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Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
Article 49 Transitional reservations
Geldend
Geldend vanaf 08-08-1975
- Bronpublicatie:
08-08-1975, Trb. 1987, 90 (uitgifte: 05-06-1987, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Inwerkingtreding
08-08-1975
- Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:
08-08-1975, Trb. 1987, 90 (uitgifte: 05-06-1987, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Vakgebied(en)
Internationaal publiekrecht / Verdragenrecht
Internationaal strafrecht / Bijzondere onderwerpen
1.
A Party may at the time of signature, ratification or accession reserve the right to permit temporarily in any one of its territories:
- (a)
The quasi-medical use of opium;
- (b)
Opium smoking;
- (c)
Coca leaf chewing;
- (d)
The use of cannabis, cannabis resin, extracts and tinctures of cannabis for non-medical purposes; and
- (e)
The production and manufacture of and trade in the drugs referred to under (a) to (d) for the purposes mentioned therein.
2.
The reservations under paragraph 1 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
- (a)
The activities mentioned in paragraph 1 may be authorized only to the extent that they were traditional in the territories in respect of which the reservation is made, and were there permitted on 1 January 1961;
- (b)
No export of the drugs referred to in paragraph 1 for the purposes mentioned therein may be permitted to a non-party or to a territory to which this Convention does not apply under article 42;
- (c)
Only such persons may be permitted to smoke opium as were registered by the competent authorities to this effect on 1 January 1964;
- (d)
The quasi-medical use of opium must be abolished within 15 years from the coming into force of this Convention as provided in paragraph 1 of article 41;
- (e)
Coca leaf chewing must be abolished within twenty-five years from the coming into force of this Convention as provided in paragraph 1 of article 41;
- (f)
The use of cannabis for other than medical and scientific purposes must be discontinued as soon as possible but in any case within twenty-five years from the coming into force of this Convention as provided in paragraph 1 of article 41;
- (g)
The production and manufacture of and trade in the drugs referred to in paragraph 1 for any of the uses mentioned therein must be reduced and finally abolished simultaneously with the reduction and abolition of such uses.
3.
A Party making a reservation under paragraph 1 shall:
- (a)
Include in the annual report to be furnished to the Secretary-General, in accordance with article 18, paragraph 1(a), an account of the progress made in the preceding year towards the abolition of the use, production, manufacture or trade referred to under paragraph 1; and
- (b)
Furnish to the Board separate estimates ( article 19) and statistical returns ( article 20) in respect of the reserved activities in the manner and form prescribed by the Board.
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(a)
If a Party which makes a reservation under paragraph 1 fails to furnish:
- (i)
The report referred to in paragraph 3 (a) within six months after the end of the year to which the information relates;
- (ii)
The estimates reffered[lees: referred] to in paragraph 3 (b) within three months after the date fixed for that purpose by the Board in accordance with article 12, paragraph 1:
- (iii)
The statistics referred to in paragraph 3 (b) within three months after the date on which they are due in accordance with article 20, paragraph 2,
the Board or the Secretary-General, as the case may be, shall send to the Party concerned a notification of the delay, and shall request such information within a period of three months after the receipt of that notification.
(b)
If the Party fails to comply within this period with the request of the Board or the Secretary-General, the reservation in question made under paragraph 1 shall cease to be effective.
5.
A State which has made reservations may at any time by notification in writing withdraw all or part of its reservations.