Article X
1. This Convention shall be ratified and the instruments of ratifications shall be
deposited with the Government of the United States of America.
2. Any Government which has not signed this Convention may adhere thereto
after it enters into force by a notification in writing to the Government of the
United States of America.
3. The Government of the United States of America shall inform all other
signatory Governments and all adhering Governments of all ratifications
deposited and adherences received.
4. This Convention shall, when instruments of ratification have been deposited
by at least six signatory Governments, which shall include the Governments of
the Netherlands, Norway, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of
America, enter into force with respect to those Governments and shall enter
into force with respect to each Government which subsequently ratifies or
adheres on the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification or the receipt
of its notification of adherence.
5. The provisions of the Schedule shall not apply prior to 1st July, 1948.
Amendments to the Schedule adopted pursuant to Article V shall not apply
prior to 1st July, 1949.
Article XI
Any Contracting Government may withdraw from this Convention on 30th June,
of any year by giving notice on or before 1st January, of the same year to the
depository Government, which upon receipt of such a notice shall at once
communicate it to the other Contracting Governments. Any other Contracting
Government may, in like manner, within one month of the receipt of a copy of
such a notice from the depository Government give notice of withdrawal, so that
the Convention shall cease to be in force on 30th June, of the same year with
respect to the Government giving such notice of withdrawal.
The Convention shall bear the date on which it is opened for signature and shall
remain open for signature for a period of 14 days thereafter.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorized, have signed this
Convention.
Done in Washington this second day of December, 1946, in the English language,
the original of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the
United States of America. The Government of the United States of America shall
transmit certified copies thereof to all the other signatory and adhering
Governments.
SIGNATORIES:
FOR ARGENTINA:
Oscar Ivanissevich, José Manuel Moneta,
Guillermo Brown, Pedro H. Bruno Videla
FOR AUSTRALIA:
Francis F. Anderson
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1. This Convention shall be ratified and the instruments of ratifications shall be
deposited with the Government of the United States of America.
2. Any Government which has not signed this Convention may adhere thereto
after it enters into force by a notification in writing to the Government of the
United States of America.
3. The Government of the United States of America shall inform all other
signatory Governments and all adhering Governments of all ratifications
deposited and adherences received.
4. This Convention shall, when instruments of ratification have been deposited
by at least six signatory Governments, which shall include the Governments of
the Netherlands, Norway, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of
America, enter into force with respect to those Governments and shall enter
into force with respect to each Government which subsequently ratifies or
adheres on the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification or the receipt
of its notification of adherence.
5. The provisions of the Schedule shall not apply prior to 1st July, 1948.
Amendments to the Schedule adopted pursuant to Article V shall not apply
prior to 1st July, 1949.
Article XI
Any Contracting Government may withdraw from this Convention on 30th June,
of any year by giving notice on or before 1st January, of the same year to the
depository Government, which upon receipt of such a notice shall at once
communicate it to the other Contracting Governments. Any other Contracting
Government may, in like manner, within one month of the receipt of a copy of
such a notice from the depository Government give notice of withdrawal, so that
the Convention shall cease to be in force on 30th June, of the same year with
respect to the Government giving such notice of withdrawal.
The Convention shall bear the date on which it is opened for signature and shall
remain open for signature for a period of 14 days thereafter.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorized, have signed this
Convention.
Done in Washington this second day of December, 1946, in the English language,
the original of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the
United States of America. The Government of the United States of America shall
transmit certified copies thereof to all the other signatory and adhering
Governments.
SIGNATORIES:
FOR ARGENTINA:
Oscar Ivanissevich, José Manuel Moneta,
Guillermo Brown, Pedro H. Bruno Videla
FOR AUSTRALIA:
Francis F. Anderson
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International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946 (as amended by. . .