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61 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-CIVIL AVIATION-DEC. 7, 1944 1183 (c) Each contracting State, under such regulations as it may prescribe, may require any aircraft entering the areas contemplated in subparagraphs (a) or (b) above to effect a landing as soon as practicable thereafter at some designated airport within its territory. Article 10 Except in a case where, under the terms of this Con- Landig st customs airport vention or a special authorization, aircraft are permitted to cross the territory of a contracting State without landing, every aircraft which enters the territory of a contracting State shall, if the regulations of that State so require, land at an airport designated by that State for the purpose of customs and other examination. On departure from the territory of a contracting State, such aircraft shall depart from a similarly designated customs airport. Particulars of all designated customs airports shall be published by the State and transmitted to the International Civil Aviation Organization estab- lished under Part II of this Convention for communica- Post,p. 11I2. tion to all other contracting States. Article 11 Subject to the provisions of this Convention, the laws Applicabili t yof air regulations and regulations of a contracting State relating to the admission to or departure from its territory of aircraft engaged in international air navigation, or to the opera- tion and navigation of such aircraft while within its territory, shall be applied to the aircraft of all contract- ing States without distinction as to nationality, and shall be complied with by such aircraft upon entering or departing from or while within the territory of that State. Article 12 Each contracting State undertakes to adopt measures Rulesotheair to insure that every aircraft flying over or maneuvering within its territory and that every aircraft carrying its nationality mark, wherever such aircraft may be, shall comply with the rules and regulations relating to the flight and maneuver of aircraft there in force. Each contracting State undertakes to keep its own regulations in these respects uniform, to the greatest possible extent, with those established from time to time under this Con- vention. Over the high seas, the rules in force shall be those established under this Convention. Each con- tracting State undertakes to insure the prosecution of all persons violating the regulations applicable. Article 13 The laws and regulations of a contracting State as to tnce, the admission to or departure from its territory of passen- au b