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Each member State which has ratified the Code and this Protocol and each State which has acceded to them may denounce the Code and the Protocol or only the Protocol or any one or more of Parts II to X of these Acts only at the end of a period of five years from the date on which the Code and/or the Protocol thereto entered into force respectively for such a member State or acceding State, or at the end of any successive period of five years, and in each case after giving one year's notice to the Secretary-General. Such denunciation shall not affect the validity of the Code and/or of the Protocol in respect of the other member States which have ratified them or in respect of the other States which have acceded to them, provided that at all times there are not less than three such member States or acceding States Parties to the Code and not less than three such member States or acceding States Parties to the Protocol.