1951 Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

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Article 40territorial application clause1. Any State may, at the time of signature, ratification or accession, declarethat this Convention shall extend to all or any of the territories for the internationalrelations of which it is responsible. Such a declaration shall takeeffect when the Convention enters into force for the State concerned.2. At any time thereafter any such extension shall be made by notificationaddressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and shall takeeffect as from the ninetieth day after the day of receipt by the Secretary-Generalof the United Nations of this notification, or as from the date of entryinto force of the Convention for the State concerned, whichever is the later.3. With respect to those territories to which this Convention is not extendedat the time of signature, ratification or accession, each State concerned shallconsider the possibility of taking the necessary steps in order to extend theapplication of this Convention to such territories, subject, where necessary forconstitutional reasons, to the consent of the Governments of such territories.Article 41federal clauseIn the case of a Federal or non-unitary State, the following provisions shall apply:(a) With respect to those articles of this Convention that come within thelegislative jurisdiction of the federal legislative authority, the obligationsof the Federal Government shall to this extent be the same asthose of Parties which are not Federal States;(b) With respect to those articles of this Convention that come within thelegislative jurisdiction of constituent States, provinces or cantons whichare not, under the constitutional system of the federation, bound to takelegislative action, the Federal Government shall bring such articles witha favourable recommendation to the notice of the appropriate authoritiesof states, provinces or cantons at the earliest possible moment.(c) A Federal State Party to this Convention shall, at the request of anyother Contracting State transmitted through the Secretary-General of36 c o n v e n t i o n a n d p r o t o c o l
the United Nations, supply a statement of the law and practice of theFederation and its constituent units in regard to any particular provisionof the Convention showing the extent to which effect has beengiven to that provision by legislative or other action.Article 42reservations1. At the time of signature, ratification or accession, any State may makereservations to articles of the Convention other than to articles 1, 3, 4, 16(1),33, 36-46 inclusive.2. Any State making a reservation in accordance with paragraph 1 of thisarticle may at any time withdraw the reservation by a communication to thateffect addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.Article 43entry into force1. This Convention shall come into force on the ninetieth day following theday of deposit of the sixth instrument of ratification or accession.2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit ofthe sixth instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enterinto force on the ninetieth day following the date of deposit by such State ofits instrument or ratification or accession.Article 44denunciation1. Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention at any time by anotification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.2. Such denunciation shall take effect for the Contracting State concernedone year from the date upon which it is received by the Secretary-General ofthe United Nations.3. Any State which has made a declaration or notification under article 40c o n v e n t i o n a n d p r o t o c o l37
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