paragraph 87 in volume 1, chapter 6, The Members of the Court
The present Statute, like the Statute of the Permanent Court, contains no provision regarding the commencement of the term of office of the members elected at the first election. The first election of members of the Court took place over a period of three days, between 6 and 9 February 1946, and 6 February was determined as the date of the commencement of the term of office of all the judges elected at that election. That date ha…