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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME II

(ii) ships to which the present Convention applies, in

respect of matters for which it has not expressly provided.

(c) 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.

(d) All matters which are not expressly provided for in the

present Convention remain subject to the legislation of

the Contracting Governments.

ARTICLE VIII

Special Rules Drawn Up by Agreement

When accordance with the present Convention special

rules are drawn up by agreement between all or some of

the

Contracting

Governments,

such

rules

shall

be

communicated to the Organization for circulation to all

Contracting Governments.

ARTICLE IX

Amendments

(a) (i) The present Convention may be amended by

unanimous

agreement

between

the

Contracting

Governments.

(ii) Upon the request of any Contracting Government a

proposed amendment shall be communicated by the

Organization

to

all

Contracting

Governments

for

consideration and acceptance under this paragraph.

(b) (i) An amendment to the present Convention may be

proposed

to

the

Organization

at

any

time

by

any

Contracting Government and such proposal, if adopted

by

a

two-thirds

majority

of

the

Assembly

of

the

Organization

(hereinafter called the Assembly), upon

recommendation

adopted

by

a

two-thirds

majority

Maritime

Safety

Committee

of

the

Organization

(hereinafter called the Maritime Safety Committee), shall

be communicated by the Organization to all Contracting

Governments for their acceptance.

(ii) Any such recommendation by the Maritime Safety

Committee shall be communicated by the Organization

to all Contracting Governments for their consideration at

least six months before it is considered by the Assembly.

(c)

(i)

A

conference

of

Governments

to

consider

amendments to the present Convention proposed by any

Contracting Government shall at any time be convened

by the Organization upon the request of one-third of the

Contracting Governments.

(ii) Every amendment adopted by such conference by a

two-thirds majority of the Contracting Governments shall

be communicated by the Organization to all Contracting

Governments for their acceptance.

(d)

Any

amendment

communicated

to

Contracting

Governments for their acceptance under paragraph (b) or

(c) of this Article shall come into force for all Contracting

Governments, except those which before it comes into

force make a declaration that they do not accept the

amendment, twelve months after the date on which the

amendment is accepted by two-thirds of the Contracting

Governments

represented

on

the

Maritime

Safety

Committee.

(e) The Assembly, by a two-thirds majority vote, including

two-thirds

of

the

Governments

represented

on

the

Maritime

Safety

Committee,

and

subject

to

the

concurrence

of

two-thirds

of

the

Contracting

Governments to the present Convention, or a conference

convened

under

paragraph

(c)

of

this

Article

by a

two-thirds majority vote, may determine at the time of its

adoption that the amendment is of such an important

nature that any Contracting Government which makes a

declaration under paragraph (d) of this Article and which

does not accept the amendment within a period of

twelve months after the amendment comes into force,

shall, upon the expiry of this period, cease to be a party to

the present Convention.

(f) Any amendment to the present Convention made

under this Article which relates to the structure of a ship

shall apply only to ships the keels of which are laid after

the date on which the amendment comes into force.

(g)

The

Organization

shall

inform

all

Contracting

Governments of any amendments which come into force

under this Article, together with the date on which such

amendments shall come into force.

(h) 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 X

Signature and Acceptance

(a)

The

present

Convention

shall

remain

open

for

signature for one month from this day's date and shall

thereafter remain open for acceptance. Governments of

States may become parties to the Convention by:

(i) signature without reservation as to acceptance;

(ii)

signature

subject

to

acceptance

followed

by

acceptance; or

(iii) acceptance.

(b) Acceptance shall be effected by the deposit of an

instrument with the Organization, which shall inform all

Governments that have already accepted the Convention

of each acceptance received and of the date of its receipt.

ARTICLE XI

Coming into Force

(a) The present Convention shall come into force twelve

months after the date on which not less than fifteen

acceptances, including seven by countries each with not

less than one million gross tons of shipping, have been

deposited in accordance with Article X. The Organization

shall

inform

all Governments which have signed or

accepted the present Convention of the date on which it

comes into force.

(b) Acceptances deposited after the date on which the

present Convention comes into force shall take effect

three months after the date of their deposit.

ARTICLE XII

Denunciation

(a) 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.

(b) Denunciation shall be effected by a notification in

writing addressed to the Organization which shall notify

all

the

other

Contracting

Governments

of

any

denunciation received and of the date of its receipt.

(c) 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 XIII

Territories

(a) (i) 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 endeavor to extend the present Convention

to that territory and may at any time by notification in

writing given to the Organization declare that the present

Convention shall extend to such territory.

(ii) 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.

(b) (i) The United Nations or any Contracting Government

which has made a declaration under paragraph (a) of this

Article, at any time after the expiry of a period of five years

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