Convention for the Establishment of Uniform Laws Relating to Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes

...Therefore, many organizations have attempted to unify the international laws of bills of exchange. First, the International Conference for the Unification of Laws Relating to Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Cheques was held in Geneva in 1930 under the auspices of the Economic Committee of the League of Nations, and the Convention for the Enactment of Uniform Laws Relating to Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes (also known as the Geneva Convention for the Unification of the Laws of Bills of Exchange or the Uniform Law of Bills of Exchange Convention) was established. This convention agreed that each contracting state would implement the Uniform Rules (78 articles) set out in the first annex of the convention in its own territory.

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…そこで，手形法の国際的統一化が多くの機関によって図られてきた。まず国際連盟経済委員会の主催により，1930年にジュネーブにおいて〈為替手形･約束手形および小切手に関する法律統一のための国際会議〉が開かれ，〈為替手形及約束手形ニ関シ統一法ヲ制定スル条約〉(いわゆるジュネーブ手形法統一条約，統一手形法条約)が成立した。これは各締約国が，条約の第1付属書の定める〈統一規則〉(78ヵ条)をそれぞれ各自の領域で施行することを約したものである。…

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