ARTICLE 52 RATIFICATION This Protocol shall be ratified by Member States accordance with their constitutional procedures. who have signed the Protocol in ARTICLE 53 ENTRY INTO FORCE This Protocol shail enter into force thirty (30) days after the deposit of the Instruments of Ratification by two-thirds of the Member States. ARTICLE 54 ACCESSION This Protocol shall remain open for accession by any Member State. ARTICLE 55 DEPOSITARY 4. The original texts of this Protocol and all instruments of Ratification and 2. The Executive Secretary shall register this Protocol with the Secretariat of the United Nations and the Commission of the African Union. Accession shall be deposited with the Executive Secretary of SADC who shall transmit certified copies to all Member States. 21