Subject to the provisions of article 8, when two or more States unite and so form one successor State, irrespective of whether the successor State is a new State or whether its personality is identical to that of one of the States which have united, the successor State shall attribute its nationality to all persons who, on the date of the succession of States, had the nationality of a predecessor State.
在第8条规定的限制下，当两个或多个国家合并组成一个继承国时，无论继承国是一个新国家，还是在特性上与合并的国家之一完全相同，继承国都应将其国籍赋予所有在国家继承之日具有某一先前国国籍的人。