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 MULTILATERA~NARCOTIC DRUGS. JULY 13,1931. PROTOCOL OF SIGNATURE I. When signing the Convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs dated this day, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, duly authorised to that effect and in the name of their respective Governments, declare to have agreed as follows: 1589 Protocol of BigDa- ture. If, on July 13th, 1933, the said Convention is not in force in accord- DotTarmstroBot (talk) 19:46, 8 July 2014 (UTC).sigDMun!II ance with the provisions of Article 30, the Secretary-General of the AnU. p. 1581. League of Nations shall bring the situation to the attention of the Council of the League of Nations, which may either convene a new Conference of all the Members of the League and non-member States on whose behalf the Convention has been signed or ratifica- tions or accessions deposited, to consider the situation, or take such measures as it considers necessary. The Government of every signatory or acceding Member of the League of Nations or non- member State undertakes to be present at any Conference so convened. II. The Japanese Government made the following reservation, laTarmstroBot (talk)ervBUoD bJ which is accepted by the other High Contracting Parties: Crude morphine resulting from the manufacture of prepared opium in the factory of the Government-General of Formosa and held in stock by that Government shall not be subjected to the limitation measures provided for in this Convention. Such stocks of crude morphine will only be released from time to time in such quantities as may be required for the manufacture of refined morphine in factories licensed by the Japanese Government in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention.