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Treaties

deposition with severing geceral

Jenrocai 50 arbitration clauses. 1923

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PROTOCOL ON ARBITRATION CLAUSES

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September 24th 1923

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since

July 29th.

1924

article 1)

Ratifications

Albania

Austria

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Belgium

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(August 29th, 1924) (January 25th. 1928) (September 23rd, 1924) limit the obligation men- tioned 1 ກ the first paragraph of Article to contracts which are considered પ્રેક commercial under its national law.

Reserves the right to

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Brazil

(February 5th, 1932) Subject to the condition that the arbitral agreement or the arbitration clause mentioned in Article 1 of this Protocol should be limited Co contracts watch dre considered commercial by the Brazilian legislation. British Empire

(September 27th, 1924) Applies only to Great gritain and Northern Ireland, and consequently does not include any of the Colonies. Overseas Possessions or Protectorates under HIS Britannic Majesty's sovereignty or authority or any territory 10 respect of which His Majesty's Government exercises a mandate.

Southern Rhodesia

Newfoundland

Guiana,

(December 19th. 1924 ) (June 22nd, 1925 a) British

British Honduras, Ceylon Falkland Islands and Dependencies Gambia (Colony and Protectorate) Gold Coast in- cluding Ashanta and the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast and Togoland), Gibraltar Jamaica (Turxs and Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands). Kenya (Colony and Protectorate) Leeward Islands Malta Mauritius, Northern Rhodesia Palestine (excluding Trans-jordan) Trans-Jordan, Windward Islanos (Grenada, St Lucia St. Vincent), Zanzibar

Tanganyika

St Helena

Uganda

Banamas

(March 12th. 1926 a) (June 17th, 1926 a) (July 29th, 1926 a) (June 28th, 1929 a) (January 23rd, 1931 a) Karenni States under His Majesty's suzerainty) (October 19th, 1938 a) His Majesty reserves the right to limit the ob- ligations mentioned เก the first paragraph of Article 1 to contracts which are considered commercial under the law of Burma.

Burma (excluding the

New Zealand India

(June 9th, 1926) (October 23rd, 1937)

Is not binding as regards the enforcement of the provisions of this Protocol upon the territo- ries in India of any Prince or Chief under the suzerainty of His Majesty. India reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned In the First paragraph of Article 1 to contracts which are considered as commer- cial under its nationai law. Czechoslovakia

(September 13th, 1931) The Czechoslovak Republic will regard itself as being bound only .ก relation to States which have ratified the Convention of September 20th. 1327, оп tne Executiun of

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Ratifications

Foreign Arbitral Awards. Republic does invalidate เก эпу

Denmark

to

not

and the Czechoslovak

Intend by this signature to way the bilateral treaties

concluded by It which regulate the questions referred

10 the present Protocol by provi- sions going beyond the provisions of the Protocol.

(April 6th, 1925) Under Danish law. arbitral awards made by an Arbitral Tribunai do not immediately become operative; it 15 necessary in each case, in order to make an award operative. to apply to the ordinary courts of law. In the course of the proceedings. however, the arbitral award will generally be accepted Sy such courts a basis of the

without further examination as Final judgments in the affair. Estonia

(May 16th, 1929) Limits, in accordance with Article 1. paragraph 2 of this Protocol, the obligation mentioned in paragraph 1 of the said article to con- tracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.

Finland France

(July 10th, 1924) (June 7th, 1928)

Reserves the right to limit the obligation men- tioned in paragraph 2 of Article 1 to con- tracts which are considered as commercial under its national law. Its acceptance of the present Protocol does not include the Colonies, Overseas Possessions or Protector- ates 'or Territories in respect of which France exercises a mandate.

Germany Greece

Iraq

Italy (excluding Colonies) Japan

(November 5th, 1924)

(May 26th, 1926) (March 12th, 1926 a) (July 28th, 1924) (June 4th, 1928) the leased territory territories

respect

Chosen, Taiwan, Xarafuto;

or Kwantung

and the of which Japan exercises a mandate

Luxembourg

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(February 26th, 1929 a) (September 15th, 1930) Reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in the first paragraph of Article ! to contracts which are considered as commer→ cial under its national law.

Monaco

(February 8th, 1927) Reserves the right to limit its obligation to contracts which are considered as commer- cial under its national law.

The Netherlands (including the Netherlands Indies,

Surinam and Curaçao)

(August 6th, 1925) The Government of the Netherlands declares its opinion that the recognition In principle of the validity of arbitration clauses 10 no way affects either the restrictive provisions at present existing under Netherlands law or the right to introduce other restrictions in the Future.2

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