7. Declarations made under sub-article (6) above shall be deposited with the Secretary-General, who shall
transmit copies thereof to the State parties.
Article 35 AMENDMENTS
1. The present Protocol may be amended if a State Party to the Protocol makes a written request to that effect to
the Secretary-General of the OAU. The Assembly may adopt, by simple majority, the draft amendment after all
the State Parties to the present Protocol have been duly informed of it and the Court has given its opinion on the
amendment.
2. The Court shall also be entitled to propose such amendments to the present Protocol as it may deem necessary,
through the Secretary-General of the OAU.
3. The amendment shall come into force for each State Party which has accepted it thirty days after the
Secretary-General of the OAU has received notice of the acceptance.