Article 4 - Exceptions
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Article 4 - Exceptions

  (1) The present Convention shall not apply to:

  • (a) ships of war; and

  • (b) ships of less than 24 metres (79 feet) in length.

  (2) Nothing herein shall apply to ships solely navigating:

  • (a) the Great Lakes of North America and the River St. Lawrence as far east as a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island, and, on the north side of Anticosti Island, the meridian of longitude 63°W;

  • (b) the Caspian Sea; or

  • (c) the Plate, Parana and Uruguay Rivers as far east as a rhumb line drawn between Punta Rasa (Cabo San Antonio), Argentina, and Punta del Este, Uruguay.


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