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 54 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATION-APR. 8, 1938 [272] (3) Operators provided with a first-class certificate shall be authorized to embark as chief operators on ships of which the station belongs to the third category (article 25, §3) [Nos. 631,634, and 635]. [273] (4) (a) Operators holding a second-class certificate shall be authorized to embark as chief operators on ships of which the station belongs to the third category (article 25, §3) [Nos. 631, 634, and 635]. [274] (b) After having shown at least 6 months' service on board a ship, they may embark as chief operators on ships of which the station belongs to the second category. [275] (5) The government issuing a certificate may authorize an operator to perform service on board an aircraft only after this oper- ator has fulfilled other conditions (for example: accomplished a certain number of flying-hours in the aeronautical mobile service, et cetera). ARTICLE 11 Authority of the Master [276] §1. The radio service of a mobile station shall be placed under the supreme authority of the master or the person responsible for the ship, aircraft, or any other vehicle carrying the mobile station. [2771 §2. The person holding this authority must require the oper- ators to comply with the present Regulations. [278] §3. The master or responsible person as well as any persons who may have knowledge of the text or simply the existence of radiotelegrams, or of any information acquired by means of the radio service, shall be bound by the obligation to observe and insure the secrecy of the correspondence. ARTICLE 12 Inspection of Stations [279] §1. (1) The competent governments or administrations of countries where a mobile station calls, may demand the production of the license. The operator of the mobile station or the person re- sponsible for the station must submit to this verification. The license must be kept in such a way that it may be furnished without delay. However, the production of the license may be replaced by a per- manent posting in the station, of a copy of the license certified by the authority which has granted it. [280] (2) The competent inspectors must have in their possession a card or badge of identification which they must show upon the request of the master or of his substitute. [281] (3) When the license cannot be produced or when manifest irregularities are detected, the governments or administrations may proceed to the inspection of radio installations in order to ascertain that they satisfy the requirements of the present Regulations. 1489 Authority of the master. Insprtbon of ta. tos.

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