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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 15, 1932.

Chapter IV.

PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMBINED CARRIAGE.

Article 31.

(1) In the case of combined carriage performed partly by air and partly by any other mode of carriage, the provisions of this Convention apply only to the carriage by air, provided that the carriage by air falls within the terms of Article 1.

(2) Nothing contained in this Convention shall prevent the parties in the case of combined carriage from inserting in the document of air carriage conditions relating to other modes of carriage, provided that the provisions of this Convention are observed as regards the carriage by air.

Chapter V.

GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS.

Article 32.

Any clause coutained in the contract and all special agreements entered into before the damage occured by which the parties purport to infringe the rules laid down by this Convention, whether by deciding the law to be applied, or by altering the rules as to jurisdiction, shall be null and void. Nevertheless for the carriage of goods arbitration clauses are allowed, subject to this Convention, provided that the arbitration must take place within one of the jurisdictions referred to in the first paragraph of Article 28.

Article 33.

Nothing contained in this Convention shall prevent the carrier either from refusing to enter into any contract of carriage, or from making regulations which do not conflict with the provisions of this Convention.

Article 34.

This Convention does not apply to international carriage by air performed by way of experimental trial by persons carrying on the business of air navigation with the view to the establishment of a regular line of air navigation, nor does it apply to carriage performed in extraordinary circumstances outside the normal scope of an air carrier's business.

Article 35.

The expression "days" when used in this Convention means current days not work- ing days.

Article 36.

This Convention is drawn up in French in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Poland and of which duly certified copies shall be sent by the Polish Government to the Government of each of the High Contracting Parties.

Article 37.

(1) This Convention shall be ratified. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited in the archives of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Poland, which will notify the deposit to the Government of each of the High Contracting Partics.