Have agreed as follows:Article I
1. This Convention includes the Schedule attached thereto which forms an
integral part thereof. All references to “Convention” shall be understood as
including the said Schedule either in its present terms or as amended in
accordance with the provisions of Article V.
2. This Convention applies to factory ships, land stations, and whale catchers
under the jurisdiction of the Contracting Governments and to all waters in
which whaling is prosecuted by such factory ships, land stations, and whale
catchers.
Article II
As used in this Convention:1. “Factory ship” means a ship in which or on which whales are treated either
wholly or in part;
2. “Land station” means a factory on the land at which whales are treated whether
wholly or in part;
3. “Whale catcher” means a helicopter, or other aircraft, or a ship, used for the
purpose of hunting, taking, killing, towing, holding on to, or scouting for
whales;
4. “Contracting Government” means any Government which has deposited an
instrument of ratification or has given notice of adherence to this Convention.
Article III
1. The Contracting Governments agree to establish an International Whaling
Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, to be composed of
one member from each Contracting Government. Each member shall have one
vote and may be accompanied by one or more experts and advisers.
2. The Commission shall elect from its own members a Chairman and ViceChairman and shall determine its own Rules of Procedure. Decisions of the
Commission shall be taken by a simple majority of those members voting
except that a three-fourths majority of those members voting shall be required
for action in pursuance of Article V. The Rules of Procedure may provide for
decisions otherwise than at meetings of the Commission.
3. The Commission may appoint its own Secretary and staff.
4. The Commission may set up, from among its own members and experts or
advisers, such committees as it considers desirable to perform such functions
as it may authorize.
5. The expenses of each member of the Commission and of his experts and
advisers shall be determined by his own Government.
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1. This Convention includes the Schedule attached thereto which forms an
integral part thereof. All references to “Convention” shall be understood as
including the said Schedule either in its present terms or as amended in
accordance with the provisions of Article V.
2. This Convention applies to factory ships, land stations, and whale catchers
under the jurisdiction of the Contracting Governments and to all waters in
which whaling is prosecuted by such factory ships, land stations, and whale
catchers.
Article II
As used in this Convention:1. “Factory ship” means a ship in which or on which whales are treated either
wholly or in part;
2. “Land station” means a factory on the land at which whales are treated whether
wholly or in part;
3. “Whale catcher” means a helicopter, or other aircraft, or a ship, used for the
purpose of hunting, taking, killing, towing, holding on to, or scouting for
whales;
4. “Contracting Government” means any Government which has deposited an
instrument of ratification or has given notice of adherence to this Convention.
Article III
1. The Contracting Governments agree to establish an International Whaling
Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, to be composed of
one member from each Contracting Government. Each member shall have one
vote and may be accompanied by one or more experts and advisers.
2. The Commission shall elect from its own members a Chairman and ViceChairman and shall determine its own Rules of Procedure. Decisions of the
Commission shall be taken by a simple majority of those members voting
except that a three-fourths majority of those members voting shall be required
for action in pursuance of Article V. The Rules of Procedure may provide for
decisions otherwise than at meetings of the Commission.
3. The Commission may appoint its own Secretary and staff.
4. The Commission may set up, from among its own members and experts or
advisers, such committees as it considers desirable to perform such functions
as it may authorize.
5. The expenses of each member of the Commission and of his experts and
advisers shall be determined by his own Government.
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