Article
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For the purpose of the present Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
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(a)
the term “the Convention” means the Convention on International Civil Aviation opened for signature at Chicago on the seventh day of December, 1944, and includes any Annex adopted under Article 90 of that Convention and any amendment of the Annexes or Convention under Articles 90 and 94 thereof;
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(b)
the term “aeronautical authorities” means, in the case of the Kingdom of' the Netherlands, the Director-General of Civil Aviation and any person or body authorised to perform any functions at present exercised by the said Director-General of Civil Aviation or similar functions; and, in the case of the Republic of Singapore, the Deputy Prime Minister and any person or body authorised to perform any functions at present exercised by the said Minister or similar functions;
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(c)
the term “designated airline” means an airline which one Contracting Party shall have designated, by written notification to the other Contracting Party, in accordance with Article 3 of the present Agreement, for the operation of air services on the routes specified in such notification;
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(d)
the term “change of gauge” means the operation of an air service by a designated airline in such a way that one section of the route is flown by aircraft different in capacity from those used on another section;
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(e)
the term “territory” in relation to a State means the land areas and territorial waters adjacent thereto under the sovereignty, suzerainty, protection or trusteeship of that State; and
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(f)
the terms “air service”, “international air service”, “airline” and “stop for non-traffic purposes” have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Article 96 of the Convention.