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528 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeNotes by the Secretariat2. A new text of article 13 resulting from the work of an informal drafting groupthat met during the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee read as follows:“Article 13“Legitimacy and validity of documents“States Parties shall, upon request by other States Parties and in accordance withthe domestic law of the requested State Party, verify within a reasonable time thelegitimacy and validity of travel or identity documents issued or purported to havebeen issued in the name of the requested State Party and suspected of being used inthe smuggling of migrants.”That revised text of the article was discussed at the informal consultations heldduring the ninth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, which recommended that it shouldbe adopted (see the draft text of the protocol contained in documentA/AC.254/4/Add.1/Rev.6, in which the revised article was incorporated). It was notedthat the text of the article corresponded to article 9 bis of the draft trafficking inpersons protocol.3. At its eleventh session, the Ad Hoc Committee considered, finalized and approvedarticle 13, as amended. The last amendments are reflected in the final text of the protocol,as included in the report of the Ad Hoc Committee (A/55/383, sect. IV, draft resolution,annex III), that was submitted to the General Assembly for adoption pursuant toresolution 54/126 of 17 December 1999.B. Approved text adopted by the General Assembly(see resolution 55/25, annex III)Article 13Legitimacy and validity of documentsAt the request of another State Party, a State Party shall, in accordance withits domestic law, verify within a reasonable time the legitimacy and validity oftravel or identity documents issued or purported to have been issued in its nameand suspected of being used for purposes of conduct set forth in article 6 of thisProtocol.