Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by an exchange of instruments constituting a treaty The consent of States to be bound by a treaty constituted by instruments exchanged between them is expressed by that exchange when:
(a) the instruments provide that their exchange shall have that effect; or (b) it is otherwise established that those States were agreed that the exchange of instruments should have that effect.
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In force from 23-05-1969
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Section 13 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties/akn/un/act/treaty/1969-05-23/vclt
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