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ARTICLE-2: Use of terms     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) “'full powers”' means a document emanating from the competent authority of a State designating a person or persons to represent the State for negotiating, adopting or authenticating the text of a treaty, for expressing the consent of the State to be bound by a treaty, or for accomplishing any other act with respect to a treaty; ...


ARTICLE-47: Specific restrictions on authority to express the consent of a State     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Specific restrictions on authority to express the consent of a State ...
... If the authority of a representative to express the consent of a State to be bound by a particular treaty has been made subject to a specific restriction, his omission to observe that restriction may not be invoked as invalidating the consent expressed by him unless the restriction was notified to the other negotiating States prior to his expressing such consent. ...