1) When the goods are documented
for discharge in an enemy port, or for delivery to the armed forces
of the enemy; (2) when the vessel is to call at enemy ports only, or
when she is to touch at an enemy port or meet the armed forces of the
enemy before reaching the neutral port for which the goods in
question are documented.
ART. 32.--Where a vessel is carrying absolute contraband, her papers
are conclusive proof as to the voyage on which she is engaged, unless
she is found clearly out of the course indicated by her papers and
unable to give adequate reasons to justify such deviation.
ART. 33.--Conditional contraband is liable to capture if it is shown
to be destined for the use of the armed forces or of a government
department of the enemy state, unless in this latter case the
circumstances show that the goods cannot in fact be used for the
purposes of the war in progress. This latter exception does not apply
to a consignment coming under Article 24 (4).
ART. 34.---The destination referred to in Article 33 is presumed to
exist if the goods are consigned to enemy authorities, or to a
contractor established in the enemy country who, as a matter of
common knowledge, supplies articles of this kind to the enemy. A
similar presumption arises if the goods are consigned to a fortified
place belonging to the enemy, or other place serving as a base for
the armed forces of the enemy. No such presumption, however, arises
in the case of a merchant vessel bound for one of these places if it
is sought to prove that she herself is contraband. In cases where the
above presumptions do not arise, the destination is presumed to be
innocent. The presumptions set up by this article may be rebutted.
ART. 35.--Conditional contraband is not liable to capture, except
when found on board a vessel bound for territory belonging to or
occupied by the enemy, or for the armed forces of the enemy, and when
it is not to be discharged in an intervening neutral port. The ship's
papers are conclusive proof both as to the voyage on which the vessel
is engaged and as to the port of discharge of the goods, unless she
is found clearly out of the course indicated by her papers, and
unable to give adequate reasons to justify such deviation.
ART. 36.--Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 35, conditional
contraband, if shown to have the destin
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