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 54 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-SHIPOWNERS' LIABILITY-OCT. 24, 1936 ARTICLE 19. 1. Au cas ou la Conference adopterait une nouvelle conven- tion portant revision totale ou partielle de la pr6sente convention, et a moins que la nouvelle con- vention ne dispose autrement: a) la ratification par un Membre de la nouvelle convention por- tant revision entrainerait de plein droit, nonobstant 1'arti- cle 17 ci-dessus, d6nonciation immediate de la pr6sente con- vention, sous r6serve que la nouvelle convention portant revision soit entree en vigueur; b) a partir de la date de 1'entree en vigueur de la nouvelle con- vention portant revision, la presente convention cesserait d'8tre ouverte &la ratification des Membres. 2. La pr6sente convention de- meurerait en tout cas en vigueur dans sa forme et teneur pour les Membres qui l'auraient ratifi6e et qui ne ratifieraient pas la conven- tion portant revision. ARTICLE 20. Les textes frangais et anglais de la pr6sente convention feront foi l'un et l'autre. ARTICLE 19. 1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention in whole or in part, then, unless the new Convention otherwise provides, (a) the ratification by a Member of the new revising Conven- tion shall ipso jure involve the immediate denunciation of this Convention, notwith- standing the provisions of Article 17 above, if and when the new revising Convention shall have come into force; (b) as from the date when the new revising Convention comes into force this Convention shall cease to be open to rati- fication by the Members. 2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its actual form and content for those Mem- bers which have ratified it but have not ratified the revising Convention. ARTICLE 20. The French and English texts of this Convention shall both be authentic. AND WHEREAS it is provided in Article 14 of the said draft conven- tion that the formal ratifications thereof shall be communicated to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations for registration and in Article 15 that the convention shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the ratifications of two Members of the International Labor Organization have been registered with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations and that thereafter the convention shall come into force for any Member twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been registered; AND WHEREAS the said draft convention was duly ratified on the part of the United States of America subject to understandings as follows: "That the United States Government understands and con- strues the words 'vessels registered in a territory' appearing in 193470°-41-PT . Ii-30 U. S . ratification subject to understand- ings. Revision of Conven- tion, effect. Texts, authenticity. 1703

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