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8. The Commission shall suBmit an annual report of its activities 

 to the Parties. 



9. The Commission may from time to time make reconmiendations 

 to the Parties on any matter which relates to the fur seal resources 

 or to the administration of the Commission. 



Article VI 



In order to implement the provisions of Article III, the Parties 

 agree as follows: 



1. When a duly authorized official of any of the Parties has rea- 

 sonable cause to believe that any vessel outfitted for the harvesting 

 of living marine resources and subject to the jurisdiction of any of 

 the Parties is offending against the prohibition of pelagic sealing as 

 provided for by Article III, he may, except within the territorial 

 waters of another State, board and search such vessel. Such official 

 shall carry a special certificate issued by the competent authorities of 

 his Government and drawn up in the English, Japanese, and Russian 

 languages which shall be exhibited to the master of the vessel upon 

 request. 



2. When the official after searching a vessel continues to have rea- 

 sonable cause to believe that the vessel or any person on board thereof 

 is offending against the prohibition, he may seize or arrest such vessel 

 or person. In that case, the Party to which the official belongs shall 

 as soon as possible notify the Party having jurisdiction over the vessel 

 or person of such arrest or seizure and shall deliver the vessel or 

 person as promptly as practicable to the authorized officials of the 

 Party having jurisdiction over the vessel or person at a place to be 

 agreed upon oy both Parties ; provided, however, that when the Party 

 receiving notification cannot immediately accept delivery of the vessel 

 or person, the Party which gives such notification may, upon request 

 of the other Party, keep the vessel or person under surveillance within 

 its own territory^ under the conditions agreed upon by both Parties. 



3. The authorities of the Party to which such person or vessel be- 

 longs alone shall have jurisdiction to try any case arising under Arti- 

 cle III and this Article and to impose penalites in connection there- 

 with. 



4. The witnesses or their testimony and other proofs necessary to 

 establish the offense, so far as they are under the control of any of the 

 Parties, shall be furnished with all reasonable promptness to the 

 authorities of the Party having jurisdiction to try the case. 



5. Sealskins discovered on seized vessels shall be subject to confisca- 

 tion on the decision of the court or other authorities of the Party under 

 whose jurisdiction the trial of a case takes place. 



6. Full details of punitive measures applied to offenders against 

 the prohibition shall be communicated to the other Parties not later 

 than three months after the application of the penalty. 



Article VII 

 The provisions of this Convention shall not apply to Indians, Ainos, 



