CONVENTION No. 15 Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for the Admis-sion of Young Persons to Employment as Trimmers or Stokers
CONVENTION No. 15 Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for the Admis-sion of Young Persons to Employment as Trimmers or Stokers
[Date of coming into force: 20 November 1922.]
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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 Third Session on 25
October 1921, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to
the prohibition of the employment of any person under the age of eighteen
years as trimmer or stoker, which is included in the eighth item of the
agenda of the Session, and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an
international Convention,
adopts the following Convention, which may be cited as the minimum Age
(Trimmers and Stokers) Convention, 1921, for ratification by the Members
of the International Labour Organization in accordance with the provisions
of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization:
Article 1
For the purpose of this Convention, the term "vessel" includes all
ships and boats, of any nature whatsoever, engaged in maritime navigation,
whether publicly or privately owned; it excludes ships of war.
Article 2
Young persons under the age of eighteen years shall not be employed or
work on vessels as trimmers or stokers.
Article 3
The provisions of Article 2 shall not apply-
(a) to work done by young persons on school-ships or
training-ships, provided that such work is approved and supervised by
public authority;
(b) to the employment of young persons on vessels mainly propelled
by other means than steam;
(c) to young persons of not less than sixteen years of age, who,
if found physically fit after medical examination, may be employed as
trimmers or stokers on vessels exclusively engaged in the coastal trade of
India and of Japan, subject to regulations made after consultation with
the most representative organizations of employers and workers in those
countries.
Article 4
When a trimmer or stoker is required in a port where young persons of
less than eighteen years of age only are available, such young persons may
be employed and in that case it shall be necessary to engage two young
persons in place of the trimmer or stoker required. Such young persons
shall be at least sixteen years of age.
Article 5
In order to facilitate the enforcement of the provisions of this
Convention, every shipmaster shall be required to keep a register of all
persons under the age of eighteen years employed on board his vessel, or a
list of them in the articles of agreement, and of the dates of their
births.
Article 6
Articles of agreement shall contain a brief summary of the provisions
of this Convention.
Article 7
The formal ratifications of this Convention, under the conditions set
forth in the Constitution of the International Labour Organization, shall
be communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office
for registration.
Article 8
1. This Convention shall come into force at the date on which the
ratifications of two Members of the International Labour Organization have
been registered by the Director-General.
2. It shall be binding only upon those Members whose ratifications
have been registered with the International Labour office.
3. Thereafter, the Convention shall come into force for any Member at
the date on which its ratification has been registered with the
International Labour Office.
Article 9
As soon as the ratifications of two Members of the International
Labour Organization have been registered with the International Labour
Office, the Director-General of the International Labour Office shall so
notify all the Members of the International Labour Organization. He shall
likewise notify them of the registration of ratifications which may be
communicated subsequently by other Members of the Organization.
Article 10
Subject to the provisions of Article 8, each Member which ratifies
this Convention agrees to bring the provisions of Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and 6 into operation not later than 1 January 1924 and to take such action
as may be necessary to make these provisions effective.
Article 11
Each Member of the International Labour Organization which ratifies
this Convention engages to apply it to its colonies, possessions and
protectorates, in accordance with the provisions of article 35 of the
Constitution of the International Labour Organization.
Article 12
A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the
expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention first 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 with
the International Labour Office.
Article 13
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 14
The French and English texts of this Convention shall both be
authentic.
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