Article 61. Every ship holding a Safety Certificate issued by the officers of the Contracting State to which it belongs, or by persons duly authorized by that State, is subject in the ports of the other Contracting States to control by officers duly authorized by their Governments in so far as this control is directed towards verifying that there is on board a valid Safety Certificate, and, if necessary, that the conditions of the vessel's seaworthiness correspond substantially with the particulars of that certificate; that is to say, so that the ship can proceed to sea without danger to the passengers and the crew. Article 62. The privileges of the Convention may not be claimed in favour of any ship unless it holds a proper valid Safety Certificate. Article 63. If, in the course of a particular voyage, the ship has on board a number of passengers less than the maximum number indicated in the Safety Certicate, and is, in consequence, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention free to carry a smaller number of lifeboats and other life-saving appliances than that stated in the aforementioned Certificate, a memorandum may be issued by the officers or other authorized persons referred to in Articles 57 (paragraph 3) and 59 above. This memorandum shall state that in the circumstances there is no infringement of the provisions of the Convention. It shall be annexed to the Safety Certificate, and shall be substituted for it in so far as the life-saving appliances are concerned. It shall be valid only for the particular voyage in regard to which it is issued. CHAPTER VIII.-GENERAL. Article 64. The Governments of the High Contracting Parties undertake to communicate mutually, in addition to the documents which, in this Convention, are the subject of special provisions to that effect, all information which they possess affecting safety of life on those of their ships which are subject to the rules of this Convention, provided always that such information is not of a confidential nature. They will communicate to each other in particular: (1) The text of Laws, Decrees, and Regulations which shall have been promulgated on the various matters within the scope of the Convention; (2) The description of the characteristics of new appliances approved in administering the rules of the Convention; (3) All official reports, or official summaries of reports, in so far as they show the results of the provisions of this Convention. Until other arrangements may be made, the British Government is invited to serve as intermediary for collecting all this information and for bringing it to the knowledge of the Governments of the Contracting Parties. Article 65. The High Contracting Parties undertake to take, or to propose to their respective legislatures, the measures necessary for the repression of infractions of the requirements imposed by this Convention. The High Contracting Parties will communicate mutually, as soon as possible, the laws and regulations which are issued for this purpose. Article 66. The High Contracting Parties which intend the Convention to apply to the whole of their Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates, or to one or to some of these countries, shall declare this intention either at the time of signing these presents or subsequently. To this effect they shall be able either to make a general declaration embracing the whole of their Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates, or to enumerate by name the countries which they intend to come within the scope of the law of the Convention, or, alternatively, to enumerate by name those which they intend to be excepted. This declaration, unless it be made at the time of signing this Convention, shall be made in writing to the Government of Great Britain, and communicated by the latter Government to all the Governments of the other States parties to the Convention. The High Contracting Parties may also in the same way, provided that they comply with the provisions of Article 69 hereafter, denounce this Convention as regards their Colonies, Possessions, or Protectorates, or one or some of those countries. Article 67. The States which are not parties to this Convention shall be allowed to accede thereto at their request. Their accession shall be notified through the diplomatic channel to the Government of Great Britain, and by the latter to the Governments of the other States parties to the Convention. This accession will carry the full acceptance of all the obligations imposed by this Convention and the full right to all the privileges specified therein. It will have full and complete effect two months after the date on which notification of the accession is sent by the Government of Great Britain to all the other Governments of the States which are parties to the Convention, unless a later date had been proposed by the acceding State. The Governments of the States which accede to the present Convention shall annex to their declaration of accession the schedule provided for by Article 3 of this Convention. This schedule shall be added to those already deposited by the other Governments. The British Government shall transmit a copy thereof to the other Governments. Article 68. The treaties, conventions, and arrangements concluded prior to this Convention shall continue to have full and complete effect, as regards:(1) ships excepted from the Convention; (2) ships to which it applies, in respect of subjects for which the Convention has not expressly provided. It is understood that, the subject of this Convention being safety of life at sea, questions relating to the well-being and health of passengers, and in particular of emigrants, as well as other matters relative to their transport, continue subject to the legislation of the different States. Article 69. This Convention shall come into force on the 1st July, 1915, and shall remain in force without any prescribed limit of time. Nevertheless, each High Contracting Party may denounce the Convention at any time after an interval of five years from the date on which the Convention comes into force in that State. This denunciation shall be notified through the diplomatic channel to the Government of Great Britain and by the latter to the Governments of the other Contracting Parties. It shall take effect twelve months after the day on which the notification is received by the Government of Great Britain. A denunciation shall only affect the State which makes it, the Convention remaining fully and completely operative as regards all the other States which have ratified it, or which have acceded thereto or which thereafter accede thereto. Article 70. This Convention with the Regulations annexed thereto shall be drawn up in a single copy, which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of Great Britain. A true and certified copy shall be delivered by the latter to each of the Governments of the High Contracting Parties. Article 71. This Convention shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification' accompanied by the schedules specified in Article 3, shall be deposited at London not later than the 31st December, 1914. The British Government shall give notice of the ratifications, and shall furnish a copy of each schedule to the Governments of the other Contracting Parties. Notwithstanding failure to ratify on the part of a High Contracting Party, the Convention shall continue to have full and complete effect as regards the Contracting Parties which ratify it. Article 72. To render ratification easier for a Contracting State which, prior to the date of signature of this Convention, has laid down requirements in regard to any matter within the scope of this Convention, it is agreed that no ship which has complied with those requirements before the 1st July, 1915, may avail itself of the periods of grace allowed by the Convention in order to cease to comply with those requirements. Article 73. Where this Convention provides that a measure may be taken after agreement between all or some of the Contracting States, the Government of His Britannic Majesty is invited to approach the said States with a view to ascertaining whether they accept the proposals made by one of these States for effecting such a measure. The Government of His Britannic Majesty will make known to the Contracting States the result of the inquiries which it thus makes. A State from which observations on the proposals in question do not reach His Britannic Majesty's Government within six months from the communication of these proposals will be presumed to acquiesce therein. Article 74. This convention may be modified at subsequent Conferences, of which the first shall be held, if necessary, in 1920. The place and time of these Conferences shall be fixed by common consent by the Governments of the High Contracting Parties. The Governments may, through the diplomatic channel, introduce into this Convention, by common consent and at any time, improvements which may be judged useful or necessary. In witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries have signed hereafter. REGULATIONS. SAFETY OF NAVIGATION. ARTICLE 1. Code for the transmission by Radiotelegraphy of Information Relating to Ice, Derelicts, and Weather. INSTRUCTIONS. Transmission of Information.-The transmission of information concerning ice and derelicts is obligatory. This information may be sent from ship to ship or to the Hydrographic Office, Washington, either in clear or by means of the abbreviations used in Part I of this Code. The transmission of information relating to weather is optional. Part II of this Code may be used for this purpose, but may be modified at any time by the Meteorological Congress. Information required: PART I.-ICE AND DERELICTS. 1. The kind of ice or derelict observed. 2. The position of ice or derelict when last determined. PART II-METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION. 1. The direction and force of the wind. 2. The set and velocity of the current. 3. Weather or state of the sky at a fixed hour. 4. Height of barometer and air temperature. 5. Barometric tendency and sea-surface temperature. The time to be adopted: In all radiotelegrams relating to ice or derelicts the time shall be given in Greenwich mean time. The Address: Reports, when sent to the Hydrographic Office, Washington, should be addressed "Hydrographic"; reports to the Meteorological Office, London, should be addressed" Meteorology." The Message: 1. When sending information about ice or derelicts alone, two groups of five figures each are used, preceded by the word "ice"; these groups may be repeated as often as necessary. 2. If meteorological information is to be sent in addition, a further four groups of five figures each are used, preceded by the word "weather." These groups are inserted at the end of the message after all the information relating to ice has been given. N.B.--If the message contains the word "weather," all the code groups before that word give information relating to ice, and those after the word "weather" give meteorological information. If there is no word “weather” in the message, it only contains information about ice. (See examples of the two kinds of message given in this Article.) PART I. ICE AND DERELICTS. Information respecting ice and derelicts is given by means of ten figures divided into two groups of five figures each. These groups are preceded by the word "ice." Two figures Three figures The day of the month (dd), according to Code I. The longitude of the ice observed (p' p' p'), to The first group consists of ddTIp. The second group consists of ppp'p'p'. CODES. Code I.-Day of the Month. The day of the month is given by two figures, of which the first may be zero: 01 to 31. 4. Floeberg. Thick piece of salt-water ice like a small iceberg. 5. Field ice. Ice extending as far as the eye can reach, but through which it is possible to navigate. 6. Pack ice. Pieces of ice broken from berg or floe, partly closed together. 7. Land ice. Ice attached to the shore since the winter. 8. Derelict. 9. (Not allotted.) |