'League of Nations, Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War, Geneva, 17th June 1925' [‎12r] (28/138)

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Whenever a vessel of war belonging to one of the High Contracting Parties is
transferred, whether by gift, sale or other mode of transfer, to the Government of
another State the transferor undertakes to publish within two months of the close
of the quarter within which the transfer is effected the following information :
The date of transfer, the name of the Government to whom the vessel has
been transferred and the data and information referred to in paragraph (c)
above.
By the standard displacement in the present Article is to be understood the
displacement of the vessel complete, fully manned, engined and equipped ready
for sea, including all armament and ammunition, equipment, outfit, provisions
and fresh water for crew, miscellaneous stores and implements of every description
that are intended to be carried in war, but without fuel or reserve feed-water on
board.
Article 8.
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 7, if the transport of any vessel
of war is carried out otherwise than by such vessel's own motive power or towage,
the vessel, whether assembled or in component parts, and the armament thereof
will become subject also to the provisions of this Convention as if they were included
in Category J.
A rticle 9.
. The High Contracting Parties undertake to publish, within six months of the
close of each quarter, a return for that quarter of the export of aircraft and aircraft
engines, giving quantities exported and their allocation according to country of
destination.
Article 10.
Subject to the provisions of Chapter III' the articles covered by Categories IV
and V may be exported without formalities or restrictions.
Article 11.
The High Contracting Parties undertake not to apply a more favourable regime
to imports of articles referred to in Article 1 coming from territories of non-contract
ing States than that which they will apply to such imports coming from territories
of contracting States, and to subject these imports, of whatever origin, to the same
conditions of authorisation and, so far as possible, of publicity.
CHAPTER III.
f Special Zones.
Article 12.
The High Contracting Parties agree that the provisions of this Chapter apply
to the territorial and maritime zones hereinafter defined and referred to in the
present Convention as the " special zones."
J. Land zone.
(a) The whole of the continent of Africa, with the exception of Egypt, Lybia,
Tunisia, Algeria, the Spanish possessions in North Africa, Abyssinia, and of the
Union of South Africa together with the territory under its mandate, and of South
ern Rhodesia.
This zone also includes the adjacent islands which are situated within 100
marine miles from the coast thereof and also Prince's Island (Principe) in the Bight
of Biafra, St. Thomas (Sao Thome), Annobon and Socotra, but does not include
the Spanish islands situated to the north of the parallel of 26° North latitude.
(h) The Arabian peninsula, Gwadar, Syria and Lebanon, Palestine and Trans-
jordan, and Iraq.
2. Maritime zone.
A maritime zone, which includes the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Persian
Gulf and the Gulf of Oman and is bounded by a line drawn from and following the
latitude of Cape Guardafui to the point of intersection with longitude 57° East of
Greenwich and proceeding thence direct to the point at which the eastern frontier
pf Gwadar meets the sea.