Multiple choice

The principle of ‘continuity of state’ means

  1. The change in the government of a state does not affect its legal personality of the state.

  2. The new government will not succeed to any of the rights and obligations of the predecessor state.

  3. The new government will succeed to certain rights but to no obligations.

  4. The new government will succeed only to the debt obligations of the predecessor state.
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The principle of ‘continuity of state’ means the new government will succeed only to the debt obligations of the predecessor state.

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