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Article n.
The present Convention shall be ratified.
The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the League of
Nations, who shall notify their receipt to all the Members of the League of Nations and non-member
States referred to in Article 10.
Article 12.
As from October 1st, 1931, the present Convention may be acceded to on behalf of any Member
of the League of Nations or non-member State referred to in Article 10.
The instruments of accession shall be transmitted to the Secretary-General of the League
of Nations, who shall notify their receipt to all the Members of the League and non-member States
referred to in that article.
Article 13.
Each High Contracting Party may render his ratification or accession conditional on the
ratification or accession of any one or more Members of the League of Nations or non-member
States named in the instrument of ratification or accession.
Article 14.
The present Convention shall come into force six months after the receipt by the Secretary-
General of the League of Nations of ratifications or accessions on behalf of five Members of the
League of Nations or non-member States. No ratification or accession to which any conditions
are attached in accordance with the preceding article shall count for this purpose until those
conditions are fulfilled.
Article 13.
Each ratification or accession received after the entry into force of the Convention shall take
effect six months after its receipt by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations or six months
after the fulfilment of the conditions attached to it in accordance with Article 13, as the case may be
Article 16.
Revision of the present Convention may be requested by not less than three High Contracting
Parties at any moment after it has been in force for a period of two years.
The request mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be addressed to the Secretary-General
of the League of Nations, who will notify the other High Contracting Parties and inform the Council
of the League of Nations of the request made.
Article ly.
After the expiration of two years from the date of its entry into force, the present Convention
may be denounced by any High Contracting Party.
Denunciation shall be effected by a notification in writing addressed to the Secretary-General
of the League of Nations, who shall inform all the Members of the League of Nations and non¬
member States referred to in Article 10 of the denunciation made.
The denunciation shall take effect one year after the date of its receipt by the Secretary-
General and shall operate only in respect of the Member of the League or non-member State on
whose behalf it has been made.
If, as the result of simultaneous or successive denunciations, the number of the Members of
the League or non-member States which are bound by the provisions of the present Convention is
reduced to less than five, the Convention shall cease to be in force.

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