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Section 8

Location of offices

The principal office of the Association shall be the principal office of the Bank. The Association may establish other offices in the territories of any member.

Section 9 Depositories

Each member shall designate its central bank as a depository in which the Association may keep holdings of such member's currency or other assets of the Association, or, if it has no central bank, it shall designate for such purpose such other institution as may be acceptable to the Association. In the absence of any different designation, the depository designated for the Bank shall be the depository for the Association.

Section 10

Channel of communication

Each member shall designate an appropriate authority with which the Association may communicate in connection with any matter arising under this Agreeement. In the absence of any different designation, the channel of communication designated for the Bank shall be the channel for the Association.

Section 11

Publication of reports and provision of information

a) The Association shall publish an annual report containing an audited statement of its accounts and shall circulate to members at appropriate intervals a summary statement of its financial position and of the results of its operations.

b) The Association may publish such other reports as it deems desirable to carry out its purposes.

c) Copies of all reports, statements and publications made under this section shall be distributed to members.

Section 12

Disposition of net income

The board of governors shall determine from time to time the disposition of the Association's net income, having due regard to provision for reserves and contingencies.

ARTICLE VU

Withdrawal; suspension of membership; suspension of operations

Section 1 Withdrawal by members

Any member may withdraw from membership in the Association at any time by transmitting a notice in writing to the Association at its principal office. Withdrawal shall become effective upon the date such notice is received.

Section 2

Suspension of membership

a) If a member fails to fulfill any of its obligations to the Association, the Association may suspend its membership by decision of a majority of the governors, exercising a majority of the total voting power. The member so suspended shall automatically cease to be a member one year from the date of its suspension unless a decision is taken by the same majority to restore the member to good standing.

b) While under suspension, a member shall not be entitled to exercise any rights under this Agreement except the right of withdrawal, but shall remain subject to all obligations.

Section 3

Suspension or cessation of membership in the Bank

Any member which is suspended from membership in, or ceases to be a member of the Bank shall automatically be suspended from membership in, or cease to be a member of, the Association, as the case may be.

Section 4

Rights and duties of governments ceasing to be members

a) When a government ceases to be a member, it shall have no rights under this Agreement except as provided in this section and in article x, c), but it shall, except as in this section otherwise provided, remain liable for all financial obligations undertaken by it to the Association, whether as a member, borrower, guarantor or otherwise.

¿7) When a government ceases to be a member, the Association and the government shall proceed to a settlement of accounts. As part of such settlement of accounts, the Association and the government may agree on the amounts to be paid to the government on account of its subscription and on the time and currencies of payment The term «subscription» when used in relation to any member government shall for the purposes of this article be deemed to include both the initial subscription and any additional subscription of such member government.

c) If no such agreement is reached within six months from the date when the government ceased to be a member, or such other time as may be agreed upon by the Association and the government, the following provisions shall apply:

0 The government shall be relieved of any further liability to the Association on account of its subscription, except that the government shall pay to the Association forthwith amounts due and unpaid on the date when the government ceased to be a member and which in the opinion of the Association are needed by it to meet its commitments as of mat date under its financing operations;

¿0 The Association shall return to die government funds paid in by the government on account of its subscription or derived therefrom as princi-