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 61 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-EXCHANGE OF MONEY ORDERS-SEPT. 25, 1946 ARTICLE 14 Domestic legislation Money orders exchanged between two countries will be governed by the provisions of the domestic legislation of the countries of origin and destination, applicable to domestic money orders, according to the case, in all matters relative to issuance and payment. ARTICLE 15 Preparation of lists 1. Each Exchange Office will communicate to the corresponding Exchange Office, daily, or at times mutually agreed on, the amounts received in its country to be paid in the other, making use of model A, attached. 2. Each money order noted in the lists will bear a consecutive number to be known as the "international number" which numbering will begin on January 1 or July 1 of each year as may be agreed upon, with the number 1. The lists will also have a serial number beginning with number 1 on the first of January or first of July, of each year. When a change in numbering occurs, the first list of the new series will bear also the last number of the preceding series. 3. The Exchange Offices will acknowledge the receipt of each list on the first subsequent list sent in the opposite direction. 4. When a list is not received, the Exchange Office which notices the fact will claim it immediately. In such a case the sending Office will send to the claiming Office a duly authenticated duplicate of the missing list at the earliest possible moment. 5. With respect to money orders sent by air the same procedure will be followed as that established in the above Sections, except that the lists of form A will be used, marked by a heading or label of blue color, and will carry a separate numbering. ARTICLE 16 Verification and correction of the lists 1. The lists will be carefully examined by the receiving Exchange Office and corrected when they contain simple errors. The dispatch- ing Exchange Office will be informed of such corrections when the receipt of the list is acknowledged. 2. When the lists are found to contain other irregularities the Exchange Office of destination will request explanations from the dispatching office, which must forward them at the earliest possible time. In the meantime the issuance of domestic money orders cor- responding to the mentioned irregular notations will be suspended. ARTICLE 17 Payment of orders 1. When the Exchange Office receives a list as provided in Article 15 it will proceed to effect or order the payment to the payees, in the Communication of amounts. Ante, p. 3554. International num- ber. Serial number. Acknowfedgment of receipt of list. Missing list. Money orders sent by air. Ante, p. 3564. 3567

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