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 55 STAT.r 1NTER-AMERICAN--FOREIGN COMPANIES-JUNE 23, 1939 1209 For the United States of America: (S.) CORDELL HULL, June 23, 1939 (SEAL) "The Secretary of State of the United States of America signs the foregoing Declaration on the Juridical Personality of Foreign Com- panies with the following understandings: "1. It is understood that the companies described in the Declara- tion shall be permitted to sue or defend suits of any kind, without the requirement of registration or domestication. "2. It is further understood that the Government of the United States of America may terminate the obligations arising under the Declaration at any time after twelve month's notice given in advance." Por la Repdblica Dominicana:[ 1] (S.) A. PASTORIZA, Noviembre 7, 1939 (SEAL) "Al firmar el presente Protocolo, el Representante de la Repdblica Domini- cana formula de la siguiente manera el principio de la preinserta Declaraci6n: "Las sociedades constitufdas segdn las leyes de uno de los Estados Con- tratantes con sede en su territorio, que no tengan asiento, sucursal o repre- sentaci6n social en otro de los Estados Contratantes, podran, sin embargo, practicar en el territorio de estos Estados actos de la vida juridica que no sean contrarios a sus leyes y comparecer en juicio como demandantes o como demandados, con sujeci6n a las leyes del pafs." I hereby certify that the foregoing document is a true and faithful copy of the original, with the signatures affixed thereto up to the present date, of the Declaration on the Juridical Personality of Foreign Companies, which was deposited in the Pan American Union and opened for signature by the States, members of the Union, on the twenty-fifth day of June 1936. WASHINGTON, D . C., Mlarch S, 1941. (SEAL) PEDRO DE ALBA Secretary of the Governing Board of the Pan American Union [Tranelation For the Dominican Republic: (S.) A. PASTORIZA, NOVEMBER 7, 1939 (SEAL) On signing the present Protocol, the representative of the Dominican Republic formulates as follows the principle of the Declaration inserted above: Companies established under the laws of one of the Contracting states with domicil in the territory thereof, not having any company office, branch, or representation in any other of the Contracting States, may, nevertheless, execute in the territory of the said States juridical acts which are not contrary to their laws and may appear in court as plaintiffs or defendante, subject to the laws of the country.]

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