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(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 including two-thirds of the 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. 



(/) 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 Organisation 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. 



ih) Any acceptance or declaration under this Article shall be made by a 

 notification in writing to the Organisation, 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 Organisation, which shall inform all Governments that have already 

 accepted the Convention of each acceptance received and of the date of its 

 receipt. 



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