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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 XU 



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 endeavour 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 from the date on which the Convention has 

 been so extended to any territory, may by a notification in writing given to 

 the Organization declare that the present Convention shall cease to extend 

 to any such territory named in the notification. 



(ii) The present Convention shall cease to extend to any territory 

 mentioned in such notification one year, or such longer period as may be 



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