ARTICLE 4
Transitional Provisions
Pending the installation of a judicial body that will be responsible for issues relating to
requests for acquisition, loss, the forfieutre, withdrawal of Community Citizenship, the
Council of Ministers is vested with the powers to examine such questions subject to appeal
before the Authority.
ARTICLE 5
Deposit and Entry into Force
(a)
This additional Protocol shall enter into force provisionally upon signature by Heads
of State and Government of Member States and definitively upon ratification by at
least seven signatory States in accordance with the constitutional procedures
applicable for each signatory State.
(b)
This additional Protocol and all Instruments of Ratification shall be deposited with the
Executive Secretariat which shall transmit certified true copies of this additional
Protocol to all Member States and notify them of the dates of deposits of the
Instruments of Ratification and shall register this additional Protocol with the
Organisation of African Unity, the United Nations and such Organisations as the
Council shall determine.
(c)
This additional Protocol shall be annexed to and shall form an integral part of the
Treaty.
IN FAITH WHEREOF WE THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES HAVE SIGNED THIS
ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
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DONE AT COTONOU THIS 29 DAY OF MAY, 1982 IN SINGLE ORIGINAL IN THE
ENGLISH AND FRENCH LANGUAGES, BOTH TEXTS BEING EQUALLY AUTHENTIC