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Merchant Shipping (Liner Conferences) Act 1982
CHAPTER VII
FINAL CLAUSES
Article 47
IMPLEMENTATION
1. Each Contracting Party shall take such legislative or other measures as may be necessary to implement the present Convention.
2. Each Contracting Party shall communicate to the Secretary- General of the United Nations, who shall be the depositary, the text of the legislative or other measures which it has taken in order to implement the present Convention.
Article 48
Signature, Ratification, Acceptance, Approval and AccessION
1. The present Convention shall remain open for signature as from 1 July 1974 until and including 30 June 1975 at United Nations Headquarters and shall thereafter remain open for accession.
2. All States are entitled to become Contracting Parties to the present Convention by:
(a) Signature subject to and followed by ratification, acceptance
or approval; or
(b) Signature without reservation as to ratification, acceptance
or approval; or
(c) Accession.
3. Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument to this effect with the depositary.
Article 49
ENTRY INTO Force
1. The present Convention shall enter into force six months after the date on which not less than 24 States, the combined tonnage of which amounts to at least 25 per cent of world tonnage, have become Contracting Parties to it in accordance with article 48. For the purpose of the present article the tonnage shall be deemed to be that contained in Lloyd's Register of Shipping-Statistical Tables 1973, table 2 World Flects-Analysis by Principal Types", in respect to general cargo (including passenger/cargo) ships and con- tainer (fully cellular) ships, exclusive of the United States reserve fleet and the American and Canadian Great Lakes fleets.
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2. For each State which thereafter ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to it, the present Convention shall come into force six months after deposit by such State of the appropriato instrument.
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3. Any State which becomes a Contracting Party to the present Convention after the entry into force of an amendment shall, failing an expression of a disserent intention by that State:
(a) Be considered as a Party to the present Convention as
amended; and
(b) Be considered as a Party to the unamended Convention in relation to any Party to the present Convention not bound by the amendment.
Article 50
DENUNCIATION
1. The present Convention may be denounced by any Contracting Party at any time after the expiration of a period of two years from the date on which the Convention has entered into force.
2. Denunciation shall be notified to the depositary in writing, and shall take effect one year, or such longer period as may be specified in the instrument of denunciation, after the date of receipt by the depositary.
Article 51
AMENDMENTS
1. Any Contracting Party may propose one or more amendments to the present Convention by communicating the amendments to the depositary. The depositary shall circulate such amendments among the Contracting Parties, for their acceptance, and among States entitled to become Contracting Parties to the present Convention which are not Contracting Parties, for their information.
2. Each proposed amendment circulated in accordance with article 51, paragraph 1 shall be deemed to have been accepted if no Contracting Party communicates an objection thereto to the depositary within 12 months following the date of its circulation by the depositary. If a Contracting Party communicates an objection to the proposed amendment, such amendment shall not be con- sidered as accepted and shall not be put into effect.
3. If no objection has been communicated, the amendment shall enter into force for all Contracting Parties six months after the expiry date of the period of 12 months referred to in article 51, paragraph 2.
Article 52
REVIEW CONFERENCES
1. A Review Conference shall be convened by the depositary five years from the date on which the present Convention comes
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