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make a true copy of any entry in that book and may require the master 

 of the ship to certify that the copy is a true copy of such entry. Any 

 copy so made which purports to nave been certified by the master of 

 the ship as a true copy of an entry in the ship's oil record book shall be 

 made admissible in any judicial proceedings as evidence of the facts 

 stated in the entry. Any action by the competent authorities under 

 this paragraph shall be taken as expeditiously as possible and the ship 

 shall not be delayed. 



Article X 



(1) Any Contracting Government may furnish to the Contracting 

 Government in the territory of which a ship is registered particulars 

 in writing of evidence that any provision of the Convention has been 

 contravened in respect of that ship, wheresoever the alleged contra- 

 vention may have taken place. If it is practicable to do so, the com- 

 petent authorities of the former Government shall notify the master 

 of the ship of the alleged contravention. 



(2) Upon receiving such particulars the latter Government shall 

 investigate the matter, and may request the former Government to 

 furnish further or better particulars of the alleged contravention. 

 If the Government in the territory of which the ship is registered is 

 satisfied that sufficient evidence is available in the form required 

 by law to enable proceedings against the owner or master of the 

 ship to be taken in respect of the alleged contravention, it shall cause 

 such proceedings to be taken as soon as possible, and shall inform 

 the other Contracting Government and the Bureau of the result of 

 such proceedings. 



Article XI 



Nothing in the present Convention shall be construed as derogating 

 from the powers of any Contracting Government to take measures 

 within its jurisdiction in respect of any matter to which the Con- 

 vention relates or as extending the jurisdiction of any Contracting 

 Government. 



Article XII 



Each Contracting Government shall send to the Bureau and to 

 the appropriate organ of the United Nations — 



(a) the text of laws, decrees, orders and regulations in force in 

 its territories which give effect to the present Convention ; 



(b) all official reports or summaries of official reports in so far 

 as they show the results of the application of the provisions of 

 the Convention, provided always that such reports or summaries 

 are not, in the opinion of that Government, of a confidential 

 nature. 



Article XIII 



Any dispute between Contracting Governments relating to the 

 interpretation or application of the present Convention which can- 

 not be settled by negotiation shall be referred at the request of either 



