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Article XIII (old Article XVII).
On and after . . . any Member of the League of Nations and any non-member State on whose behalf the Convention has not been signed at that date may accede to it.
The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who will notify such deposit and the date thereof to all the Members of the League of Nations and to non-member States.
Article XIV (old Article XVIII).
The present Convention shall come into force ninety days after the Secretary-General of the League of Nations has received ratifications or accessions on behalf of at least five Members of the League of Nations or non-member States.
In respect of each Member or non-member State on whose behalf an instrument of ratification or accession is subsequently deposited, the Convention shall come into force ninety days after the date of the deposit of such instrument.
Article XV (old Article XIX).
1 . The present Convention may be denounced after the expiration of a period of three years from the date at which it comes into force.
2. The denunciation of the Convention shall be effected by a written notification addressed to the Secretary -General of the League of Nations, who will inform all the Members of the League and the non-member States of each notification and of the date of the receipt thereof.
3. The denunciation shall take effect one year after the receipt of the notification.
Article XVI (old Article XX).
1 . Any High Contracting Party may declare, at the time of signature, ratification or accession, that, in accepting the present Convention, he is not assuming any obligation in respect of all or any of his colonies, protectorates or oversea territories or the territories under his suzerainty or mandate; the present Convention shall, in that case, not be applicable to the teritories named in such declaration.
2. Any High Contracting Party may subsequently notify the Secretary -General of the League of Nations that he desires the present Convention to apply to all or any of the territories in respect of which the declaration provided for in the preceding paragraph has been made. The Convention shall, in that case, apply to all the territories named in such notification ninety days after the receipt thereof by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations.
3. Any High Contracting Party may, at any time after the expiration of the period of three years provided for in Article XV, declare that he desires the present Protocol to cease to apply to all or any of his colonies, protectorates or oversea territories or the territories under his suzerainty or mandate. The Convention shall, in that case, cease to apply to the territories named in such declarations six months after the receipt thereof by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations.