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try, shall be furnished with all reasonable promptitude to the authori- 

 ties having jurisdiction to conduct the prosecutions. 



3. Each contracting party shall be responsible for the proper 

 observance of this convention and of any regulations adopted under 

 the provisions thereof in the portions of its waters covered thereby. 



Article VI 



The Contracting Parties agree to meet, during the sixth year of 

 the operation of this Convention, to review the effectiveness of the 

 provisions of this Convention and, if desirable, to consider means by 

 which they may more effectively be carried out. 



Article VII 



Nothing in this Convention shall be construed as preventing either 

 of the Contracting Parties or in the case of the United States, any of 

 the States, from making or enforcing laws or regulations which in 

 the absence of this Convention wouldbe valid relative to any fisheries 

 of the Convention area so far as such laws or regulations do not 

 preclude the discharge of the Commission's responsibilities. 



Article VIII 



i. This Convention shall be ratified and the instruments of ratifi- 

 cation exchanged at Habana as soon as practicable. 



2. This Convention shall enter into force on the date of exchange 

 of instruments of ratification and shall remain in force for a period 

 of ten years and thereafter until one year from the date on which 

 either Contracting Party shall have given written notice to the other 

 of its desire to terminate the Convention. 



In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed 

 the present Convention. 



Done in duplicate, in the English and Spanish languages, each of 

 which shall be of equal authenticity, at Habana this 15th day of 

 August, 1958. 



FOR THE government OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA I 



Earl E. T. Smith 

 for the government of the republic of cuba: 



G GUFLL 



Whereas the Senate of the United States of America by their reso- 

 lution of June 4, 1959, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 

 therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the said conven- 

 tion ; 



Whereas the said convention was ratified by the President of the 

 United States of America on June 12, 1959, in pursuance of the afore- 

 said advice and consent of the Senate, and has been duly ratified on 

 the part of the Government of Cuba ; 



Whereas the respective instruments of ratification of the said con- 

 vention were duly exchanged at Habana on September 4, 1959 ; 



