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42 The Fund shall be guided in all its decisions by the purposes set forth in this Article.

The original members of the Fund shall be those of the countries represented at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference whose governments accept membership before the date specified in Article XX, Section 2(e).

Membership shall be open to the governments of other countries at such times and in accordance with such terms as may be prescribed by the Fund.

Each member shall be assigned a quota. The quotas of the members represented at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference which accept membership before the date specified in Article XX, Section 2(e), shall be those set forth in Schedule A. The quotas of other members shall be determined by the Fund.

The Fund shall at intervals of five years review, and if it deems it appropriate propose an adjustment of, the quotas of the members. It may also, if it thinks fit, onsider at any other time the adjustment of any particular quota at the request of the member concerned. A four-fifths majority of the total voting power shall be required for any change in quotas and no quota shall be changed without the consent of the member concerned.

(a) The subsciption of each member shall be equal to its quota and shall be paid in full to the Fund at the appropriate depository on or before the date