Cap. 392 Art. 14Authority for proceedings. Depositary including the of the Charter has repeatedly the Protocol for Gases, and of 1925 (the Geneva of and on the Bacteriological London, Moscow on the Bacteriological possibility of the of this the Geneva and relevant of warfare, used exclusively cooperation and activi

No proceedings for any offence against any article of this

Act may be instituted without the Authority of the Attorney General. CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, STOCKPILING AND USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION

(Corrected version in accordance with Notification C.N.246.1993.TREATIES-5 and the corresponding Procès-Verbal of Rectification of the Original of the Convention, issued on 8 August 1994) complete disarmament under strict and effective international control, prohibition and elimination of all types of weapons of mass destruction,

Desiring to contribute to the realization of the purposes and principles of the United Nations, Recalling that the General Assembly of the United Nations condemned all actions contrary to the principles and objectives of the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva on 17 June Protocol of 1925), Recognizing that this Convention reaffirms principles and objectives obligations assumed under the Geneva Protocol of 1925, and the Convention Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction signed at and Washington on 10 April 1972, Bearing in mind the objective contained in Article IX of the Convention Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, Determined for the sake of all mankind, to exclude completely the use of chemical weapons, through the implementation of the provisions Convention, thereby complementing the obligations assumed under Protocol of 1925,

Recognizing the prohibition, embodied in the pertinent agreements principles of international law, of the use of herbicides as a method

Considering that achievements in the field of chemistry should be for the benefit of mankind, Desiring to promote free trade in chemicals as well as international exchange of scientific and technical information in the field of chemical for purposes not prohibited under this Convention in order to enhance and technological development of all States Parties,

Convinced that the complete and effective prohibition of the production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, transfer and use weapons, and their destruction, represent a necessary step towards of these common objectives, Have agreed as follows: circumstances:

develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile or retain chemical weapons, or transfer, directly or indirectly, chemical weapons to anyone; use chemical weapons; engage in any military preparations to use chemical weapons; assist, encourage or induce, in any way, anyone to engage in any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention. State Party undertakes to destroy chemical weapons it owns or possesses, or that are located in any place under its jurisdiction or control, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention.

State Party undertakes to destroy all chemical weapons it abandoned territory of another State Party, in accordance with the provisions of Convention. State Party undertakes to destroy any chemical weapons production it owns or possesses, or that are located in any place under its jurisdiction or control, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention. State Party undertakes not to use riot control agents as a method of