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ARTICLE 15
In the event of circumstances arising which, in the judgment of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom or of the Government of India, as the case may be, necessitate a variation in the terms of this Agreement, the proposal to vary its terms shall be the subject of consultation between the two Governments.
ARTICLE 16
This Agreement shall come into force on a date to be mutually agreed between the two Governments. On the coming into force of the present Agreement, the Agreement concluded between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of India at Ottawa on the 20th August, 1932, shall cease to have effect between the United Kingdom and India. Pending the coming into force of the present Agreement, the two Governments will apply its provisions as far as may be possible. The present Agreement shall continue in force until the 31st March, 1942. Unless six months before the 31st March, 1942, notice of termination shall have been given by either Government to the other, the Agreement shall remain in force until the expiry of six months from the date on which a notice of termination is given.
Done in duplicate, at London, this twentieth day of March, 1939.
Signed on behalf of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
OLIVER STANLEY,
Signed on behalf of the Government of India :
FIROZ KHAN NOON.
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