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Art.10 |
Article X |
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Art.10.a |
(a) Any Government which is not a signatory to the present Convention may be invited by the Council to accede thereto, subject to such conditions as the Contracting Governments may determine. Notification of accession shall be made to the Government of the United Kingdom and shall state the territory or territories to which the accession applies. |
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Art.10.b |
(b) The Government of the United Kingdom shall inform the other Contracting Governments of all notifications received under this Article. |
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Art.11 |
Article XI |
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Art.11.a |
(a) The present Convention shall be ratified by the signatory Governments and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. |
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Art.11.b |
(b) The present Convention shall enter into force as on the date of the receipt by the Government of the United Kingdom of the second instrument of ratification. It shall take effect in respect of those Governments who ratify or accede subsequently on the date of the deposit of the ratification or notification of accession. The present Convention shall remain in force for a period of ten years after its initial entry into force. |
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Art.11.c |
(c) At any time after the expiration of this period |
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Art.11.c.1 |
(1) Any Contracting Government may denounce the Convention by written notification to the Government of the United Kingdom. Such denunciation shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Government of the United Kingdom. |
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Art.11.c.2 |
(2) Any Contracting Government may notify the Government of the United Kingdom that the Convention shall cease to apply to one or more of its territories, and it shall cease to apply to the territory or territories named in the notification one year after the date of the receipt of the notification by the Government of the United Kingdom. |
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Art.11.d |
(d) The Government of the United Kingdom shall inform each of the Contracting Governments of each notification received under this Article and of the date of its receipt. |
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Conc.1 |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Undersigned have signed the present Convention in the English and French languages both texts being equally authentic, and have affixed thereto their seals. |
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Conc.2 |
DONE in London the 22nd day of February, 1949, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, by whom certified copies shall be furnished to all the signatory and acceding Governments and to all the Participating Governments. |
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Conc.3 |
For the Government of Belgium: |
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Conc.4 |
[L. S.] Obert DE THIEUSIES For the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: [L. S.] Hector MCNEIL For the Government of the Union of South Africa: [L. S.] C. H. TORRANCE For the Government of Southern Rhodesia: [L. S.] A. D. CHATAWAY |
