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AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE ROME CONVENTION DATED 7TH OCTOBER, 1952, ON DAMAGE CAUSED BY FOREIGN AIRCRAFT TO THIRD PARTIES ON THE SURFACE.
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[14th April
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Rome Convention Act.
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Provisions of Rome Convention to have force of law.
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2. On and after such date* as the Governor-General may, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, declare to be the date on which the Rome Convention dated 7th October, 1952, hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”, comes into force as regards Ceylon, the provisions of the Convention, which are set out in the Schedule to this Act, shall have the effect of law in Ceylon or Sri Lanka, as the case may be.(*6th May, 1960, declared by the Governor-General by Proclamation in Gazette No. 12,125 of May 6, 1960.)
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Power of Minister to make Orders.
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(1) The Minister may by Order published in the Gazette
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(a) certify
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(i) that any such State as may be specified in the Order is a Contracting State under the Convention in respect of any such territory as may be so specified ;
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(ii) that any such person as may be specified, by name or by office, in the Order is an appropriate authority for the purposes of any such provision of the Convention as may be so specified ;
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(iii) that any such insurer as may be specified in the Order has been authorized by the Government to effect insurance for the purposes of Article 15 of the Convention and that his financial responsibility has been verified by the Government;
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(iv) that any such bank as may be specified in the Order has been authorized by the Government to act as a depository for the purposes of the said Article 15 ; and
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(v) that any such bank as may be specified in the Order has been authorized by the Government to give a guarantee for the purposes of the said Article 15 and that its financial responsibility has been verified by the Government;
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(b) require that any aircraft in flight over Sri Lanka to which the Convention applies and which is registered in any Contracting Slate other than Sri Lanka shall, subject to paragraph 6 of the said Article 15, carry such insurer’s certificate and such appropriate authority’s certificate or endorsement as are referred to in paragraph 5 of the said Article 15 ; and
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(c) make such other provision as may be necessary to give full force and effect to the Convention.
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(2) Every Order made under this section and in force shall have the effect of law.
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Provisions of the Convention to prevail over other law.
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4. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Convention and the provisions of any other. law, the provisions of the Convention shall prevail over the provisions of such other law.
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Schedules
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