the provisions of the Convention subject to modifications, together with details of the said modifications; (c) the territories in respect of which the Convention is inapplicable and in such cases the grounds on which it is inapplicable; (d) the territories in respect of which it reserves its decision. 2. The undertakings referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be deemed to be an integral part of the ratification and shall have the force of ratification. 3. Any Member may by a subsequent declaration cancel in whole or in part any reservations made in its original declaration in virtue. of sub-paragraphs (b), (c), or (d) of paragraph 1 of this Article. Article 13 The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations for registration. Article 14 1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of the International Labour Organisation whose ratifications have been registered with the Secretary-General. 2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the ratifications of two Members have been registered with the Secretary-General. 3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been registered. Article 15 As soon as the ratifications of two Members of the International Labour Organisation have been registered, the Secretary-General of the League of Nations shall so notify all the Members of the International Labour Organisation. He shall likewise notify them of the registration of ratifications which may be communicated subsequently by other Members of the Organisation. Article 16 1. 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 SecretaryGeneral of the League of Nations 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 17 At the expiration of each period of ten years after the coming into force of this Convention, the Governing Body of the International Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the working of this Convention and shall consider the desirability of placing on the Agenda of the Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part. Article 18 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 16 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 19 The French and English texts of this Convention shall both be authentic. The foregoing is the authentic text of the Draft Convention duly adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation during its Twenty-first Session which was held at Geneva and declared closed the 24th day of October 1936. In faith whereof we have appended our signatures this fifth day of December 1936. PAAL BERG, The President of the Conference. The Director of the International Labour Office. DRAFT CONVENTION CONCERNING HOURS OF WORK ON BOARD SHIP AND MANNING 11 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Twentyfirst Session on 6 October 1936, and Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the regulation of hours of work on board ship and man 11 See Bulletin No. 95, August 1937, p. 24. ning in conjunction with hours of work on board ship, which is the first item on the Agenda of the Session, and Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a Draft International Convention, adopts, this twenty-fourth day of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, the following Draft Convention which may be cited as the Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1936: PART I. SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS Article 1 1. This Convention applies to every sea going mechanically-propelled vessel, whether publicly or privately owned, which (a) is registered in a territory for which the Convention is in force; (b) is employed in the transport of cargo or passengers for the purpose of trade; and (c) is engaged on an international voyage, by which is meant any voyage from a port of one country to a port outside such country, every colony, overseas territory, protectorate or territory under suzerainty or mandate being regarded as a separate country. 2. This Convention does not apply to (a) sailing vessels with auxiliary engines; or (b) vessels engaged in fishing, whaling, or similar pursuits, or in operations directly connected therewith. 3. Any Member may exempt vessels registered in its territory from the application of this Convention while such vessels are exclusively engaged in voyages upon which they do not proceed further from the country from which they trade than the nearby ports of neighbouring countries within geographical limits which— (a) are clearly specified by national laws or regulations; (b) are uniform in respect of the application of all the provisions (c) have been notified by the Member when registering its Article 2 For the purpose of this Convention the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them: (a) "tons" means gross registered tons; (b) "officer" means a person other than a master ranked as an officer by national laws or regulations, collective agreement, or custom; (c) "rating" means a member of the crew other than an officer; (d) "hours of work" means time during which a member of the crew is required by the orders of a superior to do any work on account of the vessel or the owner, or to be at the disposal of a superior outside the crew's quarters. PART II. HOURS OF WORK Article 3 This Part of this Convention does not apply to (a) officers in charge of departments who do not keep watch; (b) wireless operators and telephonists; (c) pilots; (d) doctors; (e) nursing staff exclusively engaged on nursing duties or hospital staff; (f) persons working exclusively on their own account; persons remunerated exclusively by a share of profits; (h) persons whose duties are connected solely with the cargo carried on board and who are not in fact in the employment either of the owner or of the master; (i) travelling dockers; (j) crews consisting entirely of members of the family, as defined by national laws or regulations, of the owner of the vessel. Article 4 1. In vessels of over 2,000 tons the hours of work at sea and on arrival and sailing days of deck ratings whose time is divided into watches shall not exceed eight in the day nor shall they exceed fifty-six in the week. 2. In vessels of over 700 tons the hours of work at sea and on arrival and sailing days of deck ratings employed as day workers shall not exceed eight in the day nor shall they exceed forty-eight in the week. 3. Hours in excess of the limits prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 may be worked on arrival and sailing days. Whether or not such hours are to be worked and where such hours are allowed the conditions under which they may be worked shall be determined by national laws or regulations or collective agreements. Article 5 1. In vessels of over 700 tons the hours of work at sea and on arrival and sailing days of engine-room and stokehold ratings whose time is divided into watches shall not exceed eight in the day nor shall they exceed fifty-six in the week; Provided that extra time may be worked for the normal relieving of watches and the hoisting and dumping of ashes. 2. In vessels of over 700 tons the hours of work at sea and on arrival and sailing days of engine-room and stokehold ratings employed as day workers shall not exceed eight in the day nor shall they exceed forty-eight in the week. 3. Hours in excess of the limits prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 may be worked on arrival and sailing days. Whether or not such hours are to be worked and where such hours are allowed the conditions under which they may be worked shall be determined by national laws or regulations or collective agreements. Article 6 1. In vessels of over 2,000 tons the hours of work at sea and on arrival and sailing days of deck officers shall not exceed eight in the day nor shall they exceed fifty-six in the week. 2. Provided that one additional hour per day may be worked at sea and on arrival and sailing days for navigational or clerical purposes. 3. Provided also that additional hours may be worked occasionally when the master deems it necessary to order two officers to keep watch simultaneously, so however that in no case shall any officer be required in virtue of this paragraph to work more than twelve hours in any day. 4. In vessels of over 700 tons the hours of work at sea and on arrival and sailing days of deck officers employed as day workers shall not exceed eight in the day nor shall they exceed forty-eight in the week. 5. Hours in excess of the limits prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 4 may be worked on arrival and sailing days. Whether or not such hours are to be worked and where such hours are allowed the conditions under which they may be worked shall be determined by national laws or regulations or collective agreements. 6. The provisions of this Article apply to apprentices and cadets in the deck department. Article 7 1. In vessels required under Article 16 to carry three or more engineer officers the hours of work of such officers at sea and on arrival and sailing days shall not exceed eight in the day nor shall they exceed fifty-six in the week. 2. In vessels of over 700 tons the hours of work at sea of engineer officers employed as day workers shall not exceed eight in the day nor shall they exceed forty-eight in the week. 3. The provisions of this Article apply to apprentices and cadets in the engine-room department. Article 8 1. In vessels to which this Convention applies the following provisions shall apply to deck, engine-room, and stokehold ratings and to deck and engineer officers, including apprentices and cadets in the deck and engine-room departments, whenever sea watches are suspended in any port: (a) hours of work shall not exceed eight in the day nor shall they exceed forty-eight in the week; (b) the weekly rest day shall be observed and on that day no work shall be required except as overtime or for the purpose of ordinary routine and sanitary duties, any work required for the purpose of such duties to be included in the weekly limit of forty-eight hours; (c) exceptions to these provisions may be made in accordance with national laws or regulations or collective agreement in the case of ratings required for the safety of the vessel or persons on board or for the preservation of the cargo. 2. Sea watches shall normally be suspended if the vessel is expected to stay in the port for more than twenty-four hours following its |