CONVENTION No.92 Convention concerning Crew Accommodation on BoardShip (Revised 1949)
CONVENTION No.92 Convention concerning Crew Accommodation on BoardShip (Revised 1949)
[Date of coming into force: 29 January 1953.]
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The General Conference of the International Labour Organization,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the
International Labour Office, and having met in its Thirty-second Session
on 8 June 1949, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to
the partial revision of the Accommodation of Crews Convention, 1946,
adopted by the Conference at its Twenty-eighth Session, which is included
in the twelfth item on the agenda of the session, and
Considering that these proposals must take the form of an
international Convention, adopts this eighteenth day of June of the year
one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine the following Convention, which
may be cited as the Accommodation of Crews Convention (Revised), 1949:
PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
1. This Convention applies to every sea-going mechanically propelled
vessel, whether publicly or privately owned, which is engaged in the
transport of cargo or passengers for the purpose of trade and is
registered in a territory for which this Convention is in force.
2. National laws or regulations shall determine when vessels are to be
regarded as seagoing vessels for the purpose of this Convention.
3. This Convention does not apply to-
(a) vessels of less than 500 tons;
(b) vessels primarily propelled by sail but having auxiliary
engines;
(c) vessels engaged in fishing or in whaling or in similar
pursuits;
(d) tugs.
4. Provided that the Convention shall be applied where reasonable and
practicable to
(a) vessels between 200 and 500 tons; and
(b) the accommodation of persons engaged in usual sea-going
routine in vessels engaged in whaling or in similar pursuits.
5. Provided also that any of the requirements contained in Part III of
this Convention may be varied in the case of any ship if the competent
authority is satisfied, after consultation with the organizations of
shipowners and/or the shipowners and with the bona fide trade unions of
seafarers, that the variations to be made provide corresponding advantages
as a result of which the over-all conditions are not less favourable than
those which would result from the full application of the provisions of
the Convention; particulars of all such variations shall be communicated
by the Member to the Director-General of the International Labour Office,
who shall notify the Members of the International Labour Organization.
Article 2
In this Convention
(a) the term "ship" means a vessel to which the Convention applies;
(b) the term "tons" means gross register tons;
(c) the term "passenger ship" means a ship in respect of which
there is in force either (i) a safety certificate issued in accordance
with the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea for the time being in force or (ii) a passenger certificate;
(d) the term "officer" means a person other than a master ranked
as an officer by national laws or regulations, or, in the absence of any
relevant laws or regulations, by collective agreement or custom;
(e) the term "rating" means a member of the crew other than an
officer;
(f) the term "petty officer" means a rating serving in a
supervisory position or position of special responsibility who is classed
as petty officer by national laws or regulations, or in the absence of
any relevant laws or regulations, by collective agreement or custom;
(g) the term "crew accommodation" includes such sleeping rooms,
mess rooms, sanitary accommodation, hospital accommodation and recreation
accommodation as are provided for the use of the crew;
(h) the term "prescribed" means prescribed by national laws or
regulations or by the competent authority;
(i) the term "approved" means approved by the competent authority;
(j) the term "re-registered" means re-registered on the occasion
of a simultaneous change in the territory of registration and ownership of
the vessel.
Article 3
1. Each Member for which this Convention is in force undertakes to
maintain in force laws or regulations which ensure the application of the
provisions of Parts II, III and IV of this Convention.
2. The laws or regulations shall-
(a) require the competent authority to bring them to the notice of
all persons concerned;
(b) define the persons responsible for compliance therewith;
(c) prescribe adequate penalties for any violation thereof;
(d) provide for the maintenance of a system of inspection adequate
to ensure effective enforcement;
(e) require the competent authority to consult the organizations
of shipowners and/or the shipowners and the recognised bona fide trade
unions of seafarers in regard to the framing of regulations, and to
collaborate so far as practicable with such parties in the administration
thereof.
PART II. PLANNING AND CONTROL OF CREW ACCOMMODATION
Article 4
1. Before the construction of a ship is begun a plan of the ship,
showing on a prescribed scale the location and general arrangement of the
crew accommodation, shall be submitted for approval to the competent
authority.
2. Before the construction of the crew accommodation is begun and
before the crew accommodation in an existing ship is altered or
reconstructed, detailed plans of, and information concerning, the
accommodation, showing on a prescribed scale and in prescribed detail the
allocation of each space, the disposition of furniture and fittings, the
means and arrangement of ventilation, lighting and heating, and the
sanitary arrangements, shall be submitted for approval to the competent
authority: Provided that in the case of emergency or temporary alterations
or reconstruction effected outside the territory of registration it shall
be sufficient compliance with this provision if the plans are subsequently
submitted for approval to the competent authority.
Article 5
On every occasion when
(a) a ship is registered or re-registered,
(b) the crew accommodation of a ship has been substantially
altered or reconstructed, or
(c) complaint has been made to the competent authority in the
prescribed manner and in time to prevent any delay to the vessel by a
recognised bona fide trade union of seafarers representing all or part of
the crew or by a prescribed number or proportion of the members of the
crew of the ship that the crew accommodation is not in compliance with the
terms of this Convention,
the competent authority shall inspect the ship and satisfy itself that
the crew accommodation complies with the requirements of the laws and
regulations.
PART III. CREW ACCOMMODATION REQUIREMENTS
Article 6
1. The location, means of access, structure and arrangement in
relation to other spaces of crew accommodation shall be such as to ensure
adequate security, protection against weather and sea, and insulation from
heat or cold, undue noise or effluvia from other spaces.
2. There shall be no direct openings into sleeping rooms from spaces
for cargo and machinery or from galleys, lamp and paint rooms or from
engine, deck and other bulk storerooms, drying rooms, communal wash
places or water closets. That part of the bulkhead separating such places
from sleeping rooms and external bulkheads shall be efficiently
constructed of steel or other approved substance and shall be watertight
and gastight.
3. External bulkheads of sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be
adequately insulated. All machinery casings and all boundary bulkheads of
galleys and other spaces in which heat is produced shall be adequately
insulated where there is a possibility of resulting heat effects in
adjoining accommodation or passageways. Care shall also be taken to
provide protection from heat effects of steam and/or hot-water service
pipes.
4. Internal bulkheads shall be of approved material which is not
likely to harbour vermin.
5. Sleeping rooms, mess rooms, recreation rooms and alley-ways in the
crew accommodation space shall be adequately insulated to prevent
condensation or overheating.
6. Main steam and exhaust pipes for winches and similar gear shall not
pass through crew accommodation nor, whenever technically possible,
through alley-ways leading to crew accommodation; where they do pass
through such alley-ways they shall be adequately insulated and encased.
7. Inside panelling or sheeting shall be of material with a surface
easily kept clean. Tongued and grooved boarding or any other form of
construction likely to harbour vermin shall not be used.
8. The competent authority shall decide to what extent fire-prevention
or fire-retarding measures shall be required to be taken in the
construction of the accommodation.
9. The wall surface and deckhead in sleeping rooms and mess rooms
shall be capable of being easily kept clean and, if painted, shall be
light in colour; lime wash must not be used.
10. The wall surfaces shall be renewed or restored as necessary.
11. The decks in all crew accommodation shall be of approved material
and construction and shall provide a surface impervious to damp and easily
kept clean.
12. Where the floorings are of composition the joining with sides
shall be rounded to avoid crevices.
13. Sufficient drainage shall be provided.
Article 7
1. Sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be adequately ventilated.
2. The system of ventilation shall be controlled so as to maintain the
air in a satisfactory condition and to ensure a sufficiency of air
movement in all conditions of weather and climate.
3. Ships regularly engaged on voyages in the tropics and the Persian
Gulf shall be equipped with both mechanical means of ventilation and
electric fans: Provided that one only of these means need be adopted in
spaces where this ensures satisfactory ventilation.
4. Ships engaged outside the tropics shall be equipped with either
mechanical means of ventilation or electric fans. The competent authority
may exempt ships normally employed in the cold waters of the northern or
southern hemispheres from this requirement.
5. Power for the operation of the aids to ventilation required by
paragraphs 3 and 4 shall, when practicable, be available at all times when
the crew is living or working on board and conditions so require.
Article 8
1. An adequate system of heating the crew accommodation shall be
provided except in ships engaged exclusively in voyages in the tropics and
the Persian Gulf.
2. The heating system shall, when practicable, be in operation at all
times when the crew is living or working on board and conditions require
its use.
3. In all ships in which a heating system is required, the heating
shall be by means of steam, hot water, warm air or electricity.
4. In any ships in which heating is provided by a stove, measures
shall be taken to ensure that the stove is of sufficient size and is
properly installed and guarded and that the air is not fouled.
5. The heating system shall be capable of maintaining the temperature
in crew accommodation at a satisfactory level under normal conditions of
weather and climate likely to be met with on service; the competent
authority shall prescribe the standard to be provided.
6. Radiators and other heating apparatus shall be so placed and, where
necessary, shielded as to avoid risk of fire or danger or discomfort to
the occupants.
Article 9
1. Subject to such special arrangements as may be permitted in
passenger ships, sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be properly lighted
by natural light and shall be provided with adequate artificial light.
2. All crew spaces shall be adequately lighted. The minimum standard
for natural lighting in living rooms shall be such as to permit a person
with a normal vision to read on a clear day an ordinary newspaper in any
part of the space available for free movement. When it is not possible to
provide adequate natural lighting, artificial lighting of the above
minimum standard shall be provided.
3. In all ships electric lights shall be provided in the crew
accommodation. If there are not two independent sources of electricity for
lighting, additional lighting shall be provided by properly constructed
lamps or lighting apparatus for emergency use.
4. Artificial lighting shall be so disposed as to give the maximum
benefit to the occupants of the room.
5. In sleeping rooms an electric reading lamp shall be installed at
the head of each berth.
Article 10
1. Sleeping rooms shall be situated above the load line amidships or
aft.
2. In exceptional cases the competent authority may, if the size, type
or intended service of the ship render any other location unreasonable or
impracticable, permit the location of sleeping rooms in the fore part of
the ship, but in no case forward of the collision bulkhead.
3. In passenger ships the competent authority may, on condition that
satisfactory arrangements are made for lighting ventilation, permit the
location of sleeping rooms below the load line, but in no case immediately
beneath working alley-ways.
4. The floor area per person of sleeping rooms intended for ratings
shall be not less than
(a) 20 sq. ft. or 1.85 sq. m. in vessels under 800 tons;
(b) 25 sq. ft. or 2.35 sq. m. in vessels of 800 tons or over, but
under 3 000 tons;
(c) 30 sq. ft. or 2.78 sq. m. in vessels of 3 000 tons or over:
Provided that, in the case of passenger ships in which more than four
ratings are berthed in one room, the minimum per person may be 24 sq. ft.
(2.22 sq. m.).
5. In the case of ships in which are employed such groups of ratings
as necessitate the employment of a substantially larger number of ratings
than would otherwise be employed, the competent authority may, in respect
of such groups, reduce the minimum floor area of sleeping rooms per
person, subject to the conditions that
(a) the total sleeping space allotted to the group or groups is not
less than would have been allotted had the numbers not been so increased,
and
(b) the minimum floor area of sleeping rooms is not less than
(i) 18 sq. ft. (1.67 sq. m.) per person in ships under 3 000
tons;
(ii) 20 sq. ft. (1.85 sq. m.) per person in ships of 3 000
tons or over.
6. Space occupied by berths and lockers, chests of drawers and seats
shall be included in the measurement of the floor area. Small or
irregularly shaped spaces which do not add effectively to the space
available for free movement and cannot be used for installing furniture
shall be excluded.
7. The clear head room in crew sleeping rooms shall not be less than 6
ft. 3 ins. (190 cm.).
8. There shall be a sufficient number of sleeping rooms to provide a
separate room or rooms for each department: Provided that the competent
authority may relax this requirement in the case of small ships.
9. The number of persons allowed to occupy sleeping rooms shall not
exceed the following maxima:
(a) officers in charge of a department, navigating and engineer
officers in charge of a watch and senior radio officers or operators: one
person per room;
(b) other officers: one person per room wherever possible, and in
no case more than two;
(c) petty officers: one or two persons per room, and in no case
more than two;
(d) other ratings: two or three persons per room wherever
possible, and in no case more than four.
10. With a view to ensuring adequate and more comfortable
accommodation the competent authority may, after consultation with the
organizations of shipowners and/or the shipowners and the bona fide trade
unions of seafarers, grant permission to accommodate up to ten ratings per
sleeping room in the case of certain passenger ships.
11. The maximum number of persons to be accommodated in any sleeping
room shall be indelibly and legibly marked in some place in the room where
it can conveniently be seen.
12. Members of the crew shall be provided with individual berths.
13. Berths shall not be placed side by side in such a way that access
to one berth can be obtained only over another.
14. Berths shall not be arranged in tiers of more than two; in the
case of berths placed along the ship's side, there shall be only a single
tier where a sidelight is situated above a berth.
15. The lower berth in a double tier shall be not less than 12 ins.
(30 cm.) above the floor; the upper berth shall be placed approximately
midway between the bottom of the lower berth and the lower side of the
deckhead beams.
16. The minimum inside dimensions of a berth shall be 6 ft. 3 ins. by
2 ft. 3 ins. (190 cm. by 68 cm.).
17. The framework and the lee-board, if any, of a berth shall be of
approved material, hard, smooth, and not likely to corrode or to harbour
vermin.
18. If tubular frames are used for the construction of berths, they
shall be completely sealed and without perforations which would give
access to vermin.
19. Each berth shall be fitted with a spring bottom or a spring
mattress and with a mattress of approved material. Stuffing of straw or
other material likely to harbour vermin shall not be used.
20. When one berth is placed over another a dust-proof bottom of wood,
canvas or other suitable material shall be fitted beneath the spring
bottom of the upper berth.
21. Sleeping rooms shall be so planned and equipped as to ensure
reasonable comfort for the occupants and to facilitate tidiness.
22. The furniture shall include a clothes locker for each occupant.
The clothes lockers shall be not less than 5 ft. (152 cm.) in height and
of a cross-section area of 300 sq. ins. (19. 30 sq. decimetres) and shall
be fitted with a shelf and a hasp for a padlock. The padlock shall be
provided by the occupant.
23. Each sleeping room shall be provided with a table or desk, which
may be of the fixed, drop-leaf or slide-out type, and with comfortable
seating accommodation as necessary.
24. The furniture shall be of smooth, hard material not liable to warp
or corrode.
25. The drawer or equivalent space for each occupant shall be not less
than 2 cu. ft. (.056 cu. m.).
26. Sleeping rooms shall be fitted with curtains for the sidelights.
27. Sleeping rooms shall be fitted with a mirror, small cabinets for
toilet requisites, a book rack and a sufficient number of coat hooks.
28. As far as practicable berthing of crew members shall be so
arranged that watches are separated and that no daymen share a room with
watch-keepers.
Article 11
1. Sufficient mess room accommodation shall be provided in all ships.
2. In ships of less than 1 000 tons separate mess room accommodation
shall be provided for
(a) master and officers;
(b) petty officers and other ratings.
3. In ships of 1 000 tons and over, separate mess room accommodation
shall be provided for
(a) master and officers;
(b) deck department petty officers and other ratings;
(c) engine department petty officers and other ratings;
Provided that
(i) one of the two mess rooms for the petty officers and other
ratings may be allotted to the petty officers and the other to the other
ratings;
(ii) a single mess room may be provided for deck and engine
department petty officers and other ratings in cases in which the
organizations of shipowners and/ or shipowners and the recognised bona
fide trade unions of seafarers concerned have expressed a preference for
such an arrangement.
4. Adequate mess room accommodation shall be provided for the catering
department, either by the provision of a separate mess room or by giving
them the right to the use of the mess rooms assigned to other groups; in
the case of ships of 5 000 tons or over with more than five persons in the
catering department consideration shall be given to the provision of a
separate mess room.
5. The dimensions and equipment of each mess room shall be sufficient
for the number of persons likely to use it at any one time.
6. Mess rooms shall be equipped with tables and approved seats
sufficient for the number of persons likely to use them at any one time.
7. The competent authority may permit such exceptions to the foregoing
rules concerning mess room accommodation as may be necessary to meet the
special conditions in passenger ships.
8. Mess rooms shall be located apart from the sleeping rooms and as
close as practicable to the galley.
9. Where available pantries are not accessible to mess rooms, adequate
lockers for mess utensils and proper facilities for washing utensils shall
be provided.
10. The tops of tables and seats shall be of damp-resisting material,
without cracks and capable of being easily cleaned.
Article 12
1. In all ships a space or spaces to which the crew can have access
when off duty shall be provided on an open deck; the space or spaces shall
be of adequate area, having regard to the size of the ship and the crew.
2. Recreation accommodation, conveniently situated and appropriately
furnished, shall be provided for officers and for ratings. Where this is
not provided separately from the mess rooms the latter shall be planned,
furnished, and equipped to give recreational facilities.
Article 13
1. Sufficient sanitary accommodation, including wash basins and tub
and/or shower baths, shall be provided in all ships.
2. The following minimum number of separate water closets shall be
provided:
(a) in ships of under 800 tons: three;
(b) in ships of 800 tons or over, but under 3 000 tons: four;
(c) in ships of 3 000 tons or over: six;
(d) in ships where the radio officers or operators are
accommodated in an isolated position, sanitary facilities near or
adjacent thereto shall be provided.
3. National laws or regulations shall prescribe the allocation of
water closets to various groups, subject to the provisions of paragraph 4
of this Article.
4. Sanitary facilities for all members of the crew who do not occupy
rooms to which private facilities are attached shall be provided for each
group of the crew on the following scale:
(a) one tub and/or shower bath for every eight persons or less;
(b) one water closet for every eight persons or less;
(c) one wash basin for every six persons or less: Provided that
when the number of persons in a group exceeds an even multiple of the
specified number by less than one-half of the specified number this
surplus may be ignored for the purpose of this paragraph.
5. When the total number of the crew exceeds 100 and in passenger
vessels normally engaged on voyages of not more than four hours' duration,
consideration may be given by the competent authority to special
arrangements or a reduction in the number of facilities required.
6. Cold fresh water and hot fresh water or means of heating water
shall be available in all communal wash places. The competent authority,
in consultation with the organizations of shipowners and/or the shipowners
and with the recognised bona fide trade unions of seafarers, may fix the
maximum amount of fresh water which the shipowner may be required to
supply per man per day.
7. Wash basins and tub baths shall be of adequate size and constructed
of approved material with a smooth surface not liable to crack, flake or
corrode.
8. All water closets shall have ventilation to the open air,
independently of any other part of the accommodation.
9. All water closets shall be of an approved pattern and provided with
an ample flush of water, available at all times and independently
controllable
10. Soil pipes and waste pipes shall be of adequate dimensions and
shall be so constructed as to minimise the risk of obstruction and to
facilitate cleaning.
11. Sanitary accommodation intended for the use of more than one
person shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) floors shall be of approved durable material, easily cleaned
and impervious to damp, and shall be properly drained;
(b) bulkheads shall be of steel or other approved material and
shall be watertight up to at least 9 ins. (23 cm.) above the level of the
deck;
(c) the accommodation shall be sufficiently lighted, heated and
ventilated;
(d) water closets shall be situated convenient to, but separate
from, sleeping rooms and wash rooms, without direct access from the
sleeping rooms or from a passage between sleeping rooms and water closets
to which there is no other access: Provided that this requirement shall
not apply where a water closet is located in a compartment between two
sleeping rooms having a total of not more than four persons;
(e) where there is more than one water closet in a compartment,
they shall be sufficiently screened to ensure privacy.
12. In all ships facilities for washing and drying clothes shall be
provided on a scale appropriate to the size of the crew and the normal
duration of the voyage.
13. The facilities for washing clothes shall include suitable sinks,
which may be installed in wash rooms, if separate laundry accommodation is
not reasonably practicable, with an adequate supply of cold fresh water
and hot fresh water or means of heating water.
14. The facilities for drying clothes shall be provided in a
compartment separate from sleeping rooms and mess rooms, adequately
ventilated and heated and equipped with lines or other fittings for
hanging clothes.
Article 14
1. In any ship carrying a crew of fifteen or more and engaged in a
voyage of more than three days' duration, separate hospital accommodation
shall be provided. The competent authority may relax this requirement in
respect of vessels engaged in coastal trade.
2. The hospital accommodation shall be suitably situated, so that it
is easy of access and so that the occupants may be comfortably housed and
may receive proper attention in all weathers.
3. The arrangement of the entrance, berths, lighting, ventilation,
heating and water supply shall be designed to ensure the comfort and
facilitate the treatment of the occupants.
4. The number of hospital berths required shall be prescribed by the
competent authority.
5. Water closet accommodation shall be provided for the exclusive use
of the occupants of the hospital accommodation, either as part of the
accommodation or in close proximity thereto.
6. Hospital accommodation shall not be used for other than medical
purposes.
7. An approved medicine chest with readily understandable instructions
shall be carried in every ship which does not carry a doctor.
Article 15
1. Sufficiently and adequately ventilated accommodation for the
hanging of oilskins shall be provided outside but convenient to the
sleeping rooms.
2. In ships of over 3 000 tons one room for the deck department and
one room for the engine department shall be provided and equipped for use
as an office.
3. In ships regularly trading to mosquito-infested ports provision
shall be made to protect the crews' quarters against the admission of
mosquitoes by the fitting of suitable screens to side scuttles,
ventilators and doors to the open deck.
4. All ships trading regularly to or in the tropics and the Persian
Gulf shall be equipped with awnings for use over exposed decks above crew
accommodation and over recreation deck space or spaces.
Article 16
1. In the case of the ships mentioned in paragraph 5 of Article 10 the
competent authority may, in respect of the members of the crew there
referred to, modify the requirements laid down in the foregoing articles
as far as may be necessary to take account of their distinctive national
habits and customs and in particular may make special arrangements
concerning the number of persons occupying sleeping rooms and concerning
mess room and sanitary facilities.
2. In modifying the said requirements the competent authority shall be
bound by the specifications set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 10
and by the minimum sleeping space requirements prescribed for such groups
of ratings in paragraph 5 of Article 10.
3. In ships in which the crew in any department are persons of widely
different national habits and customs, separate and appropriate sleeping
and living accommodation shall be provided as may be necessary to meet the
requirements of the different groups.
4. In the case of the ships mentioned in paragraph 5 of Article 10 the
hospital, dining, bathing and sanitary facilities shall be provided and
maintained on a standard, in regard to their quantity and practical
usefulness, equal or comparable to that which obtains aboard all other
ships of similar type and belonging to the same registry.
5. The competent authority shall, when framing special regulations
under this Article, consult the recognised bona fide trade unions of
seafarers concerned and the organizations of shipowners and/or the
shipowners employing them.
Article 17
1. Crew accommodation shall be maintained in a clean and decently
habitable condition and shall be kept free of goods and stores not the
personal property of the occupants.
2. The master, or an officer specially deputed for the purpose by him,
accompanied by one or more members of the crew, shall inspect all crew
accommodation at intervals of not more than one week. The results of each
such inspection shall be recorded.
PART IV. APPLICATION OF CONVENTION TO EXISTING SHIPS
Article 18
1. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article,
this Convention applies to ships the keels of which are laid down
subsequent to the coming into force of the Convention for the territory of
registration.
2. In the case of a ship which is fully complete on the date of the
coming into force of this Convention for the territory of registration and
which is below the standard set by Part III of this Convention, the
competent authority may, after consultation with the organizations of
shipowners and/or the shipowners and with the bona fide trade unions of
seafarers, require such alterations for the purpose of bringing the ship
into conformity with the requirements of the Convention as it deems
possible, having regard to the practical problems involved, to be made
when
(a) the ship is re-registered;
(b) substantial structural alterations or major repairs are made
to the vessel as a result of long-range plans and not as a result of an
accident or emergency.
3. In the case of a ship in the process of building and/or
reconversion on the date of the coming into force of this Convention for
the territory of registration, the competent authority may, after
consultation with the organizations of shipowners and/or the shipowners
and with the bona fide trade unions of seafarers, require such alterations
for the purpose of bringing the ship into conformity with the requirements
of the Convention as it deems possible having regard to the practical
problems involved; such alterations shall constitute final compliance with
the terms of this Convention, unless and until the ship be re-registered.
4. In the case of a ship, other than such a ship as is referred to in
paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article or a ship to which the provisions of
this Convention were applicable while she was under construction, being
re-registered in a territory after the date of the coming into force of
this Convention for that territory, the competent authority may, after
consultation with the organizations of shipowners and/or the shipowners
and with the bona fide trade unions of seafarers, require such
alterations for the purpose of bringing the ship into conformity with the
requirements of the Convention as it deems possible having regard to the
practical problems involved; such alterations shall constitute final
compliance with the terms of this Convention, unless and until the ship
is again re-registered.
PART V. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 19
Nothing in this Convention shall affect any law, award, custom or
agreement between shipowners and seafarers which ensures more favourable
conditions than those provided for by this Convention.
Article 20
The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to
the Director-General of the International Labour Office for registration.
Article 21
1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of the
International Labour Organization whose ratifications have been registered
with the Director-General.
2. It shall come into force six months after the date on which there
have been registered ratifications by seven of the following countries:
United States of America, Argentine Republic, Australia, Belgium, Brazil,
Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey and Yugoslavia, including at
least four countries each of which has at least one million gross register
tons of shipping. This provision is included for the purpose of
facilitating and encouraging early ratification of the Convention by
Member States.
3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member
six months after the date on which its ratification has been registered.
Article 22
1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after
the expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention comes
into force, by an act communicated to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall not
take effect until one year after the date on which it is registered.
2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention and which does not,
within the year following the expiration of the period of ten years
mentioned in the preceding paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation
provided for in this Article, will be bound for another period of ten
years and, thereafter, may denounce this Convention at the expiration of
each period of ten years under the terms provided for in this Article.
Article 23
1. The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall
notify all the Members of the International Labour Organization of the
registration of all ratifications and denunciations communicated to him by
the Members of the Organization.
2. When notifying the Members of the Organization of the registration
of the last of the ratifications required to bring the Convention into
force, the Director-General shall draw the attention of the Members of the
Organization to the date upon which the Convention will come into force.
Article 24
The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall
communicate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for
registration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United
Nations full particulars of all ratifications and acts of denunciation
registered by him in accordance with the provisions of the preceding
Articles.
Article 25
At such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of the
International Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a
report on the working of this Convention and shall examine the
desirability of placing on the agenda of the Conference the question of
its revision in whole or in part.
Article 26
1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this
Convention in whole or in part, then, unless the new Convention otherwise
provides,
(a) the ratification by a Member of the new revising Convention
shall ipso jure involve the immediate denunciation of this Convention,
notwithstanding the provisions of Article 22 above, if and when the new
revising Convention shall have come into force;
(b) as from the date when the new revising Convention comes into
force, this Convention shall cease to be open to ratification by the
Members.
2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its actual
form and content for those Members which have ratified it but have not
ratified the revising Convention.
Article 27
The English and French versions of the text of this Convention are
equally authoritative.
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