Part III
Article 14
The naval combatant vessels of the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of the British Empire which are not separate members of the League of Nations and of India, the Dominion of Canada, of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa and Japan, other than capital ships, aircraft carriers and all vessels exempt from limitation under Article 8, shall be limited during the term of the present Treaty as provided in this Part III, and, in the case of special vessels, as provided in Article 12.
Article 16
The completed tonnage in the cruiser, destroyer and submarine categories which is not to be exceeded on 31December 1936 is given in the following table:
Categories United States, United Kingdom of GB & NI & India, Japan
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3 The maximum number of cruisers of sub-category (a) shall be as follows: for the United States, eighteen; for the United Kingdom of GB & NI & India twelve; for Japan twelve, for the Dominion of Canada two, for the Commonwealth of Australia two, for the Dominion of New Zealand one, for the Union of South Africa none.
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8 The maximum number of cruisers of sub-category (b) shall be as follows: for the Commonwealth of Australia three, for the Dominion of New Zealand two, for the Union of South Africa two, for the Dominion of Canada none.