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[p.280]
The International Court of Justice,
composed as above,
after deliberation,
having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Article 37 of
the Rules of Court,
Makes the following Order:
Having regard to the Order of 18 June 1959 fixing 19 October 1959 as the
time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the Government of the
Lebanese Republic; [p 281]
Whereas by a letter dated 9 October 1959, received on 12 October, the
Minister of Lebanon to the Netherlands and since appointed Agent for his
Government in the present case, has, on behalf of his Government, requested
that this time-limit be extended to 31 December 1959;
Whereas, on 12 October 1959, the Agent for the French Government was
informed of the letter from the Minister of Lebanon at London and was
requested to make known the views of his Government on the request thus
presented on behalf of the Lebanese Government;
Whereas, on the same day, the Agent for the French Government stated that
his Government had no objection to this extension;
The Court
decides to extend to 29 December 1959 the time-limit for the filing of the
Counter-Memorial of the Lebanese Government.
Done in French and in English, the French text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine
hundred and fifty-nine, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the
archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of the
French Republic and to the Government of the Republic of Lebanon,
respectively.
(Signed) Helge Klaestad,
President.
(Signed) Garnier-Coignet,
Deputy-Registrar. |
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