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(ii) In sub-paragraphs (3) (b) (iii)-(v) and (vii)-(viii) of this Regulation, 

 in respect of amendment to an Annex ; 



(ill) In sub-paragraphs (3(c) (iii)-(vi) of this Regulation, in respect of 

 amendment to an Appendix to an Annex ; and 



(iv) In sub-paragrapli (3) (d) of this Regulation, in respect of addition of a 

 new Annex, 



provided that a reference in these provisions to the Assembly or tlie Maritime 

 Safety Committee shall l>e taken to mean a reference to the Conference. 



(e) By a two-thirds majority of those present and voting, the Conference may 

 determine at tlie time of its adoi)tion that an amendment is of such nn impor- 

 tant nature .that any Contracting State which, before it enters into force, makes 

 a declaration that it does not accept the amendment and which dixi's not accept 

 it within a period of [twelve] months after it enters into force shall cease to be 

 a party to the present Convention iipon expiry of that period." 



(f) In the case of an amendment to an optional Annex, a reference in this 

 sub-paragraph to a Contracting State or a party to the present Convention shall 

 be taken to mean a reference to a party to that Annex. 



(5) The Organization shall inform all (Contracting States of any amendments 

 which enter into force under this Article, together with the date on which each 

 such amendment enters into force. 



(6) Any acceptance, declaration or objection under this Article shall be made 

 by notification in writing to the Organization which shall notify all Contracting 

 States of the receipt of any such notification and the date of such receipt. 



ARTICLE 18. DENUNCIATION 



(1) The present Convention or any optional Annex may be denounced by any 

 Contracting State at any time after the expiry of [five] years from the date on 

 which the Convention or such Annex enters into force for that State. 



(2) Denunciation shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument with the 

 Organization which shall inform all the other Contracting States of any such 

 instrument received and of the date of its receipt. 



(3) A denunciation shall take effect [twelve] months, or such longer period 

 as may be specified in the instrument of denunciation, after its receipt by the 

 Oi'ganization. 



ARTICLE 1 9 . TERRITORIES "* 



[(1) The United Nations, in cases where they are the administering authority 

 for a territory or any Contracting State responsible for the international relations 

 of a territory may at any time by notification in writing to the (Organization 

 extend the application of the present Convention to such territory. 



(2) The present Convention shall, from the date of receipt of the notification 

 or from such other date as may be specified in the notification, extend to the 

 territory named therein. 



(3) Any notification made in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Article 

 may be withdrawn in respect of any territory mentioned in that notification 

 and the extension of the present Convention to that territory shall cease to apply 

 after [one] year or such longer period as may be specified at the time of the 

 withdrawal. 



(4) The Organization shall inform all the Contracting States of the notification 

 of any extension or withdrawal of an extension communicated under this Article.] 



ARTICLE 20. — DEPOSIT AND REGISTRATION 



(1) The present Convention shall be deposited with the Organization and the 

 Secretary-General of the Organization shall transmit certified true copies thereof 

 to all Signatory States and to all States which accede to the present Convention. 



(2) As soon as the present Convention enters into force, the text shall be 

 transmitted by the Secrteary-General of the (Organization to the Se<^-retariat of 

 the I'nited Nations for registration and publication, in accordance with Article 

 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. 



ARTICLE 21. — LANGUAGES 



The present Convention is established in a single copy in the English and 

 French languages, both texts being equally authentic. Official tran.slations in 



■' Rep footnote fiS. 



•^s Some delegations suggested the deletion of this Article. 



