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14.a. International Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency

Geneva, 20 April 1929

 

Entry into force: 22 February 1931, in accordance with article 25.
Registration: 22 February 1931, No. 26231.
 

 

PARTICIPANTS


Ratifications or definitive accessions

Austria  (June 25th, 1931)
Belgium  (June 6th, 1932)
Brazil  (July 1st, 1938 a)
Bulgaria  (May 22nd, 1930)
Colombia  (May 9th, 1932)
Cuba  (June 13th, 1933)
Czechoslovakia 2 (September 12th, 1931)
Denmark 3 (February 19th, 1931)
Ecuador  (September 25th, 1937 a)
Estonia  (August 30th, 1930 a)
Finland  (September 25th, 1936 a)
Germany  (October 3rd, 1933)
Greece  (May 19th, 1931)
Hungary  (June 14th, 1933)
Ireland  (July 24th, 1934 a)
Italy  (December 27th, 1935)
Latvia  (July 22nd, 1939 a)
Mexico  (March 30th, 1936 a)
Monaco  (October 21st, 1931)
The Netherlands  (April 30th, 1932)
Norway 4 (March 16th, 1931) 
     In view of the provisions of Article 176, paragraph 2, of the Norwegian Ordinary Criminal Code and Article 2 of the Norwegian Law on the Extradition of Criminals, the extradition provided for in Article 10 of the present Con vention may not be granted for the offence referred to in Article 3, No. 2, where the person uttering the counterfeit currency himself accepted it bona fide as genuine.
Poland  (June 15th, 1934)
Portugal  (September 18th, 1930)
Romania  (March 7th, 1939)
Spain  (April 28th, 1930)
Turkey  (January 21st, 1937 a)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 5 (July 13th, 1931)
Yugoslavia  (November 24th, 1930) 

Signatures not yet perfected by ratification

Albania 
United States of America 
India 
As provided in Article 24 of the Convention, this signature does not include the territories of any Prince or Chief under the suzerainty of His Majesty. 
China6 
Japan 
Luxembourg 
Panama  

Actions subsequent to the assumption of depositary functions by the Secretary-General of the United Nations

Participant7,8  Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d) 
Algeria9  17 Mar 1965 a 
Australia  5 Jan 1982 a 
Bahamas  9 Jul 1975 d 
Benin  17 Mar 1966 a 
Burkina Faso  8 Dec 1964 a 
Côte d'Ivoire  25 May 1964 a 
Cyprus  10 Jun 1965 a 
Czech Republic  9 Feb 1996 d 
Egypt  15 Jul 1957 a 
Fiji  25 Mar 1971 d 
France  28 Mar 1958 
Gabon  11 Aug 1964 a 
Ghana  9 Jul 1964 a 
Holy See  1 Mar 1965 a 
Indonesia10  3 Aug 1982 a 
Iraq  14 May 1965 a 
Israel  10 Feb 1965 a 
Kenya  10 Nov 1977 a 
Kuwait  9 Dec 1968 a 
Lebanon  6 Oct 1966 a 
Malawi  18 Nov 1965 a 
Malaysia11  4 Jul 1972 a 
Mali  6 Jan 1970 a 
Mauritius  18 Jul 1969 d 
Morocco12  4 May 1976 a 
Niger  5 May 1969 a 
Peru  11 May 1970 a 
Philippines13  5 May 1971 a 
San Marino  18 Oct 1967 a 
Senegal  25 Aug 1965 a 
Singapore  12 Feb 1979 d 
Slovakia2  28 May 1993 d 
Solomon Islands  3 Sep 1981 d 
South Africa  28 Aug 1967 a 
Sri Lanka  2 Jun 1967 a 
Switzerland  30 Dec 1948 
Syrian Arab Republic14  14 Aug 1964 
Thailand  6 Jun 1963 a 
Togo  3 Oct 1978 a 
Uganda  15 Apr 1965 a 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  28 Jul 1959 
Zimbabwe  1 Dec 1998 d 
 

 

DECLARATIONS


Accessions in respect of territories

Netherlands15  22 Mar 1954  Netherlands Antilles and Surinam 
United Kingdom16  13 Oct 1960  Antigua, Bahamas, Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, British Solomon Islands, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Falkland Island, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Fiji, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Jamaica, Kenya, Mauritius, Montserrat, North Borneo, St. Christopher-Nevis and Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Sarawak, Sierra Leone, State of Singapore, Swaziland, Tanganyika, Trinidad, Uganda, Zanzibar 
  7 Mar 1963  Barbados and its dependencies