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ARTICLE-1: Definition of the term "refugee"     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (2) Any Contracting State which has adopted alternative (a) may at any time extend its obligations by adopting alternative (b) by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


ARTICLE-36: Information on national legislation     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Contracting States shall communicate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations the laws and regulations which they may adopt to ensure the application of this Convention. ...


ARTICLE-39: Signature, ratification and accession     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. This Convention shall be opened for signature at Geneva on 28 July 1951 and shall thereafter be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. It shall be open for signature at the European Office of the United Nations from 28 July to 31 August 1951 and shall be re-opened for signature at the Headquarters of the United Nations from 17 September 1951 to 31 December 1952. ...
... 2. This Convention shall be open for signature on behalf of all States Members of the United Nations, and also on behalf of any other State invited to attend the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons or to which an invitation to sign will have been addressed by the General Assembly. It shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
... 3. This Convention shall be open from 28 July 1951 for accession by the States referred to in paragraph 2 of this article. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


ARTICLE-40: Territorial application clause     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. At any time thereafter any such extension shall be made by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and shall take effect as from the ninetieth day after the day of receipt by the Secretary- General of the United Nations of this notification, or as from the date of entry into force of the Convention for the State concerned, whichever is the later. ...


ARTICLE-41: Federal clause     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) A Federal State Party to this Convention shall, at the request of any other Contracting State transmitted through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, supply a statement of the law and practice of the Federation and its constituent units in regard to any particular provision of the Convention showing the extent to which effect has been given to that provision by legislative or other action. ...


ARTICLE-42: Reservations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Any State making a reservation in accordance with paragraph I of this article may at any time withdraw the reservation by a communication to that effect addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


ARTICLE-44: Denunciation     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention at any time by a notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
... 2. Such denunciation shall take effect for the Contracting State concerned one year from the date upon which it is received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
... 3. Any State which has made a declaration or notification under article 40 may, at any time thereafter, by a notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, declare that the Convention shall cease to extend to such territory one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General. ...
... 3. Any State which has made a declaration or notification under article 40 may, at any time thereafter, by a notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, declare that the Convention shall cease to extend to such territory one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General. ...


ARTICLE-45: Revision     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Any Contracting State may request revision of this Convention at any time by a notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


ARTICLE-46: Notifications by the Secretary-General of the United Nations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Notifications by the Secretary-General of the United Nations ...
... The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all Members of the United Nations and non-member States referred to in article 39: ...