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The President of the International Court of Justice,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Article 40 of
the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Order of 22 June 1973 by which the Court (inter alia)
fixed 21 September 1973 as time-limit for the Memorial of the Government of
Australia and 21 December 1973 as time-limit for the Counter-Memorial of the
French Government on the questions of the jurisdiction of the Court to
entertain the dispute and of the admissibility of the Application,
Whereas, by a letter dated 10 August 1973, the Co-Agent of Australia, for
the reasons therein set out, requested the extension of the time-limit for
the filing of the Memorial to 21 December 1973;
Whereas, by a further letter dated 13 August 1973, the Co-Agent of Australia
indicated that an extension of the time-limit for the filing of the Memorial
to 23 November 1973 would suffice;
Whereas copies of the said letters were transmitted to the French
Government which was invited to communicate its views to the Court;
Whereas by an oral communication of 23 August 1973, confirmed by letter the
same day, from the Charge d'affaires ad interim of France in the [p 339]
Netherlands, the French Government has stated that, having disclaimed the
jurisdiction of the Court in the case, it cannot express any view on the
request of the Government of Australia;
Extends to 23 November 1973 the time-limit for the filing of the Memorial of
the Government of Australia;
Extends to 19 April 1974 the time-limit for the filing of the
Counter-Memorial of the French Government;
Reserves the subsequent procedure for further decision.
Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine
hundred and seventy-three, in three copies, one of which will be placed in
the archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of
Australia and to the French Government respectively.
(Signed) Manfred Lachs,
President.
(Signed) S. Aquarone,
Registrar. |
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