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CHAPTER VI

NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES

7. Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs

Geneva, 13 July 1931, and Lake Success, New York, 11 December 1946 ¹

Entry into force

21 November 1947 , the date on which the amendments to the Convention, as set forth in the annex to the Protocol of 11 December 1946, entered into force, in accordance with paragraph 2 of article VII of the Protocol.

Registration

9 July 1933, No. 3219

Text

Certified true copy

League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 139, p. 303.

Note

In accordance with its article 44 (1), the provisions of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 of 8 August 1975, as between the parties thereto, terminates and replaces the provisions of the above Convention. See chapter VI.18.

Participant ²	Definitive signature of the Protocol, Acceptance of the Protocol, Succession to the Convention and the Protocol, Ratification of the Convention and the Protocol	Ratification of the Convention as amended, Accession to the Convention as amended(a), Succession to the Convention as amended(d)
Afghanistan	11 Dec 1946
Albania	23 Jun 1947
Algeria		31 Oct 1963 a
Argentina	11 Dec 1946
Australia	28 Aug 1947
Austria	17 May 1950
Bahamas (The)	13 Aug 1975
Belgium	11 Dec 1946
Benin		5 Dec 1961 d
Brazil	17 Dec 1946
Burkina Faso		26 Apr 1963 a
Cambodia ²		3 Oct 1951 d
Cameroon		20 Nov 1961 d
Canada	11 Dec 1946
Central African Republic		4 Sep 1962 d
Chile	11 Dec 1946
China ³	11 Dec 1946
Colombia	11 Dec 1946
Congo		15 Oct 1962 d
Côte d'Ivoire		8 Dec 1961 d
Czech Republic ⁴		30 Dec 1993 d
Democratic Republic of the Congo		31 May 1962 d
Denmark	15 Jun 1949
Dominican Republic	11 Dec 1946
Ecuador	8 Jun 1951
Egypt	13 Sep 1948
Ethiopia		9 Sep 1947
Fiji	1 Nov 1971
Finland	3 Feb 1948
France	10 Oct 1947
Germany ⁵	12 Aug 1959
Ghana		7 Apr 1958 d
Greece	21 Feb 1949
Guinea		26 Apr 1962 d
Haiti	31 May 1951
Honduras	11 Dec 1946
Hungary	16 Dec 1955
India	11 Dec 1946
Indonesia		3 Apr 1958 a
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	11 Dec 1946
Iraq	14 Sep 1950
Ireland	18 Feb 1948
Israel		16 May 1952 a
Italy	25 Mar 1948
Jamaica		26 Dec 1963 d
Japan	27 Mar 1952
Jordan		12 Apr 1954 a
Lao People's Democratic Republic ²		7 Oct 1950 d
Lebanon	13 Dec 1946
Lesotho		4 Nov 1974 d
Liechtenstein ⁶	25 Sep 1947
Malawi		22 Jul 1965 d
Malaysia		21 Aug 1958 d
Mauritius		18 Jul 1969 d
Mexico	11 Dec 1946
Monaco	21 Nov 1947
Montenegro ⁷		23 Oct 2006 d
Morocco		7 Nov 1956 d
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	10 Mar 1948
New Zealand ⁸	11 Dec 1946
Nicaragua	24 Apr 1950
Niger		25 Aug 1961 d
Nigeria		26 Jun 1961 d
Norway	2 Jul 1947
Panama	15 Dec 1946
Papua New Guinea	28 Oct 1980
Philippines	25 May 1950
Poland	11 Dec 1946
Romania	11 Oct 1961
Russian Federation	25 Oct 1947
Rwanda		5 May 1964 d
Saudi Arabia	11 Dec 1946
Senegal		2 May 1963 d
Serbia ⁹		12 Mar 2001 d
Sierra Leone		13 Mar 1962 d
Slovakia ⁴		28 May 1993 d
South Africa	24 Feb 1948
Spain	26 Sep 1955
Sri Lanka		4 Dec 1957 a
Sweden	17 Oct 1947
Switzerland ⁶	25 Sep 1947
Syrian Arab Republic	11 Dec 1946
Thailand	27 Oct 1947
Togo		27 Feb 1962 d
Trinidad and Tobago		11 Apr 1966 d
Türkiye	11 Dec 1946
Uganda		20 Oct 1965 a
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	11 Dec 1946
United Republic of Tanzania		3 Jul 1964 a
United States of America	12 Aug 1947
Zambia		9 Apr 1973 d

Territorial Application

Participant	Date of receipt of the notification	Territories
France	17 Mar 1950	Archipelago of the New Hebrides under French and British Condominium
United Kingdom	5 Apr 1949	Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
	17 Mar 1950	New Hebrides
	13 Feb 1952	Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland

End Note

1The Agreement was amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on 11 December 1946.
2The Republic of Viet-Nam had succeeded to the Convention on 11 August 1950. By joint notifications received from the Governments of France and Viet-Nam on 11 August 1950; from the Governments of France and Laos, on 7 October 1950; and from the Governments of France and Cambodia on 3 October 1951, notice was given of the transfer of functions by the French Government to the Government of the Republic of Viet-Nam, Laos and Cambodia of the duties and obligations arising from the application of the Convention in these countries. It should be noted that the Republic of Viet-Nam succeeded to the Convention on 11 August 1950. See also note 1 under “Viet Nam” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
3See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc. on behalf of China (note 1 under “China” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume).
4Czechoslovakia, by virtue of its definitive signature on 11 December 1946 of the Protocol of 11 December 1946 amending the Convention of 1931, became a party to the Convention on the date of that signature. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
5See note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
6The instrument of acceptance of the Protocol by the Government of the Swiss Confederation stipulates that the declaration of acceptance is also valid for the Principality of Liechtenstein.
7See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
8See note 1 under “New Zealand” regarding Tokelau in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
9The former Yugoslavia had acceeded to the Convention as amended on 10 June 1949. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

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