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　　本公约的英文本与法文本同等为准。

　　【名称】　CONVENTION No.74 Convention concerning the Certification　of　AbleSeamen

　　【题注】　[Date of coming into force: 14 July 1951.]

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　　　The General Conference of the International Labour Organization,

　　　Having been convened at Seattle by the Governing Body of the

　International Labour Office,　and having met in its Twenty-eighth Session

　on 6 June 1946, and

　　　Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to

　the certification of able seamen, which is included in the fifth item on

　the agenda of the Session, and

　　　Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an

　international Convention,　adopts this twenty-ninth day of June of the

　year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six the following Convention,

　which may be cited as the Certification of Able Seamen Convention,　1946:

　Article 1

　　　No person shall be engaged on any vessel as an able seaman unless he

　is a person who by national laws or regulations is deemed to be competent

　to perform any duty which may be required of a member of the crew serving

　in the deck department (other than an officer or leading or specialist

　rating) and unless he holds a certificate of qualification as an able

　seaman granted in accordance with the provisions of the following

　Articles.　

　

　Article 2

　　　1. The competent authority shall make arrangements for the holding of

　examinations and for the granting of certificates of qualification.

　　　2. No person shall be granted a certificate of qualification unless--

　　　　　(a) he has reached a minimum age to be prescribed by the competent

　authority;

　　　　　(b) he has served at sea in the deck department for a minimum

　period to be prescribed by the competent authority; and

　　　　　(c) he has passed an examination of proficiency to be prescribed

　by the competent authority.

　　　3. The prescribed minimum age shall not be less than eighteen years.

　　　4. The prescribed minimum period of service at sea shall not be less

　than thirty-six months: Provided that the competent authority may--

　　　　　(a) permit persons with a period of actual service at sea of not

　less than twenty-four months who have successfully passed through a course

　of training in an approved training school to reckon the time spent in

　such training, or part thereof, as sea service;　and

　　　　　(b) permit persons trained in approved sea-going training ships

　who have served eighteen months in such ships to be certificated as able

　seamen upon leaving in good standing.

　　　5. The prescribed examination shall provide a practical test of the

　candidate's knowledge of seamanship and of his ability to carry out

　effectively all the duties that may be required of an able seaman,

　including those of a lifeboatman; it shall be such as to qualify a

　successful candidate to hold the special lifeboatman's certificate

　provided for in Article 22 of the International Convention for the Safety

　of Life at Sea, 1929, or in the corresponding provision of any subsequent

　Convention revising or replacing that Convention for the time being in

　force for the territory concerned.

Article 3

　　　A certificate of qualification may be granted to any person who, at

　the time of the entry into force of this Convention for territory

　concerned, is performing the full duties of an able seaman or leading deck

　rating or has performed such duties.

　Article 4

　　　The competent authority may provide for the recognition of

　certificates of qualification issued in other territories.

　Article 5

　　　The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to

　the Director-General of the International Labour Office for registration.　

　

　Article 6

　　　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 twelve months after the date on which the

　ratifications of two Members have been registered with the

　Director-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 7

　　　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 8

　　　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 second ratification communicated to him, 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 9

　　　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 10

　　　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 11

　　　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 7 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 12

　　　The English and French versions of the text of this Convention are

　equally authoritative.