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Article 5.
Retiring pensions shall be regarded as
coming under the “ Expenses of the Court ”,
within the meaning of Article 33 of the
Statute of the Court.
Article 6.
The Assembly of the League of Nations
may, on the proposal of the Council, amend
the present regulations.
Nevertheless, any amendment so made
shall not apply to persons elected before the
amendment in question was adopted, unless
they give their consent thereto.
Article 5.
Retiring pensions shall be regarded as
coming under the “ expenses of the Court ”
within the meaning of Article 33 of the
Statute of the Court.
Article 6.
The Assembly of the League of Nations
may, on the proposal of the Council, amend
the present regulations.
Nevertheless, any amendment so made
shall not apply to persons elected before the
amendment in question was adopted, unless
they give their consent thereto.
Regulations for the Repayment of Travelling Expenses to the Members and to
the Registrar of the Permanent Court of International Justice, adopted by the
Assembly on September 14TH, 1929, subject to the Entry into Force of the
Amendments to the Court’s Statute.
Article 1.
Members of the Permanent Court of International Justice shall be entitled, in respect of
themselves and one near relative, to repayment of travelling expenses necessarily incurred
by them in the course of journeys made on duty, and to repayment of the cost of one journey
every year from the seat of the Court to their homes and back again.
For this purpose each member will hand in to the Registry a written statement of the
place to be regarded as his home.
Judges ad hoc, appointed as provided in Article 31 of the Statute of the Court, shall be
entitled to repayment of the travelling expenses necessarily incurred by them in the course
of their journeys made on duty.
The Registrar of the Court shall be entitled to repayment of travelling expenses
necessarily incurred by him in the course of his journeys made on duty, and to repayment of
the cost of one journey every year from the seat of the Court to his home and back again.
Article 2.
Journeys made on duty shall comprise :
(1) Journeys made necessary by sessions or sittings of the Court held away from the
seat of the Court, and by visits to places concerned in proceedings, etc. ;
(2) Journeys made necessary by summonses to members of the Court who are away
from The Hague on leave or during the vacations of the Court, and to ad hoc judges ;
(3) In the case of the Registrar, journeys undertaken by him on mission on the Court’s
behalf or as a “ competent official ” within the meaning of the Financial Regulations of the
League of Nations.
Article 3.
Members whose homes are distant more than five days’ normal travel from The Hague
may be reimbursed, instead of for a journey to their homes and back again, for a journey to
any other place they may select, provided the cost does not exceed that of a journey to their
homes and back again.
Article 4.
Travelling expenses shall be refunded to judges and to the Registrar on presentation of
detailed claims for expenses, duly signed by them.
These claims for expenses, countersigned by the Registrar (or, where necessary, by the
Deputy-Registrar), who will endorse them “ Certified in conformity with the regulations in
force ”, shall be transmitted by him to the President for signature and final approval. If
the Registrar (or Deputy-Registrar, as the case may be) does not feel able to endorse a claim
for expenses as indicated above, he shall transmit it, together with a report, to the President,
with whom the decision shall rest.
Article 5.
If a journey cannot be effected without a break, the additional hotel and subsistence
expenses shall be refunded to the persons concerned.