Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01071:section:15:p13
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Provision Reference: s 15 (pt 13/17)
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because of a restrictive application of that provision to its mission in the sending State;
        (b) where by custom or agreement States extend to each other more favourable treatment than is required by the provisions of the present Convention.

Article 48
The present Convention shall be open for signature by all State Members of the United Nations or of any of the specialized agencies or Parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and by any other State invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to become a Party to the Convention, as follows: until 31 October 1961 at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Austria and subsequently, until 31 March 1962, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Article 49
The present Convention is subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary‑General of the United Nations.

Article 50
The present Convention shall remain open for accession by any State belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 48. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary‑General of the United Nations.

Article 51
1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of the twenty‑second instrument of ratification or accession with the Secretary‑General of the United Nations.
2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of the twenty‑second instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession.

Article 52
The Secretary‑General of the United Nations shall inform all States belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 48:
        (a) of signatures to the present Convention and of the deposit of instruments of ratification or accession, in accordance with Articles 48, 49 and 50;
        (b) of the date on which the present Convention will enter into force, in accordance with Article 51.

Article 53
The original of the present Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary‑General of the United Nations, who shall send certified copies thereof to all States belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 48.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention.

DONE AT VIENNA, this eighteenth day of April one thousand nine hundred and sixty‑one.

(Here follow the signatures of the Plenipotentiaries of the States on behalf of which the Convention was signed.)

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