8. The provisions of the present Convention shall not oblige any State to employ powers of expropriation or to enforce the grant of way leaves. 9. This Convention does not prescribe the rights and duties of belligerents and neutrals in time of war. The Convention shall, however, continue in force in time of war so far as such rights and duties permit. 10. This Convention does not entail in any way the withdrawal of facilities which are greater than those provided for in it and which have been granted to the transmission of electric power under conditions consistent with its principles. This Convention also entails no prohibition of such grant of greater facilities in the future. 11. The present Convention does not in any way affect the rights and obligations of the Contracting States arising out of former Conventions or Treaties on the subject-matter of the present Convention, or out of the provisions on the same subject-matter in general Treaties, including the Treaties of Versailles, Trianon and other Treaties which ended the war of 1914-18. 12. If a dispute arises between Contracting States as to the application or interpretation of the present Convention, and if such dispute cannot be settled either directly between the parties or by some other amicable method of procedure, the parties to the dispute may submit it for an advisory opinion to the body established by the League of Nations as the advisory and technical organisation of the members of the League in matters of communications and transit, unless they have decided or shall decide by mutual agreement to have recourse to some other advisory, arbitral or judicial procedure. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not be applicable to any State which represents that the transmission in transit would be seriously detrimental to its national economy or security. 13. It is understood that this Convention must not be interpreted as regulating in any way rights and obligations inter se of territories forming part of or placed under the protection of the same sovereign State, whether or no these territories are individually Contracting States. 14. Nothing in the preceding Articles is to be construed as affecting in any way the rights or duties of a Contracting State as member of the League of Nations. 15. The present Convention, of which the French and English texts are both authentic, shall bear this day's date, and shall be open for signature until the 31st October, 1924, by any State represented at the Conference of Geneva, by any member of the League of Nations and by any States to which the Council of the League of Nations shall have communicated a copy of the Convention for this purpose. 16. The present Convention is subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who shall notify their receipt to every State signatory of or acceding to the Convention. 17. On and after the 1st November, 1924, the present Convention may be acceded to by any State represented at the Conference of Geneva, by any member of the League of Nations, or by any State to which the Council of the League of Nations shall have communicated a copy of the Convention for this purpose. Accession shall be effected by an instrument communicated to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations to be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat. The SecretaryGeneral shall at once notify such deposit to every State signatory of or acceding to the Convention. 18. The present Convention will not come into force until it has been ratified in the name of three States. The date of its coming into force shall be the ninetieth day after the receipt by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations of the third ratification. Thereafter, the present Convention will take effect in the case of each party ninety days after the receipt of its ratification or of the notification of its accession. In compliance with the provisions of Article 18 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, the Secretary-General will register the present Convention upon the day of its coming into force. 19. A special record shall be kept by the SecretaryGeneral of the League of Nations showing, with due regard to the provisions of Article 21, which of the parties have signed, ratified, acceded to, or denounced the present Convention. This record shall be open to the members of the League at all times; it shall be published as often as possible, in accordance with the directions of the Council. 20. Subject to the provisions of Article 11 above, the present Convention may be denounced by any party thereto after the expiration of five years from the date when it came into force in respect of that party. Denunciation shall be effected by notification in writing addressed to the SecretaryGeneral of the League of Nations. Copies of such notification shall be transmitted forthwith by him to all the other parties, informing them of the date on which it was received. A denunciation shall take effect one year after the date on which the notification thereof was received by the SecretaryGeneral and shall operate only in respect of the notifying State. 21. Any State signing or acceding to the present Convention may declare, at the moment either of its signature, ratification or accession, that its acceptance of the present Convention does not include any or all of its colonies, overseas possessions, protectorates, or overseas territories, under its sovereignty or authority, and may subsequently accede, in conformity with the provisions of Article 17, on behalf of any such colony, overseas possession, protectorate or territory excluded by such declaration. Denunciation may also be made separately in respect of any such colony, overseas possession, protectorate or territory, and the provisions of Article 20 shall apply to any such denunciation. 22. A request for the revision of the present Convention may be made at any time by one-third of the Contracting States. In faith whereof the above-named plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention. Done at Geneva, the 9th day of December, 1923, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the League of Nations. Subject to the reservation contained in Article 21 of the present Convention to the effect that its provisions do not apply to the various protectorates, colonies, possessions or overseas territories under the sovereignty or authority of the French Republic. (Translation.) Protocol of Signature of the Convention relating to the Transmission in Transit of Electric Power. At the moment of signing the Convention of to-day's date, relating to transmission in transit of electric power, the undersigned, duly authorised, have agreed as follows: The Convention in no way obliges any Contracting State to give persons owning or working cables for transmission in transit of electric power more favourable treatment in its territory than is enjoyed by persons owning or working cables for transmission of electric power in the interior of the country. The Convention shall not apply to lines solely intended. for the transmission of signals or of the human voice. The present Protocol will have the same force, effect and duration as the Convention of to-day's date, of which it is to be considered as an integral part. In faith whereof the above-named plenipotentiaries have signed the present Protocol. Done at Geneva, the 9th day of December, 1923, in a single copy, which will remain deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the League of Nations; certified copies will be transmitted to all the States represented at the Conference. [Here follow the same signatures as those appearing at the end of the Convention.] ACCESSIONS to the International Convention relative to the Creation of an International Office of Public Health.— Rome, December 9, 1907.(1) ACCESSIONS to the International Convention relative to the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, revising the Convention signed at Berne, September 9, 1886, fc.Berlin, November 13, 1908.(1) ACCESSION to the International Convention relative to the Compilation of International Commercial Statistics.Brussels, December 31, 1913. (1) THE accession has been notified of— ... ... January 1, 1924. (1) Vol. CXVI, page 575. ACCESSIONS to the Additional Protocol to the International Convention relative to the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works signed at Berlin, November 13, 1908.Berne, March 20, 1914. (1) (1) Vol. CVII, page 353. January 1, 1924. March 10, 1924. March 21, 1924. (2) Subject to the following reservation : The Dominion of Canada restricts the grant of copyright in accordance with the said Protocol in regard to the United States of America, and the restrictions to which rights of authors who are subject to the jurisdiction of that country are subjected, are set forth in Sections 13, 14, 15 and 27 of The Copyright Act, 1921.'" RATIFICATION of the International Convention and Protocol relative to the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunition.-St. Germain-en-Laye, September 10, 1919.(1) ACCESSION to the Convention and Protocol between the British Empire, Belgium, France, Italy, Japan, Portugal and the United States of America relative to the Liquor Traffic in Africa.-St. Germain-en-Laye, September 10, 1919.(1) THE accession has been notified of- ... ... March 10, 1924. (1) Vol. CXII, page 925. |