- 267 - STP 1971
SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGER SHIPS AGREEMENT, 1971 (STP 1971)
Done at London, 6 October l97l
Entry into force: 2 January l974
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Signature, acceptance and accession
Article V
(a) The present Agreement shall remain open for signature for three months from this day's date and shall thereafter remain open for accession. Contracting Governments to the Convention1 may become parties to the Agreement by:
(i) signature without reservation as to acceptance;
(ii) signature subject to acceptance followed by acceptance; or
(iii) accession.
(b) Acceptance or accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of acceptance or accession with the Organization which shall inform all other Governments that have signed the present Agreement or acceded to it and Contracting Governments to the Convention of each acceptance or accession deposited and the date of its deposit.
Entry into force
Article VI
(a) The present Agreement shall enter into force six months after the date on which three Contracting Governments to the Convention have signed the present Agreement without reservation as to acceptance or deposited instruments of acceptance or accession with the Organization in accordance with article V hereof; provided that at least two of such Governments shall be Governments of States in whose territory are registered ships engaged in the special trades or whose nationals are carried in ships engaged in these trades.
(b) …
(c) For Governments which have deposited an instrument of acceptance or accession during the six months mentioned in paragraph (a) of this article or after the date on which the present Agreement enters into force the acceptance or accession shall take effect on the entry into force of the Agreement or three months after the date of deposit whichever is the later date.
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International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, l960.
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I. Signatories
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I. Signatories
Cameroon Subject to acceptance
France Sous réserve d'approbation Greece Subject to ratification
India Subject to ratification and acceptance Indonesia Subject to acceptance Norway Subject to acceptance and ratification
Pakistan Subject to acceptance
United Kingdom Subject to acceptance
II. Contracting States
Date of deposit Date of entry of instrument into force
Bangladesh (accession) 10 August l978 10 November l978
China1 - 1 July 1997
Cyprus (accession) 24 August 1989 24 November 1989
Egypt (accession) 28 January l976 28 April l976
France (acceptance) 27 September l974 27 December l974
Greece (ratification) 17 September l979 17 December l979
India (acceptance) 1 September l976 1 December l976
Indonesia (acceptance) 13 April l973 2 January l974
Norway (acceptance) 2 March l973 2 January l974
Philippines (accession) 2 July l973 2 January l974
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (accession) 31 May 1989 31 August 1989
São Tomé and Principe (accession) 29 October 1998 29 January 1999
Saudi Arabia (accession) 5 September l975 5 December l975
Sri Lanka (accession) 10 December l98l 10 March l982
Sweden (accession) 28 February l978 28 May l978
United Kingdom (acceptance) * 16 August l979 16 November l979
Yemen (accession) 6 June l979 6 September l979
Number of Contracting States: 17
(the combined merchant fleets of which constitute approximately
23% of the gross tonnage of the world’s merchant fleet
The Agreement by the United Kingdom has been extended to:
Hong Kong* 27 October l981 27 October l98l
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Ceased to apply to Hong Kong with effect from 1 July 1997, when Hong Kong reverted to China
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