Article 17 In taking any measures for investigation or arrest or otherise exercising jurisdiction in connection with any offence committed on board an aircraft the Contracting States shall pay due regard to the safety and other interests of air navigation and shall so act as to avoid unnecessary delay of the aircraft, passengers, crew or cargo. Article 18 If Contracting States establish joint air transport operating organizations or international operating agencies, which operate aircraft not registered in any one State those States shall, according to the circumstances of the case, designate the State among them which, for the purposes of this Convention, shall be considered as the State of registration and shall give notice thereof to the International Civil Aviation Organization which shall communicate the notice to all States Parties to this Convention. CHAPTER VII-FINAL CLAUSES Article 19 Until the date on which this Convention comes into force in accordance with the provisions of Article 21, it shall remain open for signature on behalf of any State which at that date is a Member of the United Nations or of any of the Specialized Agencies. Article 20. 1. This Convention shall be subject to ratification by the signatory States in accordance with their constitutional procedures. 2. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the International Civil Aviation Organization. Article 21 1. As soon as twelve of the signatory States have deposited their instruments of ratification of this Convention, it shall come into force between them on the ninetieth day after the date of the deposit of the twelfth instrument of ratification. It shall come into force for each State ratifying thereafter on the ninetieth day after the deposit of its instrument of ratification. 2. As soon as this Convention comes into force, it shall be registered with the Secretary-General of the United Nations by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Article 22 1. This Convention shall, after it has come into force, be open for accession by any State Member of the United Nations or of any of the Specialized Agencies. 2. The accession of a State shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the International Civil Aviation Organization and shall take effect on the ninetieth day after the date of such deposit. Article 23 1. Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention by notification addressed to the International Civil Aviation Organization. 2. Denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the International Civil Aviation Organization of the notification of denunciation. Article 24 1. Any dispute between two or more Contracting States concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention which cannot be settled through negotiation, shall at the request of one of them, be submitted to arbitration. If within six months from the date of the request for arbitration the Parties are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of those Parties may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by request in conformity with the Statute of the Court. 2. Each State may at the time of signature or ratification of this Convention or accession thereto, declare that it does not consider itself bound by the preceding paragraph. The other Contracting States shall not be bound by the preceding paragraph with respect to any Contracting State having made such a reservation. 3. Any Contracting State having made a reservation in accordance with the preceding paragraph may at any time withdraw this reservation by notification to the International Civil Aviation Organization. Article 25 Except as provided in Artcile 24 no reservation may be made to this Convention. Article 26 The International Civil Aviation Organization shall give notice to all States Members of the United Nations or of any of the Specialized Agencies: (a) of any signature of this Convention and the date thereof; (b) of the deposit of any instrument of ratification or accession and the date thereof; (c) of the date on which this Convention comes into force in accordance with Article 21, paragraph 1; (d) of the receipt of any notification of denunciation and the date thereof; and (e) of the receipt of any declaration or notification made under Article 24 and the date thereof. In Witness Whereof the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, having been duly authorized, have signed this Convention. Done at Tokyo on the fourteenth day of September One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-Three in three authentic texts drawn up in the English, French and Spanish languages. This Convention shall be deposited with the International Civil Aviation Organization with which, in accordance with Article 19, it shall remain open for signature and the said Organization shall send certified copies thereof to all States Members of the United Nations or of any Specialized Agency. 1st Session 77-075 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1967 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS THOMAS E. MORGAN, Pennsylvania, Chairman CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin ARMISTEAD I. SELDEN, JR., Alabama L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina FRANCES P. BOLTON, Ohio E. ROSS ADAIR, Indiana WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD, California PETER H. B. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey J. IRVING WHALLEY, Pennsylvania E. Y. BERRY, South Dakota BOYD CRAWFORD, Staff Administrator PHILIP B. BILLINGS, Staff Consultant MELVIN O. BENSON, Staff Consultant JUNE NIGH, Senior Staff Assistant HELEN L. HASHAGEN, Staff Assistant LOUISE O'BRIEN, Staff Assistant MARY M. LALOS, Staff Assistant DORIS B. MCCRACKEN, Staff Assistant ROBERT J. BOWEN, Clerical Assistant II |