Part 25 (1/2)
ARTICLE 21.
The present Protocol, of which the French and English texts are both authentic, shall be ratified.
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Le depot des ratifications sera effectue au Secretariat de la Societe des Nations le plus tot qu'il sera possible.
Les Etats dont le gouvernement a son siege hors d'Europe auront la faculte de se borner a faire connaitre au Secretariat de la Societe des Nations que leur ratification a ete donnee et, dans ce cas, ils devront en transmettre l'instrument aussitot que faire se pourra.
Des que la majorite des Membres representes en permanence au Conseil et dix autres Membres de la Societe auront depose ou effectue leur ratification, un proces-verbal sera dresse par le Secretariat pour le constater.
La mise en vigueur du Protocole aura lieu apres que ce proces-verbal aura ete dresse et des que le plan de reduction des armements aura ete adopte par la Conference prevue a l'article 17.
Si, dans un delai, a fixer par ladite Conference apres l'adoption du plan de reduction des armements, ce plan n'a pas ete execute, il appartiendra au Conseil de le constater; par l'effet de cette constatation le present Protocole deviendra caduc.
Les conditions en vertu desquelles le Conseil pourra constater que le plan etabli par la Conference internationale pour la reduction des armements n'a pas ete execute et que, par consequent, le present Protocole est devenu caduc, seront definies par la Conference elle-meme.
Tout Etat signataire qui ne se conformerait pas, apres l'expiration du delai fixe par la Conference, au plan adopte par elle, ne pourra beneficier des dispositions du present Protocole.
En foi de quoi les Soussignes, dument autorises a cet effet, ont signe le present Protocole.
Fait a Geneve, le deux octobre, mil neuf cent vingt-quatre, en un seul exemplaire qui restera depose dans les archives du Secretariat de la Societe des Nations et qui sera enregistre par lui a la date de son entree en vigueur.
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The deposit of ratifications shall be made at the Secretariat of the League of Nations as soon as possible.
States of which the seat of government is outside Europe will be ent.i.tled merely to inform the Secretariat of the League of Nations that their ratification has been given; in that case, they must transmit the instrument of ratification as soon as possible.
So soon as the majority of the permanent Members of the Council and ten other Members of the League have deposited or have effected their ratifications, a _proces-verbal_ to that effect shall be drawn up by the Secretariat.
After the said _proces-verbal_ has been drawn up, the Protocol shall come into force as soon as the plan for the reduction of armaments has been adopted by the Conference provided for in Article 17.
If within such period after the adoption of the plan for the reduction of armaments as shall be fixed by the said Conference, the plan has not been carried out, the Council shall make a declaration to that effect; this declaration shall render the present Protocol null and void.
The grounds on which the Council may declare that the plan drawn up by the International Conference for the Reduction of Armaments has not been carried out, and that in consequence the present Protocol has been rendered null and void, shall be laid down by the Conference itself.
A signatory State which, after the expiration of the period fixed by the Conference, fails to comply with the plan adopted by the Conference, shall not be admitted to benefit by the provisions of the present Protocol.
In faith whereof the Undersigned, duly authorised for this purpose, have signed the present Protocol.
DONE at Geneva, on the second day of October, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, in a single copy, which will be kept in the archives of the Secretariat of the League and registered by it on the date of its coming into force.
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ANNEX C.