CHAPTER Ill FINAL PROVISIONS Article 8 Nomenclature In the Protocol and the Statute wherever it occurs “African Court of Justice and Human Rights” is deleted and replaced with “African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights.” Article 9 Signature, Ratification and Accession “ls This Protocol and the Statute annexed to it shall be open for signature, 2. The instruments of ratification or accession to this Protocol and the Statute annexed to it shall be deposited with the Chairperson of the Commission. 3. Any Member State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification or accession, or at any time thereafter, make a declaration accepting the competence of the Court to receive cases under ratification or accession by Member respective constitutional procedures. States, in accordance with their Article 30 (f). Article 10 Depository Authority Als This Protocol and the Statute annexed to it, drawn up in four (4) original texts in the Arabic, English, French and Portuguese languages, all four (4) texts being equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Chairperson the Commission, who shall transmit Government of each Member State. 2. a certified true copy to of the The Chairperson of the Commission, shall notify all Member States of the dates of deposit of the instruments of ratification or accession, and shall, upon the entry into force of this Secretariat of the United Nations. Protocol, register the same with the

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