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 63 STAT.] IMULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATIONS-OCT. 2, 1947 (Chapter XI, art. 23 RR) (-=437) CHAPTER XI Inspection of Mobile Stations. Operators' Certificates for Ship and Aircraft Stations ARTICLE 23 Inspection of Mobile Stations 493 § 1. (1) The governments or appropriate administrations of countries where a mobile station calls may require the production of the licence. The operator of the mobile sta- tion, or the person responsible for the station, must facilitate this examination. The licence must be kept in such a way that it can be produced without delay. As far as possible, the licence, or a copy certified by the authority which has issued it, should be permanently exhibited in the station. 494 (2) The inspectors must have in their possession an identity card or badge, issued by the competent authority, which they must show on request of the master or his deputy. 495 (3) When the licence cannot he produced or when mani- fest irregularities are observed, governments or administra- tions may inspect the radio installations in order to satisfy themselves that these conform to the conditions imposed by these Regulations. 196 (4) In addition, inspectors have the right to require the production of the operators' certificates, but proof of professional knowledge may not be demanded. 497 § 2. (1) When a government or an administration has found it necessary to adopt the course indicated in 495, or when the operators' certificates cannot be produced, the government or administration to which the mobile station in article 15 is 1791

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