1207 61 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-CIVIL AVIATION-DEC. 7, 1944 have ratified such amendment when ratified by the number of contracting States specified by the Assembly. The number so specified shall not be less than two- thirds of the total number of contracting States. (b) If in its opinion the amendment is of such a nature as to justify this course, the Assembly in its resolution recommending adoption may provide that any State which has not ratified within a specified period after the amendment has come into force shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Organization and a party to the Convention. Article 95 (a) Any contracting State may give notice of denunci- Denunition of ation of this Convention three years after its coming into effect by notification addressed to the Government of the United States of America, which shall at once inform each of the contracting States. (b) Denunciation shall take effect one year from the date of the receipt of the notification and shall operate only as regards the State effecting the denunciation. CHAPTER XXII DEFINITIONS Article 96 For the purpose of this Convention the expression: (a) "Air service" means any scheduled air service performed by aircraft for the public transport of passengers, mail or cargo. (b) "International air service" means an air service which passes through the air space over the territory of more than one State. (c) "Airline" means any air transport enterprise offering or operating an international air service. (d) "Stop for non-traffic purposes" means a landing for any purpose other than taking on or dis- charging passengers, cargo or mail. SIGNATURE OF CONVENTION IN WITNE8S WHEREOF, the undersigned plenipotentiaries, having been duly authorized, sign this Convention on behalf of their respective governments on the dates appearing opposite their signatures. DONE at Chicago the seventh day of December 1944, in the English language. A text drawn up in the English, French, and Spanish languages, each of which shall be of equal authenticity, shall be open for signature at Washington, D. C . Both texts shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America, and certified copies shall be transmitted by that Government to the gov- ernments of all the States which may sign or adhere to this Convention.
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