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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

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Second Schedule

Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974

Article 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.