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shall be permitted. Such open season shall be for a period of not more than six consecutive months in any period of twelve months and shall apply to all land stations under the jurisdiction of a Contracting Government; provided that a separate open season may be declared for any land station used for the taking or treating of baleen whales which is more than 1,000 miles from the nearest land station used for the taking or treating of baleen whales under the jurisdiction of the same Contracting Government".
"(c) Notwithstanding the prohibition in sub- paragraph (a) of this paragraph, the treatment of whales which have been taken during an open season may be completed after the end of such open season"
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(a) The prohibitions contained in this
paragraph shall apply to all land stations as defined in Article II of the Whaling Convention of 1946 and to all factory ships which are subject to the regulations governing the operation of land stations under the provisions of paragraph 17 of this Schedule"
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Resolution 14
That the following new paragraph 17 be substituted for the existing paragraph 17 in the Schedule to the Convention.
"17.(a) A factory ship which operates solely within territorial waters in one of the areas specified in sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph, by permission of the Government having jurisdiction over those waters, and which flies the flag of that Government, shall, while so operating, be subject to the regulations governing the operation of land stations and not to the regulations governing the operation of factory ships
(b) Such factory ship shall not, within a period of one year from the termination of the season in which she so operated, be used for the purpose of treating baleen whales in any of the other areas specified in sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph or south of 40°
South latitude"
c) The areas referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) are:-
(1) on the coast of Madagascar and its
dependencies;
(2) on
the west coasts of French Africa;
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