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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION ACT 1973 - SCHEDULE 1
- Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation
Section 3
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 Thirty-sixth Session on
4 June 1953; and
Having decided to substitute, in the provisions of the
Constitution of the Organisation relating to membership of the Governing Body,
the numbers "forty", "twenty", "sixteen" and "ten" for the numbers
"thirty-two", "sixteen", "twelve" and "eight", a question which is the eighth
item on the agenda of the session;
adopts this twenty-fifth day of June of
the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three the following Instrument
for the amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour
Organisation, which may be cited as the Constitution of the International
Labour Organisation Instrument of Amendment, 1953.
Article 1
In the text of
the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation as at present in
force the numbers "forty", "twenty", "sixteen" and "ten"
respectively shall be substituted for the numbers "thirty-two", "sixteen",
"twelve" and "eight" contained in paragraphs 1, 2 and 8 of Article 7 and in
Article 36.
Article 2
In the text of the Constitution of the International
Labour Organisation as at present in force the last sentence of paragraph 2 of
Article 7 shall be deleted.
Article 3
As from the date of the coming into
force of this Instrument of Amendment, the Constitution of the International
Labour Organisation shall have effect as amended in accordance with the
preceding articles.
Article 4
On the coming into force of this Instrument of
Amendment the Director-General of the International Labour Office shall cause
an official text of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation
as modified by the provisions of this Instrument of Amendment to be prepared
in two original copies, duly authenticated by his signature. One of these
copies shall be deposited in the archives of the International Labour Office
and the other shall be communicated to the Secretary-General of the United
Nations for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the
United Nations. The Director-General shall communicate a certified copy of the
text to each of the Members of the International Labour Organisation.
Article
5
Two copies of this Instrument of Amendment shall be authenticated by the
signatures of the President of the Conference and of the Director-General of
the International Labour Office. One of these copies shall be deposited in the
archives of the International Labour Office and the other shall be
communicated to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration
in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. The
Director-General shall communicate a certified copy of the Instrument to each
of the Members of the International Labour Organisation.
Article 6
1. The
formal ratifications or acceptances of this Instrument of Amendment shall be
communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office, who
shall notify the Members of the Organisation of the receipt thereof.
2. This
Instrument of Amendment will come into force in accordance with the provisions
of Article 36 of the Constitution of the Organisation.
3. On the coming into
force of this Instrument, the Director-General of the International Labour
Office shall so notify all the Members of the International Labour
Organisation and the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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