Public Prosecutor and Customs Administration v. Schreiber and Air-France.

Abstract

Air Law — Transit of Air Passengers — Customs Inspection of Passengers’ Transhipment Luggage — Whether Permissible under Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation of December 7, 1944.

Treaties — Operation of — In Dependent Territories — Whether Separate Promulgation in Dependent Territories Required — Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation of December 7, 1944 — Convention Promulgated in France — Absence of Promulgation in French West Africa — Whether Convention Operative in French West Africa.

Composite States — Miscellaneous — Dependent Territories — Operation of Treaties Ratified by and Promulgated in Mother Country — Absence of Promulgation in Dependent Territory — Applicability in French West Africa of Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation of December 7, 1944.