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parties

to

a

marriage may be freely expressed

in the

presence of a competent civil or religious authority, and to encourage the registration of marriages, (Article 2). They are also required to take all effective measures to prevent ships and aircraft authorized to fly their flags from conveying slaves and to ensure that their ports, airfields and coasts are no t used for the conveyance of

slaves, and to exchange information in order to ensure the practical Co-ordination of the measures taken by them in combating the slave trade (Article 3).

4.

Articles 5 and 6 of the Convention stipulate that

the following acts shall be criminal offences under the

laws of the Contracting Parties :

(a)

(b)

mutilating, branding or otherwise marking a

slave

to

or

a person of servile status in order indicate his status, or as a punishment,

for

other any

accessory thereto; and

or reason,

of

being

enslaving another person or inducing another person to give himself or a person dependent

upon

him

into slavery,

Or

similar

institutions and

practices, Or attempting

these acts, Or being accessory thereto, or being a party to a conspiracy to accomplish

any such acts.

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