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 61 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-SANITARY MARITIME NAVIGATION-APR. 30, 1946 perform them, those duties and functions shall be entrusted to the Office International d'Hygiene Publique and the countries signa- tory to this Protocol will, in that event, make appropriate financial provisions so as to enable the Office to perform those duties and functions. ARTICLE III The present Protocol shall re- main open for signature until May 1, 1946. ARTICLE IV The present Protocol shall come into force when it has been signed without reservation in regard to ratification, or instruments of rati- fication have been deposited or notifications of accession have been received on behalf of at least ten governments. The pres- ent Protocol shall come into force in respect of each of the other signatory Governments on the date of signature on its behalf, unless such signature is made with a reservation in regard to ratification, in which event the present Protocol shall come into force in respect of such Govern- ment on the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification. ARTICLE V After May 1, 1946, the present Protocol shall be open to accession by any Government which is a party to the 1944 Convention and is not a signatory to the present Protocol. Each accession shall be notified in writing to the Govern- ment of the United States of America. Accessions notified on or before the date on which the present toute autre raison, cessera d'etre en mesure de s'en charger, ces tAches et fonctions seront confi6es A l'Office international d'Hygiene publique et, dans ce cas, les pays signataires du present Protocole prendront les mesures financieres appropriees pour permettre a l'Of- fice de remplir ces tAches et fonc- tions. ARTICLE III Le present Protocole demeurera ouvert a la signature jusqu'au ler mai 1946. ARTICLE IV Le present Protocole entrera en vigueur lorsqu'il aura 6t6 signe sans reserve de ratification, ou lorsque des instruments de ratifi- cation auront 6te deposes ou des notifications d'adhesion regues au nom de dix Gouvernements au moins. Le present Protocole en- trera en vigueur A l'6gard de cha- cun des autres Gouverpements signataires A la date de la signa- ture en son nom, A moins que cette signature ne soit accompa- gnee d'une reserve de ratification, auquel cas le present Protocole entrera en vigueur a l'egard de ce Gouvernement a la date du dep6t de son instrument de ratification. ARTICLE V Apres le ler mai 1946, le present Protocole sera ouvert A l'adhesion de tout Gouvernement partie A la Convention de 1944 qui n'est pas signataire du present Protocole. Chaque adhesion sera notifiee par ecrit au Gouvernement des Etats- Unis d'Amerique. Les adhesions notifiees avant ou a la date de l'entree en vigueur du Entry into force. Accessions. 1117

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