The said Parties undertake to encourage, by such means as appear to them to be the most effective, the circulation of the catalogue published by the Institute.

ARTICLE VIII

Nothing in the present Convention shall affect the right of the High Contracting Parties to censor films in accordance with their own laws or to adopt measures to prohibit or to limit the importation or transit of films for reasons of public security or order.

ARTICLE IX

Each High Contracting Party to the present Convention, when signing or acceding to it, may reserve the right to take measures to prohibit or restrict importation for reasons based on the necessity for defending its market against invasion by films of foreign origin.

Each High Contracting Party making use of this reserved right must indicate the reasons for its attitude to the International Educational Cinematographic Institute.

These reasons shall be communicated by the International Educational Cinematographic Institute to the Governments of the States Parties to the Convention.

ARTICLE X

The High Contracting Parties undertake jointly to consider means of reducing to a minimum the restrictions which might interfere with the international circulation of the educational films referred to in Article I.

ARTICLE XI

Disputes as to the interpretation or application of the present Convention, except the clauses of Articles V, VIII and IX, shall be submitted to the Permanent Court of International Justice.

If the High Contracting Parties between which a dispute has arisen, or any one of them, are not parties to the Protocol dated December 16th, 1920, relating to the Permanent Court of International Justice, the dispute shall, if they so desire, be submitted, in accordance with the constitutional rules of each of them, either to the Permanent Court of International Justice or to an arbitral tribunal established in conformity with the Convention of October 18th, 1907, for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, or to any other arbitral tribunal.

ARTICLE XII

The High Contracting Parties shall communicate to the International Educational Cinematographic Institute within six months fol

lowing the coming into force in their territories of the present Convention:

(a) The names of the organisations entitled to grant exemption from Customs duties in accordance with Article V;

(b) The measures taken to ensure the execution of the provisions of the present Convention.

The International Educational Cinematographic Institute shall communicate to the High Contracting Parties the information referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Article.

ARTICLE XIII

The Governing Body of the International Educational Cinematographic Institute shall draw up regulations concerning the procedure to be followed by it in order to carry out the present Convention and the fees to be charged by it for issuing certificates in accordance with Article IV and publishing the catalogue referred to in Article VII. These regulations, including the form of the certificate and the fees to be charged, shall be submitted for approval to the Council of the League of Nations.

ARTICLE XIV

The present Convention, of which both the French and English texts shall be authentic, may be signed at any time before April 11th, 1934, on behalf of any Member of the League of Nations or any non-member State to which the Council of the League of Nations shall have communicated a copy of the present Convention for this purpose.

ARTICLE XV

The present Convention shall be ratified. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who will notify the deposit thereof to all the Members of the League of Nations and to the non-member States referred to in Article XIV, including the date at which such deposit has been effected.

ARTICLE XVI

On and after April 12th, 1934, any Member of the League of Nations and any non-member State to which the Council of the League of Nations shall have communicated a copy of the present Convention may accede to it.

The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who will notify such deposit and the date thereof to all the Members of the League of Nations and to the non-member States referred to in the preceding paragraph.

ARTICLE XVII

The Secretary-General of the League of Nations will draw up a procès-verbal when the ratifications or accessions of five Members of the League of Nations or non-member States have been received.

A certified true copy of this procès-verbal shall be transmitted by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations to all the Members of the League and to all non-member States mentioned in Article XIV.

ARTICLE XVIII

The present Convention shall be registered by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations ninety days after the date of the procèsverbal mentioned in Article XVII. It will come into force on that date.2

In respect of each Member or non-member State on whose behalf any instrument of ratification or accession is subsequently deposited, the Convention shall come into force ninety days after the date of the deposit of such instrument.

ARTICLE XIX

1. The present Convention may be denounced after the expiration of a period of three years from the date at which it comes into force.

2. The denunciation of the Convention shall be effected by a written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who will inform all the Members of the League and the non-member States referred to in Articles XIV and XVI of each notification and of the date of the receipt thereof.

3. The denunciation shall take effect one year after the receipt of the notification.

ARTICLE XX

1. Any High Contracting Party may declare, at the time of signature, ratification or accession, that, in accepting the present Convention, he is not assuming any obligation in respect of all or any of his colonies, protectorates, overseas territories, or the territories under his suzerainty or territories in respect of which a mandate has been confided to him; the present Convention shall, in that case, not be applicable to the territories named in such declaration.

2. Any High Contracting Party may subsequently notify the Secretary-General of the League of Nations that he desires the present Convention to apply to all or any of the territories in respect of which the declaration provided for in the preceding paragraph has been made. The Convention shall, in that case, apply to all the territories named in such notification ninety days after the receipt thereof by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations.

The convention entered into force January 15, 1935.

3. Any High Contracting Party may, at any time after the expiration of the period of three years provided for in Article XIX, declare that he desires the present Convention to cease to apply to all or any of his colonies, protectorates, overseas territories, or the territories under his suzerainty or territories in respect of which a mandate has been confided to him. The Convention shall, in that case, cease to apply to the territories named in such declaration six months after the receipt thereof by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations. 4. The Secretary-General of the League of Nations shall communicate to all the Members of the League of Nations and to the nonmember States the declarations and notifications received in virtue of the present Article, together with the dates of the receipt thereof. • IN FAITH WHEREOF the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention.

DONE at Geneva the eleventh day of October one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, in a single copy, which shall be preserved in the archives of the Secretariat of the League of Nations and of which a certified true copy shall be delivered to all the Members of the League and to non-member States, referred to in Article XIV. Albania

United States of America

LEC KURTI

Under the terms of Article 20 of this Convention, the Government of the United States of America assumes no obligation in respect of the Philippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Island of Guam.

Austria

CURTIS T. EVERETT

En signant la présente Convention, je déclare que l'Autriche se réserve le droit prévu à l'article IX.

Belgium

E. PFLÜGL

En signant la Convention, le Gouvernement belge se réserve le droit de prendre des mesures de prohibition ou de restriction à l'importation pour des raisons tirées de la nécessité de se défendre contre un envahissement de son marché par des films de provenance étrangère.

Le Gouvernement belge déclare n'assumer aucune obligation en ce qui concerne le Congo belge et le territoire du Ruanda-Urundi.*

E. DU BOIS

Translation by the Secretariat of the League of Nations:

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On signing the present Convention, I declare that Austria reserves the right provided for in Article IX.

On signing the Convention, the Belgian Government reserves the right to take measures to prohibit or restrict importation for reasons based on the necessity for defending its market against invasion by films of foreign origin. The Belgian Government declares that it does not assume any obligation as regards the Belgian Congo and the Territory of Ruanda-Urundi.

Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of the British Empire which are not separate Members of the League of Nations

DOUGLAS H. HACKING

India

Under the terms of Article XX of this Convention, I declare that my signature is not binding as regards the enforcement of its provisions in the territories in India of any Prince or Chief under the suzerainty of His Majesty.

BROJENDRA LAL MITTER

Chile

En signant la présente Convention, je déclare que le Chili se réserve le droit prévu à l'article IX.

Denmark

ENRIQUE J. GAJARDO V.

Conformément à l'article XX, alinéa premier de la Convention, le Danemark n'entend assumer aucune obligation en ce qui concerne le Groenland."

Sous la réserve énoncée à l'article IX et en spécifiant que la signature de la Convention n'aura effet qu'à l'égard de la France métropolitaine.

En signant la Convention je réserve, pour mon Gouvernement, le droit, prévu à l'article IX, de prendre des mesures de prohibition ou de restriction à l'importation pour des raisons tirées de la nécessité de se défendre contre un envahissement de son marché par des films de provenance étrangère.

LADISLAS DE TAHY

Italy

GIOVANNI CESARE MAJONI

Translation by the Secretariat of the League of Nations:

* On signing the present Convention, I declare that Chile reserves the right provided for in Article IX.

In conformity with paragraph 1 of Article XX of the Convention, Denmark does not assume any obligation as regards Greenland.

Subject to the reservation mentioned in Article IX and declaring that the signature of the Convention shall be effective only as regards the home territory of France.

* When signing the Convention, I reserve, on behalf of my Government, the right provided in Article IX to take measures to prohibit or restrict importation for reasons based on the necessity for defending its market against invasion by films of foreign origin.