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ARTICLE-4     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Any slave who takes refuge on board any vessel of a State Party to this Convention shall ipso facto be free. ...


ARTICLE-12     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. This Convention shall apply to all non-self-governing trust, colonial and other non-metropolitan territories for the international relations of which any State Party is responsible; the Party concerned shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article, at the time of signature, ratification or accession declare the non-metropolitan territory or territories to which the Convention shall apply ipso facto as a result of such signature, ratification or accession. ...


ARTICLE-14     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Any State Party may denounce this Convention by a notice addressed by that State to the Secretary-General not less than six months before the expiration of the current three-year period. The Secretary-General shall notify all other Parties of each such notice and the date of the receipt thereof. ...