authenticated copy of the sentence of the court in which he was convicted, and with the attestation of the proper executive authority; the latter of which must be certified by a diplomatic representative or consular officer of the Government upon which the demand is made.”
3. The present Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible. It shall be considered as an integral part of the said Extradition Convention of May 7, 1888. It shall come into force 10 days after its publication in conformity with the laws of the high contracting parties, such period to be computed from its publication in the country last publishing, and it shall continue and terminate in the same manner as the Convention of May 7, 1888.
In testimony whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaires have signed the present Convention in the English and Spanish languages, equally authentic, and have hereunto affixed their seals.
Done, in duplicate, at Bogota, this 9th day of September, 1940.
(L.S.) SPRUILLE BRADEN.
(L.S.) LUIS LOPEZ DE MESA.
CONSTITUTION of the Republic of Cuba.—Guaimaro, October 10, 1940[1]
(Translation)
We, the delegates of the people of Cuba, assembled in a constitutional convention, for the purpose of providing the people with a new fundamental law which will consolidate its organisation as an independent and sovereign nation, suitable for insuring liberty and justice, maintaining order and promoting the general welfare, resolve, after invoking the favour of God, upon the following Constitution:
Title I.—The Nation, its Territory and Form of Government
Art. 1. Cuba is an independent and sovereign Nation organised as a unitary and democratic republic, for the enjoyment of political liberty, social justice, the individual and collective welfare and human solidarity.
- ↑ Cuban Official Gazette No. 464, July 8, 1940.
