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[CITE: 16USC2442]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
        CHAPTER 44A--ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES CONVENTION
 
Sec. 2442. Relationship to existing treaties and statutes


(a) In general

    Nothing in this chapter \1\ shall be construed as contravening or 
superseding (1) the provisions of any international treaty, convention, 
or agreement, if such treaty, convention or agreement is in force with 
respect to the United States on Nov. 8, 1984, or (2) the provisions of 
any statute which implements any such treaty, convention, or agreement. 
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as contravening or 
superseding the provisions of any statute enacted before Nov. 8, 1984, 
which may otherwise apply to Antarctic marine living resources.
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    \1\ See Codification note below.
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(b) Application of more restrictive provisions

    Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the 
application of provisions of the Convention, conservation measures 
adopted by the Commission pursuant to article IX of the Convention, or 
regulations promulgated under this chapter, which are more restrictive 
than the provisions of, measures adopted under, or regulations 
promulgated under, the treaties or statutes described in subsection (a) 
of this section.

(Pub. L. 98-623, title III, Sec. 313, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3406.)

                          Codification

    This chapter, the first time it appears in subsec. (a), was in the 
original ``this Act'' and was translated as reading ``this title'', as 
the probable intent of Congress.
