Sous réserve des dispositions de 1'article premier du présent Protocole, si un individu possède la nationalité de deux ou plusieurs Etats et a, aux termes de la législation de 1'un d'eux, le droit, au moment oü il atteint sa majorité, de répudier ou de refuser la nationalité dudit Etat, il sera, pendant sa minorité, exempté de service militaire dans eet Etat.
Article 3.
L'individu qui a perdu la nationalité d un Etat d après la loi de eet Etat et a acquis une autre nationalité, sera exempté d'obligations militaires dans le pays dont il a perdu la nationalité.
Article 4.
Les Hautes Parties Contractantes conviennent d'apphquer, dans leurs relations mutuelles, a partir de la mise en vigueur du présent Protocole, les principes et régies insérés aux articles ci-dessus.
PROTOCOL RELATING TO MILITARY OBLIGATIONS
IN CERTAIN CASES OF DOUBLÉ NATIONALITY.
The undersigned plenipotentiaries , on behalf of their respective Governments,
With a view to determining in certain cases the position as regards their military obligations of persons possessing two or more nationalities,
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1.
A person possessing two or more nationalities who habitually resides in one of the countries whose nationality he possesses, and who is in faet most elosely connected with that country, shall be exempt from all military obligations in the other country or countries.
This exemption may involve the loss of the nationality of the other country or countries.
Article 2.
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 1 of the present Protocol, if a person possesses the nationality of two or more States and, under the law of any one of such States, hag the right, on attaining his majority, to renounce or decline the nationality of that State, he shall be exempt from military service in such State during his minority.
