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PREAMBLE
CHAPTER-I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE-1: Definition of the term "refugee"
ARTICLE-2: General obligations
ARTICLE-3: Non-discrimination
ARTICLE-4: Religion
ARTICLE-5: Rights granted apart from this Convention
ARTICLE-6: The term "in the same circumstances"
ARTICLE-7: Exemption from reciprocity
ARTICLE-8: Exemption from exceptional measures
ARTICLE-9: Provisional measures
ARTICLE-10: Continuity of residence
ARTICLE-11: Refugee seamen
CHAPTER-II
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JURIDICALSTATUS
ARTICLE-12: Personal status
ARTICLE-13: Movable and immovable property
ARTICLE-14: Artistic rights and industrial property
ARTICLE-15: Right of association
ARTICLE-16: Access to courts
CHAPTER-III
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EMPLOYMENT
ARTICLE-17: Wage-earning employment
ARTICLE-18: Self-employment
ARTICLE-19: Liberal professions
CHAPTER-IV
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WELFARE
ARTICLE-20: Rationing
ARTICLE-21: Housing
ARTICLE-22: Public education
ARTICLE-23: Public relief
ARTICLE-24: Labour legislation and social security
CHAPTER-V
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ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES
ARTICLE-25: Administrative assistance
ARTICLE-26: Freedom of movement
ARTICLE-27: Identity papers
ARTICLE-28: Travel documents
ARTICLE-29: Fiscal charges
ARTICLE-30: Transfer of assets
ARTICLE-31: Refugees unlawfully in the country of refuge
ARTICLE-32: Expulsion
ARTICLE-33: Prohibition of expulsion or return ("refoulement")
ARTICLE-34: Naturalization
CHAPTER-VI
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PROVISIONS
ARTICLE-35: Co-operation of the national authorities with the United Nations
ARTICLE-36: Information on national legislation
ARTICLE-37: Relation to previous conventions
CHAPTER-VII
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CLAUSES
ARTICLE-38: Settlement of disputes
ARTICLE-39: Signature, ratification and accession
ARTICLE-40: Territorial application clause
ARTICLE-41: Federal clause
ARTICLE-42: Reservations
ARTICLE-43: Entry into force
ARTICLE-44: Denunciation
ARTICLE-45: Revision
ARTICLE-46: Notifications by the Secretary-General of the United Nations