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WITHDRAWAL
Any Member of the League may, after two years’
notice of its intention so to do, withdraw from the
League, provided that all its international obligations
and all its obligations under this Covenant shall have
been fulfilled at the time of its withdrawal. (Art. i,
para. 3, Covenant.)
No amendments to this Covenant shall bind any Mem¬
ber of the League which signifies its dissent there¬
from, but in that case it shall cease to be a Member
of the League. (Art. 26, para. 2, Covenant.)
EXCLUSION
Any Member of the League which has violated any
covenant of the League may be declared to be no longer a
Member of the League by a vote of the Council concurred
in by the Representatives of all the other Members
of the League represented thereon. (Art. 16 para 4
Covenant.)
SPHERE OE ACTION
The League’s sphere of action comprises all rights and obliga¬
tions deriving from the Covenant and from all treaties con¬
cluded and ratified since the entry into force of the Covenant,
so far as they clearly confer rights and obligations on and
are accepted by, the League.
ACTION
Fhe action of the League under this Covenant shall be
effected through the instrumentality of an Assembly
and of a Council, with a permanent Secretariat. (Art 2
Covenant.)
The Council and the Assembly have each special powers
and duties. Every year the Council places before the Assem¬
bly a report on the work accomplished.