Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora

Article 11

It is understood that upon signature ratification, or accession any
Contracting Government may make such express reservations in regard to
Articles 3-10 of the present Convention as may be considered essential.

Article 12

1. Each Contracting Government shall furnish to the Government of the
United Kingdom information as to the measures taken for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of the preceding Articles. The Government of
the United Kingdom will communicate all the information so furnished to
the Governments mentioned in Article 5, paragraph 2.

2. The Contracting Governments shall, wherever necessary, co-operate
between themselves for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the
preceding Articles and to prevent the extinction of fauna and flora.

3. All the Governments which sign or accede to the present Convention
shall be deemed to be parties to the Protocol bearing this day’s date
drawn up to facilitate the co-operation mentioned in the preceding
paragraph.

Article 13

1. Any Contracting Government may, at the time of signature,
ratification, or accession, or thereafter, make a declaration assuming in
respect of any one or more of its territories (including metropolitan
territories, colonies, overseas territories, or territories under
suzerainty, protection, or mandate) other than those mentioned in
paragraph 3 (i) of Article 1, either all the obligations of the present
Convention, or only those contained in Article 9, paragraphs 3, 8 and 9.
If such declaration is made subsequent to ratification or accession it
shall be effected by means of a notification in writing addressed to the
Government of the United Kingdom, and shall take effect on the entry into
force of the Convention or, if the Convention is already in force, three
months after the date of the receipt of the notification by the
Government of the United Kingdom.

2. It is understood that any Contracting Government may, by a single
declaration made under the preceding paragraph, assume, in respect of
some of its territories mentioned in that paragraph, all the obligations
of the present Convention, and in respect of other such territories only
the obligations contained in Article 9, paragraphs 3, 8 and 9.

3. Any Contracting Government which has made a declaration under the
preceding paragraph, assuming, in respect of any territory only the
obligations contained in Article 9, paragraphs 3, 8 and 9, may, at any
subsequent time, by a notification in writing addressed to the Government
of the United Kingdom, declare that such previous declaration shall
henceforth be deemed to relate to all the obligations of the Convention
in respect of the territory concerned and such subsequent declaration
shall take effect on the entry into force of the Convention or, if the
Convention is already in force, three months after the date of the
receipt of the notification by the Government of the United Kingdom.

4. Any Contracting Government may at any time, by a notification in
writing addressed to the Government of the United Kingdom, determine the
application of the Convention to any territory or territories which have
been the subject of a declaration under paragraphs 1 and 3 of the present
Article, and the Convention shall thereupon cease to apply to the
territory or territories mentioned in the notification one year after the
date of its receipt by the Government of the United Kingdom, provided
that such notification shall in no case take effect until the expiry of
the period of five years mentioned in Article 19, paragraph 1.

5. It is understood that if, as the result of a notification made under
the preceding paragraph, there would remain no territories of the
Contracting Government concerned to which the Convention would be
applicable either in full or in part, such Government shall, instead of
making the notification, proceed by way of denunciation under Article 19.

6. It is further understood that no notification made under paragraph 4
of the present Article, or otherwise, may purport to apply only the
provisions of Article 9, paragraphs 3, 8 and 9, to any territory to
which, at the time of the notification, the Convention applies in full.

7. The Government of the United Kingdom will inform all the Governments
mentioned in Article 5, paragraph 2, of any notification received under
the preceding paragraphs of the present Article, of the date of their
receipt of their terms.

Article 14

It is understood that no Government will sign, ratify, or accede to the
present Convention unless it either has territories covered by Article 1,
paragraph 3 (i), or makes or has made a declaration under Article 13
assuming in respect of one or more territories the obligations of the
Convention either in full or in part.

Article 15

The present Convention, of which the French and English texts shall both
be equally authentic shall bear this day’s date and shall be open for
signature until the 31st March, 1934.

Article 16

The present Convention shall be subject to ratification. The instruments
of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the United
Kingdom, which will notify their receipt and the date thereof, and their
terms and the terms of any accompanying declarations or reservations to
all the Governments mentioned in Article 5, paragraph 2.

Article 17

At any time after the 31st March 1934, the present Convention shall be
open to accession by any Government of a metropolitan territory, by which
it has not been signed, whether it has territories covered by Article 1,
paragraph 3 (i), or not. Accessions shall be notified to the Government
of the United Kingdom, which will inform all the Governments mentioned in
Article 5 paragraph 2, of all notifications received, their terms and the
terms of any accompanying declarations or reservations, and the date of
their receipt.

Article 18

1. After the deposit or notification of not less than four ratifications
or accessions on the part of Contracting Governments having territories
covered by Article 1, paragraph 3 (i), the present Convention shall come
into force three months after the deposit or notification of the last of
such ratifications or accessions, as between the Governments concerned.
The Government of the United Kingdom will notify all the Governments
mentioned in Article 5, paragraph 2, of the date of the coming into force
of the Convention.

2. Any ratifications or accessions received after the date of the entry
into force of the Convention shall take effect three months after the
date of their receipt of the Government of the United Kingdom.

Article 19

1. Any Contracting Government may at any time denounce the present
Convention by a notification in writing addressed to the Government of
the United Kingdom. Such denunciation shall take effect, as regards the
Government making it, and in respect of all the territories of that
Government to which the Convention shall then apply, either in full or in
part, one year after the date of the receipt of the notification by the
Government of the United Kingdom; provided, however, that no denunciation
shall take effect until the expiry of five years from the date of the
entry into force of the Convention.

2. If, as the result of simultaneous or successive denunciations, the
number of Contracting Governments bound, in respect of one or more of
their territories, by all the obligations of the present Convention is
reduced to less than four, the Convention shall cease to be in force as
from the date on which the last of such denunciations shall take effect
in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

3. The Government of the United Kingdom will notify all the other
Governments mentioned in Article 5, paragraph 2, of any denunciations so
received and the date on which they take effect. The Government of the
United Kingdom will also, if occasion arises, similarly notify the date
on which the Convention ceases to be in force under the provisions of the
preceding paragraph.

In witness whereof the above-named Plenipotentiaries have signed the
present Convention.

Done in London, this eighth day of November, 1933, in a single copy,
which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which will transmit
certified true copies thereof to all the Governments attending the
Conference at which the present Convention has been drawn up whether as
participators or observers, as well as to any other Government to which
the Government of the United Kingdom may deem it desirable to communicate
a copy.

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