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 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS 629

ratifications exchanged at Berne, within the space of one year at the latest.

Protocol 7. It is agreed that, as re- gards the exchange of rati- fications contemplated in Article XXI, each contract- ing party shall give a single instrument, which shall be deposited, with those of the other States, in the Govern- ment archives of the Swiss Confederation. Each party shall receive in exchange a copy of the procbs-verbal of the exchange of ratifica- tions, signed by the pleni- potentiaries present.

Article XX

The present Convention shall be put in force three months after the exchange of the ratifications, and shall remain in effect for an indefinite period until the termination of a year from the day on which it may have been denounced.

[Such denunciation shall be made to the Government authorized to receive ac- cessions, and shall only be effective as regards the country making it, the Con- vention remaining in full force and effect for the

ratifications exchanged at BerUn, not later than the first of July, 1910.

Each contracting party Exchange of shall send, for the exchange ratifications of ratifications, a single in- strument, which shall be de- posited, with those of the other countries, in the arch- ives of the Government of the Swiss Confederation. Each party shall receive in return a copy of the prochs- verbal of the exchange of ratifications, signed by the Plenipotentiaries who shall have taken part therein.

Article 29 The present Convention shall be put in force three months after the exchange of the ratifications, and shall remain in effect for an indefinite period until the termination of a year from the day on which it may have been denounced.

Convention to talie effect thiee months after

exchange of ratifications

Denuncia- tion of Convention