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 2576 INTERNATIONAL SANITARY CONVENTION. JUNE 21,1926. InTarmstroBot (talk) ~ SECTION IV.-Pa88~ through the Suez Canal in quarantine. Permit from port authority. ARTICLE 77. Suez The health authority of the port of Suez shall grant the passage through in quarantine, and the Sanitary Maritime and Quarantine Board shall be immediately informed thereof. Doubtful cases shall be decided by that Board. ARTICLE 78. ofC:c~ next port As soon as the permit provided for in the preceding article is granted, a telegram shall be sent to the authority of the port named by the Captain as his next port of call and also to the port of final destination. The despatch of the telegram is at the expense of the vessel. ARTICLE 79. Penalties for aban· Each country shall establish penalties against vessels which aban- donlnglndlcated route. d. d'db'ddul f on the route m lCate y the captain an un y approach one 0 the ports within its territory, cases of vis major and enforced sojourn being excepted. ARTICLE 80. Declaration as to em· U I' b' kh. hallb bli d d Il!t~ not on ~ew ponavesses emgspo en,t ecaptams e0getoe- ,etc. clare whether he has on board any ~angs of native stokers or of wage-earning employees of any descnption who are not inscribed on the crew list or the register kept for this purpose. , The following questions in particular shall be asked the captains of all vessels arriving at Suez from the south, and shall be answered under oath or solemn declaration: Have you any helpers: stokers or other workmen, not inscribed on your crew list or on the special register? What is their nationality? Where did you embark them? The sanitary physicians shall ascertain the presence of these helpers and if they discover that any of them are missing they should carefully seek the cause of their absence. ARTICLE 81. oTarmstroBot (talk)arlo ~,:;; A health officer and at least two guards of the sanitary service ahipto Port Sald. shall board the vessel and accompany her to Port Said. Their duty shall be to prevent communications and see to the execution of the prescribed measures during the passage through the canal. ARTICLE 82. Re.trlctlons on PM- I. . sengers. etc.• during the All embarkations, andings, and transshipments of passengers or passage. caI"go are forbidden during the passage through the Suez Canal. However, passengers may embark at Suez or Port Said in quar- antine. ARTICLE 83. No 1yln, up dnrlng Vessels passinathrough in quarantine shall make the trip from the trip. P S·· . hI' Suez to ort &I or met ver8a, WIt out ymg up. In case of stranding or of being cpmpelled to lie up, the necessary operations shall be performed by the personnel on board, all com- munications with the employees of the Suez Canal Company being avoided.

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