de Souza e Silva asked how the Council would obtain the information necessary for
the publication of the report.
The Chairman said that the Council, to whom the Commission had referred the question
of the organisation of the Central International Body, could also take a decision with regard to
this problem.
The Commission decided to adopt the article without any alteration other than the substitution
of the word “presented” for the word “submitted”.
no. Articles 29, 30 and 31.
Articles 29, 30 and 31 were adopted.
in. Article 32.
General de Marinis pointed out that the date of coming into force should be not earlier than
one year after the receipt of the twelfth ratification, since such ratification might be conditional,