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and, when they have been prepared, certified copies of the
official translations of the Convention and the Recommendations,
to each of the Governments invited to be represented at this
Conference.
In witness whereof the undersigned have affixed their
signatures to this Final Act.
Done at London this fifth day of April one thousand nine
hundred and sixty-six.
President
GILMOUR JENKINS
Secretary-General of the Inter-Governmental
Maritime Consultative Organization
JEAN ROULLIER
Deputy Secretary-General of the Inter-Governmental
Maritime Consultative Organization
E.C.V.GOAD
Executive Secretary of the Conference
V.NADEINSKI
(Further follow the signatures of the Delegations)
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
ON LOAD LINES, 1966
(London, 5.IV.1966)
The Contracting Governments,
Desiring to establish uniform principles and rules with
respect to the limits to which ships on international voyages may
be loaded having regard to the need for safeguarding life and
property at sea;
Considering that this end may best be achieved by conclusion
of a Convention;
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
General Obligation under the Convention
(1) The Contracting Governments undertake to give effect to
the provisions of the present Convention and the Annexes hereto,
which shall constitute an integral part of the present Convention.
Every reference to the present Convention constitutes at the same
time a reference to the Annexes.
(2) The Contracting Governments shall undertake all measures
which may be necessary to give effect to the present Convention.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purpose of the present Convention, unless expressly
provided otherwise:
(1) "Regulations" means the Regulations annexed to the present
Convention.
(2) "Administration" means the Government of the State whose
flag the ship is flying.
(3) "Approved" means approved by the Administration.
(4) "International voyage" means a sea voyage from a country
to which the present Convention applies to a port outside such
country, or conversely. For this purpose, every territory for the
international relations of which a Contracting Government is
responsible or for which the United Nations are the administering
authority is regarded as a separate country.
(5) A "fishing vessel" is a ship used for catching fish,
whales, seals, walrus or other living resources of the sea.
(6) "New ship" means a ship the keel of which is laid, or
which is at a similar stage of construction, on or after the date
of coming into force of the present Convention for each
Contracting Government.
(7) "Existing ship" means a ship which is not a new ship.
(8) "Length" means 96 per cent of the total length on a
waterline at 85 per cent of the least moulded depth measured from
the keel as defined in Regulation 3 (5) (a) of Annex I, or the
length from the fore side of the stem to the axis of the rudder
stock on that waterline, if that be greater. In ships designed
with a rake of keel the waterline on which this length is measured
shall be parallel to the designed waterline.
Article 3
General Provisions
(1) No ship to which the present Convention applies shall
proceed to sea on an international voyage after the date on which
the present Convention comes into force unless it has been
surveyed, marked and provided with an International Load Line
Certificate (1966) or, where appropriate, an International Load
Line Exemption Certificate in accordance with the provisions of
the present Convention.
(2) Nothing in this Convention shall prevent an Administration
from assigning a greater freeboard than the minimum freeboard
determined in accordance with Annex I.
Article 4
Application
(1) The present Convention shall apply to:
(a) ships registered in countries the Governments of which are
Contracting Governments;
(b) ships registered in territories to which the present
Convention is extended under Article 32; and
(c) unregistered ships flying the flag of a State, the
Government of which is a Contracting Government.
(2) The present Convention shall apply to ships engaged on
international voyages.
(3) The Regulations contained in Annex I are specifically
applicable to new ships.
(4) Existing ships which do not fully comply with the
requirements of the Regulations contained in Annex I or any part
thereof shall meet at least such lesser related requirements as
the Administration applied to ships on international voyages prior
to the coming into force of the present Convention; in no case
shall such ships be required to increase their freeboards. In
order to take advantage of any reduction in freeboard from that
previously assigned, existing ships shall comply with all the
requirements of the present Convention.
(5) The Regulations contained in Annex II are applicable to
new and existing ships to which the present Convention applies.
Article 5
Exceptions
(1) The present Convention shall not apply to:
(a) ships of war;
(b) new ships of less than 24 metres (79 feet) in length;
(c) existing ships of less than 150 tons gross;
(d) pleasure yachts not engaged in trade;
(e) fishing vessels.
(2) Nothing herein shall apply to ships solely navigating:
(a) the Great Lakes of North America and the River St.
Lawrence as far east as a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to
West Point, Anticosti Island, and, on the north side of Anticosti
Island, the meridian of longitude 63 degr. W:
(b) the Caspian Sea;
(c) the Plate, Parana and Uruguay Rivers as far east as a
rhumb line drawn between Punta Rasa (Cabo San Antonio), Argentina,
and Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Article 6
Exemptions
(1) Ships when engaged on international voyages between the
near neighbouring ports of two or more States may be exempted by
the Administration from the provisions of the present Convention,
so long as they shall remain engaged on such voyages, if the
Governments of the States in which such ports are situated shall
be satisfied that the sheltered nature or conditions of such
voyages between such ports make it unreasonable or impracticable
to apply the provisions of the present Convention to Ships engaged
on such voyages.
(2) The Administration may exempt any ship which embodies
features of a novel kind from any of the provisions of this
Convention the application of which might seriously impede
research into the development of such features and their
incorporation in ships engaged on international voyages. Any such
ship shall, however, comply with safety requirements, which, in
the opinion of that Administration, are adequate for the service
for which it is intended and are such as to ensure the overall
safety of the ship and which are acceptable to the Governments of
the States to be visited by the ship.
(3) The Administration which allows any exemption under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article shall communicate to the
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (hereinafter
called the Organization) particulars of the same and reasons
therefor which the Organization shall circulate to the Contracting
Governments for their information.
(4) A ship which is not normally engaged on international
voyages but which, in exceptional circumstances, is required to
undertake a single international voyage may be exempted by the
Administration from any of the requirements of the present
Convention, provided that it complies with safety requirements
which, in the opinion of that Administration, are adequate for the
voyage which is to be undertaken by the ship.
Article 7
Force Majeure
(1) A ship which is not subject to the provisions of the
present Convention at the time of its departure on any voyage
shall not become subject to such provisions on account of any
deviation from its intended voyage due to stress of weather or any
other cause of force majeure.
(2) In applying the provisions of the present Convention, the
Contracting Governments shall give due consideration to any
deviation or delay caused to any ship owing to stress of weather
or any other cause of force majeure.
Article 8
Equivalents
(1) The Administration may allow any fitting, material,
appliance or apparatus to be fitted, or any other provision to be
made in a ship, other than that required by the present
Convention, if it is satisfied by trial thereof or otherwise that
such fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or provision, is
at least as effective as that required by the Convention.
(2) The Administration which allows a fitting, material,
appliance or apparatus, or provision, other than that required by
the present Convention, shall communicate to the Organization for
circulation to the Contracting Governments particulars thereof,
together with a report on any trials made.
Article 9
Approvals for Experimental Purposes
(1) Nothing in the present Convention shall prevent an
Administration from making specific approvals for experimental
purposes in respect of a ship to which the Convention applies.
(2) An Administration which makes any such approval shall
communicate to the Organization for circulation to the Contracting
Governments particulars thereof.
Article 10
Repairs, Alterations and Modifications
(1) A ship which undergoes repairs, alterations, modifications
and outfitting related thereto shall continue to comply with at
least the requirements previously applicable to the ship. An
existing ship in such a case shall not, as a rule, comply to a
lesser extent with the requirements for a new ship than it did
before.
(2) Repairs, alterations and modifications of a major
character and outfitting related thereto should meet the
requirements for a new ship in so far as the Administration deems
reasonable and practicable.
Article 11
Zones and Areas
(1) A ship to which the present Convention applies shall
comply with the requirements applicable to that ship in the zones
and areas described in Annex II.
(2) A port standing on the boundary line between two zones or
areas shall be regarded as within the zone or area from or into
which the ship arrives or departs.
Article 12
Submersion
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this
Article, the appropriate load lines on the sides of the ship
corresponding to the season of the year and the zone or area in
which the ship may be shall not be submerged at any time when the
ship puts to sea, during the voyage or on arrival.
(2) When a ship is in fresh water of unit density the
appropriate load line may be submerged by the amount of the fresh
water allowance shown on the International Load Line Certificate
(1966). Where the density is other than unity, an allowance shall
be made proportional to the difference between 1.025 and the
actual density.
(3) When a ship departs from a port situated on a river or
inland waters, deeper loading shall be permitted corresponding to
the weight of fuel and all other materials required for
consumption between the point of departure, and the sea.
Article 13
Survey, Inspection and Marking
The survey, inspection and marking of ships, as regards the
enforcement of the provisions of the present Convention and the
granting of exemptions therefrom, shall be carried out by
officers of the Administration.
The Administration may, however, entrust the survey,
inspection and marking either to surveyors nominated for the
purpose or to organizations duly authorized by it. In every case
the Administration concerned fully guarantees the completeness and
efficiency of the survey, inspection and marking.
Article 14
Initial and Periodical
Surveys and Inspections
(1) A ship shall be subjected to the surveys and inspections
specified below:
(a) A survey before the ship is put in service, which shall
include a complete inspection of its structure and equipment in so
far as the ship is covered by the present Convention. This survey
shall be such as to ensure that the arrangements, material, and
scantlings fully comply with the requirements of the present
Convention.
(b) A periodical survey at intervals specified by the
Administration, but not exceeding five years, which shall be such
as to ensure that the structure, equipment, arrangements, material
and scantlings fully comply with the requirements of the present
Convention.
(c) A periodical inspection within three months either way of
each annual anniversary date of the certificate, to ensure that
alterations have not been made to the hull or superstructures
which would affect the calculations determining the position of
the load line and so as to ensure the maintenance in an effective
condition of fittings and appliances for:
(i) protection of openings;
(ii) guard rails;
(iii) freeing ports; and
(iv) means of access to crew's quarters.
(2) The periodical inspections referred to in paragraph (1)
(c) of this Article shall be endorsed on the International Load
Line Certificate (1966) or on the International Load Line
Exemption Certificate issued to a ship exempted under paragraph
(2) of Article 6 of the present Convention.
Article 15
Maintenance of Conditions after Survey
After any survey of the ship under Article 14 has been
completed, no change shall be made in the structure, equipment,
arrangements, material or scantlings covered by the survey,
without the sanction of the Administration.
Article 16
Issue of Certificates
(1) An International Load Line Certificate (1966) shall be
issued to every ship which has been surveyed and marked in
accordance with the present Convention.
(2) An International Load Line Exemption Certificate shall be
issued to any ship to which an exemption has been granted under
and in accordance with paragraph (2) or (4) of Article 6.
(3) Such certificates shall be issued by the Administration or
by any person or organization duly authorized by it. In every
case, the Administration assumes full responsibility for the
certificate.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of the present
Convention, any international load line certificate which is
current when the present Convention comes into force in respect of
the Government of the State whose flag the ship is flying shall
remain valid for two years or until it expires, whichever is
earlier. After that time an International Load Line Certificate
(1966) shall be required.
Article 17
Issue of Certificate by another Government
(1) A Contracting Government may, at the request of another
Contracting Government, cause a ship to be surveyed and, if
satisfied that the provisions of the present Convention are
complied with, shall issue or authorize the issue of an
International Load Line Certificate (1966) to the ship in
accordance with the present Convention.
(2) A copy of the certificate, a copy of the survey report
used for computing the freeboard, and a copy of the computations
shall be transmitted as early as possible to the requesting
Government.
(3) A certificate so issued must contain a statement to the
effect that it has been issued at the request of the Government of
the State whose flag the ship is or will he flying and it shall
have the same force and receive the same recognition as a
certificate issued under Article 16.
(4) No International Load Line Certificate (1966) shall be
issued to a ship which is flying the flag of a State the
Government of which is not a Contracting Government.
Article 18
Form of Certificates
(1) The certificates shall be drawn up in the official
language or languages of the issuing country. If the language used
is neither English nor French, the text shall include a
translation into one of these languages.
(2) The form of the certificates shall be that of the models
given in Annex III. The arrangement of the printed part of each
model certificate shall be exactly reproduced in any certificates
issued, and in any certified copies thereof.
Article 19
Duration of Certificates
(1) An International Load Line Certificate (1966) shall be
issued for a period specified by the Administration, which shall
not exceed five years from the date of issue.
(2) If, after the periodical survey referred to in paragraph
(1) (b) of Article 14, a new certificate cannot be issued to the
ship before the expiry of the certificate originally issued, the
person or organization carrying out the survey may extend the
validity of the original certificate for a period which shall not
exceed five months. This extension shall be endorsed on the
certificate, and shall be granted only where there have been no
alterations in the structure, equipment, arrangements, material or
scantlings which affect the ship's freeboard.
(3) An International Load Line Certificate (1966) shall be
cancelled by the Administration if any of the following
circumstances exist:
(a) material alterations have taken place in the hull or
superstructures of the ship such as would necessitate the
assignment of an increased freeboard;
(b) the fittings and appliances mentioned in sub-paragraph (c)
of paragraph (1) of Article 14 are not maintained in an effective
condition;
(c) the certificate is not endorsed to show that the ship has
been inspected as provided in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1)
of Article 14;
(d) the structural strength of the ship is lowered to such an
extern that the ship is unsafe.
(4) (a) The duration of an International Load Line Exemption
Certificate issued by an Administration to a ship exempted under
paragraph (2) of Article 6 shall not exceed five years from the
date of issue. Such certificate shall be subject to a renewal,
endorsement and cancellation procedure similar to that provided
for an International Load Line Certificate (1966) under this
Article.
(b) The duration of an International Load Line Exemption
Certificate issued to a ship exempted under paragraph (4) of
Article 6 shall be limited to the single voyage for which it is
issued.
(5) A certificate issued to a ship by an Administration shall
cease to be valid upon the transfer of such a ship to the flag of
another State.
Article 20
Acceptance of Certificates
The certificates issued under the authority of a Contracting
Government in accordance with the present Convention shall be
accepted by the other Contracting Governments and regarded for all
purposes covered by the present Convention as having the same
force as certificates issued by them.
Article 21
Control
(1) Ships holding a certificate issued under Article 16 or
Article 17 are subject, when in the ports of other Contracting
Governments, to control by officers duly authorized by such
Governments. Contracting Governments shall ensure that such
control is exercised as far as is reasonable and practicable with
a view to verifying that there is on board a valid certificate
under the present Convention. It there is a valid International
Load Line Certificate (1966) on board the ship, such control shall
be limited to the purpose of determining that:
(a) the ship is not loaded beyond the limits allowed by the
certificate;
(b) the position of the load line of the ship corresponds with
the certificate; and
(c) the ship has not been so materially altered in respect of
the matters set out in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph
(3) of Article 19 that the ship is manifestly unfit to proceed to
sea without danger to human life.
If there is a valid International Load Line Exemption
Certificate on board, such control shall be limited to the purpose
of determining that any conditions stipulated in that certificate
are complied with.
(2) If such control is exercised under sub-paragraph (c) of
paragraph (1) of this Article, it shall only be exercised in so
far as may he necessary to ensure that the ship shall not sail
until it can proceed to sea without danger to the passengers or
the crew.
(3) In the event of the control provided for in this Article
giving rise to intervention of any kind, the officer carrying out
the control shall immediately inform in writing the Consul or the
diplomatic representative of the State whose flag the sip is
flying of this decision and of all the circumstances in which
intervention was deemed to be necessary.
Article 22
Privileges
The privileges of the present Convention may not be claimed in
favour of any ship unless it holds a valid certificate under the
Convention.
Article 23
Casualties
(1) Each Administration undertakes to conduct an investigation
of any casualty occurring to ships for which it is responsible and
which are subject to the provisions of the present Convention when
it judges that such an investigation may assist in determining
what changes in the Convention might be desirable.
(2) Each Contracting Government undertakes to supply the
Organization with the pertinent information concerning the
findings of such investigations. No reports or recommendations of
the Organization based upon such information shall disclose the
identity or nationality of the ships concerned or in any manner
fix or imply responsibility upon any ship or person.
Article 24
Prior Treaties and Conventions
(1) All other treaties, conventions and arrangements relating
to load line matters at present in force between Governments
Parties to the present Convention shall continue to have full and
complete effect during the terms thereof as regards:
(a) ships to which the present Convention does not apply; and
(b) ships to which the present Convention applies, in respect
of matters for which it has not expressly provided.
(2) To the extent, however, that such treaties, conventions or
arrangements conflict with the provisions of the present
Convention, the provisions of the present Convention shall
prevail.
Article 25
Special Rules drawn up by Agreement
When in accordance with the present Convention special rules
are drawn up by agreement among all or some of the Contracting
Governments, such rules shall be communicated to the Organization
for circulation to all Contracting Governments.
Article 26
Communication of Information
(1) The Contracting Governments undertake to communicate to
and deposit with the Organization:
(a) a sufficient number of specimens of their certificates
issued under the provisions of the present Convention for
circulation to the Contracting Governments:
(b) the text of the laws, decrees, orders, regulations and
other instruments which shall have been promulgated on the various
matters within the scope of the present Convention; and
(c) a list of non-governmental agencies which are authorized
to act in their behalf in the administration of load line matters
for circulation to the Contracting Governments.
(2) Each Contracting Government agrees to make its strength
standards available to any other Contracting Government, upon
request.
Article 27
Signature, Acceptance and Accession
(1) The present Convention shall remain open for signature for
three months from 5 April 1966 and shall thereafter remain open
for accession. Governments of States members or the United
Nations, or of any of the Specialized Agencies, of of the
International Atomic Energy Agency, or parties to the Statute of
the International Court of Justice may become parties to the
Convention by:
(a) signature without reservation as to acceptance;
(b) signature subject to acceptance followed by acceptance; or
(c) accession.
(2) Acceptance or accession shall be effected by the deposit
of an instrument of acceptance or accession with the Organization
which shall inform all Governments that have signed the Convention
or acceded to it of each new acceptance or accession and of the
date of its deposit.
Article 28
Coming into Force
(1) The present Convention shall come into force twelve months
after the date on which not less than fifteen Governments of
States, including seven each with not less than one million gross
tons of shipping, have signed without reservation as to acceptance
or deposited instruments of acceptance or accession in accordance
with Article 27. The Organization shall inform all Governments
which have signed or acceded to the present Convention of the date
on which it comes into force.
(2) For Governments which have deposited an instrument of
acceptance of or accession to the present Convention during the
twelve months mentioned in paragraph (1) of this Article, the
acceptance or accession shall take effect on the coming into force
of the present Convention or three months after the date of
deposit of the instrument of acceptance or accession, whichever is
the later date.
(3) For Governments which have deposited an instrument of
acceptance of or accession to the present Convention after the
date on which it comes into force, the Convention shall come into
force three months after the date of the deposit of such
instrument.
(4) After the date on which all the measures required to bring
an amendment to the present Convention into force have been
completed, or all necessary acceptances are deemed to have been
given under sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) of Article 29 in
case of amendment by unanimous acceptance, any instrument of
acceptance or accession deposited shall be deemed to apply to the
Convention as amended.
Article 29
Amendments
(1) The present Convention may be amended upon the proposal of
a Contracting Government by any of the procedures specified in
this Article.
(2) Amendment by unanimous acceptance:
(a) Upon the request of a Contracting Government, any
amendment proposed by it to the present Convention shall be
communicated by the Organization to all Contracting Governments
for consideration with a view to unanimous acceptance.
(b) Any such amendment shall enter into force twelve months
after the date of its acceptance by all Contracting Governments
unless an earlier date is agreed upon. A Contracting Government
which does not communicate its acceptance or rejection of the
amendment to the Organization within three years of its first
communication by the latter shall be deemed to have accepted the
amendment.
(с) Any proposed amendment shall be deemed to be rejected if
it is not accepted under sub-paragraph (b) of the present
paragraph within three years after it has been first communicated
to all Contracting Governments by the Organization.
(3) Amendment after consideration in the Organization:
(a) Upon the request of a Contracting Government, any
amendment proposed by it to the present Convention will be
considered in the Organization. If adopted by a majority of
two-thirds of those present and voting in the Maritime Safety
Committee of the Organization, such amendment shall be
communicated to all Members of the Organization and all
Contracting Governments at least six months prior to its
consideration by the Assembly of the Organization.
(b) If adopted by a two-thirds majority of those present and
voting in the Assembly, the amendment shall be communicated by the
Organization to all Contracting Governments for their acceptance.
(c) Such amendment shall come into force twelve months after
the date on which it is accepted by two-thirds of the Contracting
Governments. The amendment shall come into force with respect to
all Contracting Governments except those which, before it conies
into force, make a declaration that they do not accept the
amendment.
(d) The Assembly, by a two-thirds majority of those present
and voting, including two-thirds of the Governments represented on
the Maritime Safety Committee and present and voting in the
Assembly, may propose a determination at the time of its adoption
that an amendment is of such an important nature that any
Contracting Government which makes a declaration under
sub-paragraph (c), and which does not accept the amendment within
a period of twelve months after it comes into force, shall cease
to be a party to the present Convention upon the expiry of that
period. This determination shall be subject to the prior
acceptance of two-thirds of the Contracting Governments to the
present Convention.
(e) Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the Contracting
Government which first proposed action under this paragraph on an
amendment to the present Convention from taking at any time such
alternative action as it deems desirable in accordance with
paragraph (2) or (4) of this Article.
(4) Amendment by a conference:
(a) Upon the request of a Contracting Government, concurred in
by at least one-third of the Contracting Governments, a conference
of Governments will be convened by the Organization to consider
amendments to the present Convention.
(b) Every amendment adopted by such a conference by a
two-thirds majority of those present and voting of the Contracting
Governments shall be communicated by the Organization to all
Contracting Governments for their acceptance.
(c) Such amendment shall come into force twelve months after
the date on which it is accepted by two-thirds of the Contracting
Governments. The amendment shall come into force with respect to
all Contracting Governments except those which, before it comes
into force, make a declaration that they do not accept the
amendment.
(d) By a two-thirds majority of those present and voting, a
conference convened under sub-paragraph (a) may determine at the
time of its adoption that an amendment is of such an important
nature that any Contracting Government which makes a declaration
under sub-paragraph (c), and which does not accept the amendment
within a period of twelve months after it comes into force, shall
cease to be a party to the present Convention upon the expiry of
that period.
(5) Any amendments to the present Convention made under this
Article which relate to the structure of a ship shall apply only
to ships the keels of which are laid, or which are at a similar
stage of construction, on or after the date on which the amendment
comes into force.
(6) The Organization shall inform all Contracting Governments
of any amendments which come into force under this Article,
together with the date on which each such amendment will come into
force.
(7) Any acceptance or declaration under this Article shall be
made by a notification in writing to the Organization which shall
notify all Contracting Governments of the receipt of the
acceptance or declaration.
Article 30
Denunciation
(1) The present Convention may be denounced by any Contracting
Government at any time after the expiry of five years from the
date on which the Convention comes into force for that Government.
(2) Denunciation shall be effected by a notification in
writing addressed to the Organization which shall inform all the
other Contracting Governments of any such notification received
and of the date of its receipt.
(3) A denunciation shall take effect one year, or such longer
period as may be specified in the notification, after its receipt
by the Organization.
Article 31
Suspension
(1) In case of hostilities or other extraordinary
circumstances which affect the vital interests of a State the
Government of which is a Contracting Government, that Government
may suspend the operation of the whole or any part of the present
Convention. The suspending Government shall immediately give
notice of any such suspension to the Organization.
(2) Such suspension shall not deprive other Contracting
Governments of any right of control under the present Convention
over the ships of the suspending Government when such ships are
within their ports.
(3) The suspending Government may at any time terminate such
suspension and shall immediately give notice of such termination
to the Organization.
(4) The Organization shall notify all Contracting Governments
of any suspension or termination of suspension under this Article.
Article 32
Territories
(1) (a) The United Nations, in cases where they are the
administering authority for a territory, or any Contracting
Government responsible for the international relations of a
territory, shall as soon as possible consult with such territory
in an endeavour to extend the present Convention to that territory
and may at any time by notification in writing to the Organization
declare that the present Convention shall extend to such
territory.
(b) The present Convention shall, from the date of the receipt
of the notification or from such other date as may be specified in
the notification, extend to the territory named therein.
(2) (a) The United Nations, or any Contracting Government
which has made a declaration under sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph
(1) of this Article, at any time after the expiry of a period of
five years from the data on which the Convention has been so
extended to any territory, may by notification in writing to the
Organization declare that the present Convention shall cease to
extend to any such territory named in the notification.
(b) The present Convention shall cease to extend to any
territory mentioned in such notification one year, or such longer
period as may be specified therein, after the date of receipt of
the notification by the Organization.
(3) The Organization shall inform all the Contracting
Governments of the extension of the present Convention to any
territories under paragraph (1) of this Article, and of the
termination of any such extension under the provisions of
paragraph (2), stating in each case the date from which the
present Convention has been or will cease to be so extended.
Article 33
Registration
(1) The present Convention shall be deposited with the
Organization and the Secretary-General of the Organization shall
transmit certified true copies thereof to all Signatory
Governments and to all Governments which accede to the present
Convention.
(2) As soon as the present Convention comes into force it
shall be registered by the Organization in accordance with Article
102 of the Charter of the United Nations.
Article 34
Languages
The present Convention is established in a single copy in the
English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic.
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