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The President of the German Reich; the Federal President of the Republic of Austria; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Territories beyond the Mers, Emperor of the Indies; His Majesty the King of Denmark and Islande; the President of the Republic of Poland, for the Free City of Danzig; the President of the Republic of Ecuador; His Majesty the King of Spain; the President of the Republic of Finland; the President of the Republic of Poland U The President of the Hellenic Republic; His Serene Highness the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary; Her Majesty the King of Italy; Her Majesty the Emperor of Japan; His Royal Highness the Great Duchess of Luxembourg; the President of the United Mexican States; His Serene Highness the Prince of M O Naco; Her Majesty the King of Norway; Her Majesty the Queen in the Netherlands; the President of the Republic of Poland; the President of the Portuguese Republic; Her Majesty the King of Romania; Her Majesty the King of Sweden; the Swiss Federal Council; Pr é President of the Republic of Czechoslovakia; the President of the Republic; Her Majesty the King of Yugoslavia,
Desiring to settle certain problems of stamp duty in their dealings with the check, have appointed for their plenipotentiaries, namely:
(Following are the names of plenipotentiaries)
Which, after having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed the following provisions:
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.
1 After the dissolution of the League of Nations, the General Secretariat of the United Nations has been entrusted with the functions mentioned here (FF 1946 II 1181 1187 and s.).
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.
1 See note to art. 4.
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 .
1 See note to art. 4.
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.
1 See note to art. 4.
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.
(Suivent signatures)
1 See note to art. 4.
At the time of signing the Convention as of today, relating to the stamp duty on cheques, the undersigned, duly authorized, have agreed to the following provisions:
A
Members of the League of Nations and non-member States which would not have been in a position to submit their ratification on the said Convention before 1 September 1933, undertake to address within 15 days after that date, A communication to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, to make him aware of the situation in which they are concerned with regard to ratification.
B
If, as of 1 November 1933, the conditions laid down in Article 5, first paragraph, for the entry into force of the Convention are not fulfilled, the Secretary-General of the League of Nations shall convene a meeting of the Members of the Society of Nations and non-member States on whose behalf the Convention has been signed or on whose behalf it has been acceded to.
The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the situation and the measures to be taken, where appropriate, to address them.
C
The High Contracting Parties shall communicate reciprocally, as soon as they are in force, to the legislative provisions which they will establish in their respective territories under the Convention.
In witness whereof, The Plenipotentiaries have signed this Protocol.
Done at Geneva on March 19, nineteen thousand nine hundred thirty and one, in simple expedition which will be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the League of Nations 2 It shall be transmitted to all Members of the League of Nations and to all non-member States represented at the Conference.
(Suivent signatures)
States Parties |
Ratification Accession (A) Declaration of succession (S) |
Entry into force |
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Germany |
3 October |
1933 |
29 November |
1933 |
Australia |
3 September |
1938 A |
2 December |
1938 |
Norfolk Island |
3 September |
1938 A |
2 December |
1938 |
Nauru |
3 September |
1938 A |
2 December |
1938 |
Austria |
1 Er December |
1958 A |
1 Er March |
1959 |
Bahamas |
19 May |
1976 S |
10 July |
1973 |
Belgium |
18 December |
1961 A |
18 March |
1962 |
Brazil |
26 August |
1942 A |
24 November |
1942 |
China |
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Macao |
19 October |
1999 |
20 December |
1999 |
Cyprus |
March 5 |
1968 S |
August 16 |
1960 |
Denmark * |
27 July |
1932 |
29 November |
1933 |
Fiji |
25 March |
1971 S |
10 October |
1970 |
Finland |
August 31 |
1932 |
29 November |
1933 |
France |
April 27 |
1936 A |
26 July |
1936 |
Greece |
1 Er June |
1934 |
August 30 |
1934 |
Hungary |
28 October |
1964 A |
26 January |
1965 |
Indonesia |
March 9 |
1959 S |
27 December |
1949 |
Ireland |
10 July |
1936 A |
8 October |
1936 |
Italy |
August 31 |
1933 |
29 November |
1933 |
Japan |
August 25 |
1933 |
29 November |
1933 |
Liberia |
16 September |
2005 A |
15 December |
2005 |
Luxembourg |
1 Er August |
1968 A |
30 October |
1968 |
Malaysia |
14 January |
1960 S |
August 31 |
1957 |
Malta |
6 December |
1966 S |
21 September |
1964 |
Monaco |
February 9 |
1933 |
29 November |
1933 |
Nicaragua |
March 16 |
1932 |
29 November |
1933 |
Norway |
27 July |
1932 |
29 November |
1933 |
Papua New Guinea |
12 February |
1981 A |
13 May |
1981 |
Netherlands |
2 April |
1934 |
1 Er July |
1934 |
Curaçao |
September 30 |
1935 A |
14 October |
1935 |
Suriname |
7 August |
1936 A |
5 November |
1936 |
Poland |
19 December |
1936 A |
19 March |
1937 |
Portugal |
8 June |
1934 |
September 6 |
1934 |
Portuguese Overseas Territories |
August 18 |
1953 A |
16 November |
1953 |
United Kingdom * |
13 January |
1932 |
29 November |
1933 |
Barbados |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Basutoland |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Bermuda |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Bechouanaland |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Ceylon |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Gold Coast |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Gambia |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Gibraltar |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
British Guiana |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
British Honduras |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Windy Islands (Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica) |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Falkland Islands and Dependencies (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands) |
7 September |
1938 A |
6 December |
1938 |
Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Tuvalu) |
7 September |
1938 A |
6 December |
1938 |
British Solomon Islands |
7 September |
1938 A |
6 December |
1938 |
Jamaica (including Turks and Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands) |
August 3 |
1939 A |
1 Er November |
1939 |
Kenya |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Mauritius |
7 September |
1938 A |
6 December |
1938 |
New Hebrides (French-British condominium) |
March 16 |
1939 A |
14 June |
1939 |
Nyasaland |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Uganda |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Palestine |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Northern Rhodesia |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
St. Helena (with Ascension) |
7 September |
1938 A |
6 December |
1938 |
Seychelles |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Sierra Leone |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Somalia |
August 3 |
1939 A |
1 Er November |
1939 |
Swaziland |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Tanganyika |
7 September |
1938 A |
6 December |
1938 |
Transjordan |
7 September |
1938 A |
6 December |
1938 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
18 July |
1936 A |
October 16 |
1936 |
Zanzibar |
7 September |
1938 A |
6 December |
1938 |
Sweden |
27 July |
1932 |
29 November |
1933 |
Switzerland |
26 August |
1932 |
1 Er July |
1937 |
Tonga |
2 February |
1972 S |
4 June |
1970 |
Denmark
The Government of the King, through its acceptance of the Convention, does not intend to assume any obligation with regard to Greenland.
United Kingdom
This ratification does not apply to British colonies and protectorates or to any territory under warrant for which the mandate is exercised by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom 4 .
1 Art. 2 let. C of the FY 8 July 1932 (RS 11 877)
2 See note to art. 4 of the Convention.
3 A version of the updated scope of application is published on the DFAE website (http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/f/home/foreign/intagr/dabase.html).
4 The United Kingdom has joined after the fact for the territories mentioned in the list above.