In the event that such legislation does not already exist, the High Contracting Parties undertake to amend their laws in all territories under their sovereignty or authority and to which this Convention is applicable, of such The validity of the cheque commitments, or the exercise of the resulting rights, may not be subject to compliance with the stamp provisions.

They may, however, suspend the exercise of these rights until the stamp duty has been paid, as well as the fines incurred. They may also decide that the quality and effect of an immediately enforceable title which, according to their legislation, would be attributed to the cheque, will be subject to the condition that the stamp duty has been, upon the creation of the title, duly Acquitted in accordance with the provisions of their laws.

This Convention, of which the French and English texts will also be authentic, shall bear the date of that day.

It may be signed later until 15 July 1931 on behalf of any Member of the League of Nations and any non-member State.

This Convention shall be ratified.

Instruments of ratification shall be deposited before 1 ^Er September 1933 to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who shall immediately notify the Secretary-General of the receipt to all Members of the League of Nations and to the non-member States on behalf of which this Convention has been signed or on behalf of Of which there has been accession.

As of 15 July 1931, any Member of the League of Nations and any non-member State may accede to it.

Such accession shall be effected by notification to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations ¹ To be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat.

The Secretary-General shall notify this deposit immediately to all Members of the League of Nations and to non-member States on behalf of which this Convention has been signed or on whose behalf it has been acceded to.

This Convention shall enter into force only once it has been ratified or acceded to on behalf of seven Members of the League of Nations or non-member States, including three members of the League of Nations Represented on a permanent basis in the Council.

The date of entry into force shall be the ninetieth day after the receipt by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, of the seventh ratification or accession, in accordance with the first paragraph of this article.

The Secretary-General of the League of Nations ¹ , by making the notifications provided for in Articles 3 and 4, shall specifically indicate that the ratifications or accessions referred to in the first paragraph of this Article have been collected.

Each ratification or accession following the entry into force of the Convention in accordance with Article 5 shall be effective as from the ninetieth day after the date of its receipt by the Secretary-General of the Society of Nations ¹ .

This Convention shall not be terminated before the expiration of two years from the date on which it has entered into force for that Member of the League of Nations or for that non-member State; this denunciation shall produce its Effect from the ninetieth day following receipt by the Secretary-General ¹ Of the notification addressed to him.

Any denunciation shall be communicated immediately by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations ² To all Members of the League of Nations and to non-member States on behalf of which this Convention has been signed, or on whose behalf it has been signed.

Each denunciation shall have effect only in respect of the Member of the League of Nations or the non-member State on whose behalf it has been made.

Any Member of the League of Nations and any non-member State in respect of which this Convention is in force may address to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations ¹ Upon the expiration of the fourth year following the entry into force of the Convention, a request for the revision of certain or all provisions of that Convention.

If such a request, communicated to other Members or non-member States between which the Convention is then in force, shall be supported within one year by at least six of them, the Council of the League of Nations shall decide whether to Convene a Conference for this purpose.

The High Contracting Parties may, at the time of signature of the ratification or accession, declare that, by their acceptance of this Convention, they do not intend to assume any obligation in respect of the whole or all Part of their colonies, protectorates or territories under their suzerainty or mandate; in this case, this Convention shall not be applicable to the territories subject to such declaration.

The High Contracting Parties may subsequently notify the Secretary-General of the League of Nations ¹ To make this Convention applicable to all or any part of their territories which have been the subject of the declaration provided for in the preceding paragraph, In that case, the Convention shall apply to the territories referred to in the 90 days after the receipt of the latter by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations ² .

Similarly, the High Contracting Parties may at any time declare that they intend that this Convention shall cease to apply to all or any part of their colonies, protectorates or territories under their suzerainty or In this case, the Convention shall cease to be applicable to the territories subject to such declaration one year after the receipt of the latter by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations ³ .

This Convention shall be registered by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations upon entry into force.

In witness whereof, The aforementioned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Convention.

Done at Geneva, on March nineteen thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, in simple dispatch to be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the League of Nations ¹ , a copy will be transmitted to all members of the League of Nations and to all non-member States represented at the Conference.

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