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Wlio, havîng commuiucatcd their full powers, have agreecl as follows : # Article i.
For thc purposc of thc présent Convention, thc foUowing définitions are agrecd upon : 1. Slavery is the status or condition. of a person ovcr whom any or ail of the powors attarhinp to the right of ownership are exercised.
2. The slave trade includes ail acts involved in the capture, acquisition or disposai of a person vith intcnt to roducc hini to slavery ; ail acts involved in the acquisition of a slave with a view to selling or exchanging him ; ail acts of disix>sal by sale or exchange of a slave acquired iû a view to being sold or exchanged, and, in gênerai, every act of trade or transport in slaves. Article 2.
Thc lligli Contracting Parties undertakc, each in respect of thc terntories placcd under its sovereignty, jurisdiction v»Tv>t.M t înri v/ rainty or tutelage, so far as Xhry l^ive not alroadv takon the necessarj»^ steps :
{a) lu picvcnt and suppress the slai uude ;
{b) To bring about, progressively and as soon as possible, the complète aboUtion of slavery in ail its forms.
Article 3.
The High Contracting Parties undertake to adopt ail appropriate measures with a view to prcventing and suppressing the embarkation, disernbarkation and transport of slaves in their territorial waters and upon ail vcsscls flying their respective flags. The High Contracting Parties undertake to negotiate as soon as possible a gênerai Convention with regard to the slave trade which will give them rights and impose upon them dutics of the same nature as those providcd for in the Convention of June I7th. 1925, relative to the International Trade in Arms (Articles 12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Section II of Annex II) with the necessary adaptations, it being understoo<l that this gênerai Convention will not place the ships (even of small tonnage) of any High Contracting Parties in a position différent from that of the other High Contracting Parties.
It is also imderstoor> or forced labour .hail rest with the compétent central authoritic^ of hr lr rritory concerned. 1
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