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9:
Non-creation of maritime liens |
Nothing in this Convention shall be construed as
creating a maritime lien.
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Article 10:
Reservations
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1.Any
State may, at the time of signature, ratification,
acceptance, approval, or accession, or at any time
thereafter, reserve the right to exclude the application
of this Convention to any or all of the following;
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(a)
ships which are not seagoing;
(b)ships not flying the flag of a State
Party;
(c)claims under article 1, paragraph
1 (s).
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2.
A State may, when it is also a State Party to a
specified treaty on navigation on inland waterways,
declare when signing, ratifying, accepting, approving
or acceding to this Convention, that rules on jurisdiction
recognition and execution of court decisions provided
for in such treaties shall prevail over the rules
contained in article 7 of this Convention.
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Article 11: Depositary |
This Convention shall be deposited with the Secretary-General
of the United Nations
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Article 12: Signature,
ratification, acceptance,
approval and accession
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1. This Convention shall be open for signature by
any State at the Headquarters of the United Nations,
New York, from 1 September 1999 to 31 August 2000
and shall thereafter remain open for accession.
2. States may express their consent to be bound
by this Convention by:
(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.
3.Ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected
by the deposit of an instrument to that effect with
the depositary.
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Article 13 : States with more than one system of
law |
1. If a State has two or more territorial units
in which different systems of law are applicable
in relation to matters dealt with in this Convention,
it may at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance,
approval or accession declare that this Convention
shall extend to all its territorial units or only
to one or more of them and may modify this declaration
by submitting another declaration at any time.
2. Any such declaration shall be notified to the
depositary and shall state expressly the territorial
units to which the Convention applies.
3. In relation to a State Party which has two or
more systems of law with regard to arrest of ships
applicable in different territorial units, references
in this Convention to the Court of a State and the
law of a State shall be respectively construed as
referring to the Court of the relevant territorial
unit within that State and the law of the relevant
territorial unit of that State.
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Article 14 : Entry into force |
1.
This Convention shall enter into force six months
following the date on which 10 States have expressed
their consent to be bound by it.
2. For a State which expresses its consent to be
bound by this Convention after the conditions for
entry into force thereof have been met, such consent
shall take effect three months after the date expression
of such consent.
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Article 15 : Revision and amendment |
1. A conference of States Parties for the purpose
of revising or amending this Convention shall be
convened by the Secretary-General of the United
Nations at the request of one-third of the States
Parties.
2. Any consent to be bound by this Convention, expressed
after the date of entry into force of an amendment
to this Convention, shall be deemed to apply to
the Convention, as amended.
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Article 16
: Denunciation |
1. This Convention may be denounced by any State
Party at any time after the date on which this Convention
enters into force for that State.
2.Denunciation shall be effected by deposit of an
instrument of denunciation with the depositary.
3. A denunciation shall take effect one year, or
such longer period as may be specified in the instrument
of denunciation, after the receipt of the instrument
of denunciation by the depositary.
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Article 17 : Languages |
This
Convention is established in a single original in
the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and
Spanish languages, each text being equally authentic.
DONE AT Geneva this twelfth day of March, one thousand
nine hundred and ninety-nine.
IN WITHESS WHEREOF the undersigned being duly authorized
by their respective Governments for that purpose
have signed this Convention.
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