If a country indicates a subsequent date in its instrument of accession, this Act shall enter into force with respect to that country on the date thus indicated.

如果该国在其加人书中指定了以后的日期，本议定书应在其指定的日期对该国发生效力。

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Unless it has already done so, each country shall indicate, concurrently with depositing its instrument of ratification or accession, the class to which it wishes to belong.

除已经指定等级外，每一国家应在交存批准书或加入书的同时，表明自己愿属哪一等级。

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Any entity not covered by paragraph (2) shall become bound by this Treaty three months after the date on which it has deposited its instrument of ratification or accession.

第(2)款范围之外的实体应自其交存批准书或加入书之日起三个月之后受本条约约束。

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In order to support the thesis that the Maharaja acceded before Indian troops landed, Indian sources have now suggested that Hari Singh signed an Instrument of Accession before he left Srinagar but that it was not made public until later.

BBC: Kashmir: The origins of the dispute

Official Indian accounts state that in the early hours of the morning of 26 October, Hari Singh fled from Srinagar, arriving in Jammu later in the day, where he was met by V P Menon, representative of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and signed the Instrument of Accession.

BBC: Kashmir: The origins of the dispute