Older Persons Act, 2006
R 385
Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)SchedulesSecond ScheduleProtocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974Article IV : Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession |
| 1. | The present Protocol shall be open for signature at the headquarters of the Organization from 1 June 1978 to 1 March 1979 and shall thereafter remain open for accession. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Article, States may become Parties to the present Protocol by— |
| (a) | a signature without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval; or |
| (b) | signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance or approval; or |
| (c) | accession. |
| 2. | Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument to that effect with the Secretary-General of the Organization. |
| 3. | The present Protocol may be signed without reservation, ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to only by States which have signed without reservation, ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to the Convention. |
