Final Act of Conference (partial, list of contracting governments). International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960... INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1960 Article I (a) The Contracting Governments undertake to give effect to the provisions of the present Convention and of the Regulations annexed thereto, which shall be deemed to constitute an integral part of the present Convention. Every reference to the present Convention implies at the same time a reference to these Regulations. (b) The Contracting Governments undertake to promulgate all laws, decrees, orders and regulations and to take all other steps which may be necessary to give the present Convention full and complete effect, so as to ensure that, from the point of view of safety of life, a ship is fit for the service for which it is intended. Article II The ships to which the present Convention applies are ships registered in countries the Governments of which are Contracting Governments, and ships registered in territories to which the present Convention is extended under Article XIII. Article III The Contracting Governments undertake to communicate to and deposit with the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (hereinafter called the Organization): (a) a list of non-governmental agencies which are authorised to act in tneir behalf in the administration of measures for safety of life at sea for circulation to the Contracting Governments for the information of their officers; (b) the text of laws, decrees, orders and regulations which shall have been promulgated on the various matters within the scope of the present Convention; (c) a sufficient number of specimens of their Certificates issued under the provisions of the present Convention for circulation to the Contracting Governments for the information of their officers. Article IV Cases of Force Majeure (a) No ship, which is not subject to the provisions of the present Convention at the time of its departure on any voyage, shall become subject to the provisions of the present Convention on account of any deviation from its intended voyage due to stress of weather or any other cause of force majeure. Art. (b) Persons who are on board a ship by reason of force majeure or in consequence of the obligation laid upon the master to carry shipwrecked or other persons shall not be taken into account for the purpose of ascertaining the application to a ship of any provisions of the present Convention. Article V Carriage of Persons in Emergency (a) For the purpose of moving persons from any territory in order to avoid a threat to the security of their lives a Contracting Government may permit the carriage of a larger number of persons in its ships than is otherwise permissible under the present Convention. (b) Such permission shall not deprive other Contracting Governments of any right of control under the present Convention over such ships which come within their ports. (c) Notice of any such permission, together with a statement of the circumstances, shall be sent to the Organization by the Contracting Government granting such permission. Article VI Suspension in case of War (a) In case of war or other hostilities, a Contracting Government which considers that it is affected, whether as a belligerent or as a neutral, may suspend the operation of the whole or any part of the Regulations annexed hereto. The suspending Government shall immediately give notice of any such suspension to the Organization. (b) Such suspension shall not deprive other Contracting Governments of any right of control under the present Convention over the ships of the suspending Government when such ships are within their ports. (c) The suspending Government may at any time terminate such suspension and shall immediately give notice of such termination to the Organization. (d) The Organization shall notify all Contracting Governments of any suspension or termination of suspension under this Article. Article VII Prior Treaties and Conventions (a) As between the Contracting Governments the present Convention replaces and abrogates the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea which was signed in London on 10 June 1948. (b) All other treaties, conventions and arrangements relating to safety of life at sea, or matters appertaining thereto, at present in force between Art. |