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 INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION. OCTOBER 12,1929. 3015 (3) Transportation to be performed by several successive air car- riers shall be deemed, for the purposes of this convention, to be one undivided transportation, if it has been regarded by the parties as a single operation, whether it has been agreed upon under the form. of a single contract or of a series of contracts, and it shall not lose its international character merely because one contract or a. series of con- tracts is to be performed entirely within a territory subject to the sovereignty, suzerainty, mandate, or authority of the same High Contracting Party. Article 2 (1) This convention shall apply to transportation performed by Ar!plication or con- the state or by legal entities constituted under public law provided vention. it falls within the conditions laid down in article 1. (2) This convention shall not apply to transportation performed under the terms of any international postal convention. CHAPTER II. TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENTS SECTION I-PASSENGER TICKET Article 3 Transportation docu- ments. (1) For the transportation of passengers the carrier must deliver a Passenger ticket. passenger ticket whICh shall contain the following particulars: (a) The place and date of issue; (b) The place of departure and of destination; (c) The agreed stopping placesz provided that the carrier may re- serve the right to alter the stoppmg pla~ in case of necessity, and that if he exercises that right, the alteration shall not have thC' C'ifC'ct of depriving the transportation of its international character; Cd) The name and address of the carrier or carriers; (e) A statement that the transportation is subject to the rules re- lating to liability established by this convention. (2) The absence, irregularity, or loss of the passenger ticket shall not affect the existence or the valid.ity of the contract of transporta- tion, which shall none the less be subject to the rules of this conven- tion. Nevertheless, if the carrier accepts aJ>assenger without a pas- senger ticket having been delivered he shall not be entitled to avail himself of those provisions of this convention which exclude or limit his liability. SECTION n. -BAGGAGE CHECK Article .4 (1) For the transportation of baggage, other than small personal Baggage cheek. objects of which the passenger takes charge himself, the carrIer must deliver a baggage check. (2) The baggage check shall be made out in duplicate, one part for the passenger and the other part for the carrier. (3) The baggage check shall contain the following particulars: (a) The place and date of issue; (b) The place of departure and of destination; (c) The name and address of the carrier or carriers; (d) The number of the passenger ticket; (e) A statement that delivery of the baggage will be made to the bearer of the baggage check; (f) The number and weight of the packages; (g) The amount of the value declared in accordance with article 22 (2);