(September 11th, 1924)
(October 4th, 1924)
(July 10th, 1929)
(August 29th, 1924)
It is stated in the instrument of ratification that this ratification shall not be deemed to apply in the case of the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia (or any territory under its authority) or the Irish Free State or in the case of India, and that in pursuance of the power reserved in Article XXIX of the Convention, it shall not be deemed to apply in the case of the Island of Newfoundland or of the territories of Iraq and Nauru, in respect of which His Britannic Majesty has accepted a mandate. It does not apply to the Sudan.
(March 13th, 1925)
Excluding Papua, Norfolk Island and the Mandated Territory of New Guinea
Includes the mandated territory of Western Samoa.
(December 10th, 1926)
(February 23rd, 1926)
(February 10th, 1927)
(May 17th, 1924)
(March 23rd, 1925)
(February 28th, 1930 a)
(May 23rd, 1928)
(September 13th, 1926)
Does not apply to the Colonies under its sovereignty.
(November 8th, 1926)
(March 9th, 1933 a)
(August 1st, 1925)
(July 6th, 1927)
(May 8th, 1925 a)
(May 3rd, 1934 a)
(June 13th, 1924)
(September 28th, 1931 a)
(June 10th, 1927)
(May 30th, 1925)
(September 7th, 1926)
(September 4th, 1931)
(December 23rd, 1925)
Under the same reservations as those formulated by the other Governments and inserted in Article 6 of the Protocol, the Royal Government understands that Article 22 of the Convention confers the right to have recourse to the procedure provided for in this Article for questions of a general nature solely on the High Contracting Parties, private persons being only entitled to appeal to their own judicial authorities in case any dispute arises with the authorities of the Kingdom.
(February 12th, 1926)
(January 3rd, 1927)
(May 19th, 1925)
(May 2nd, 1929)
Switzerland
24 March 2003
League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 30, p.371. The Convention and Protocol came into force on the same day.
The Secretary-General received, on 6 and 10 June 1999, communications concerning the status of Hong Kong from China and the United Kingdom (see also note 2 under “China” and note 2 under “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” regarding Hong Kong in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume). Upon resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, China notified the Secretary-General that the Convention will also apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The notification made by the Govenrment of China also contained the following reservation:
The Government of the People's Republic of China also declares that it has reservation to paragraph 3 of Article 22 of the [said Convention].
See note 1 under “Myanmar” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
See note 1 under “China” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
See note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
In a notification received on 21 February 1974, the Government of the German Democratic Republic stated that the German Democratic Republic had declared the reapplication of the Convention as of 6June1958.
In this connection, the Secretary-General received, on 10 June 1976, the following communication from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany:
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany declares that the notification by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic of 31 January 1974 concerning the application, as from 6 June 1958, of the International Convention of 3 November 1923 relating to the Simplification of Custom Formalities cannot, either for the past or for the future by itself have the effect of establishing contractual relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic.
See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.