Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION ACT 1973 No. 62 of 1973 - SCHEDULE 6

SCHEDULE 6
Section 4 INSTRUMENT FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL
LABOUR ORGANISATION

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 Fifty-seventh Session on 7 June 1972; and

Having decided upon the adoption of proposals for the substitution, in the
provisions of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation
relating to membership of the Governing Body, of the figures ''fifty-six'',
''twenty-eight'', ''eighteen'' and ''fourteen'' for the figures
''forty-eight'', ''twenty-four'', ''fourteen'' and ''twelve'', a question
which is the seventh item on the agenda of the session, adopts this
twenty-second day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and
seventy-two 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, 1972.

Article 1

In the text of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation as at
present in force, the figures ''fifty-six'', ''twenty-eight'', ''eighteen''
and ''fourteen'' shall be substituted for the figures ''forty-eight'',
''twenty-four'', ''fourteen'' and ''twelve'' in paragraphs 1 and 2 of article
7.

Article 2

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 Article.

Article 3

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 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 4

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 5

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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