(c) be admitted into the United Kingdom or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics respectively, for the purpose of joining a vessel as a member of the crew provided that he is in possession of a visa and a written declaration from the shipping company or its agents that he is to join a specified vessel at a specified port.
ARTICLE 14
(1) The High Contracting Parties reserve the right to deny entry to their respective territories to any holder of a recognised seaman's identity document whom they consider undesirable.
(2) Each High Contracting Party binds itself to re-admit to its territory any holder of a valid British Seaman's Card on the one hand and any holder of a valid U.S.S.R. Seamen's Passport on the other hand who has entered the territory of the other High Contracting Party by virtue of this Treaty.
(3) Except as provided in Article 13 a holder of a seaman's identity document referred to in Article 12 shall be subject to the conditions and regulations governing the entry, stay and departure of foreign nationals in force in the territories of the High Contracting Parties.
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officer, exercise jurisdiction or intervene (as the case may be) in respect of any matter occurring on board a vessel of the other High Contracting Party, including, provided that it is justifiable under the law of the former High Contracting Party, the detention on the vessel of any person. These authorities may, however, exercise any civil jurisdiction which is not excluded by the provisions of paragraph (1).
(3) The provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article shall not apply: (a) in connexion with any offence committed on board the vessel of one
High Contracting Party:
(i) if the consequences of the offence extend to the territory of the
other High Contracting Party;
(ii) if the offence is of a kind to disturb the peace of the territory of, or the good order of the territorial sea or of any port of, the latter High Contracting Party;
(iii) by or against a national of the latter High Contracting Party or by or against some person other than the master or a member of the crew;
(iv) constituting a grave offence under the law of the latter High
Contracting Party; or
(b) in connexion with any action taken by the authorities with regard to Customs, immigration, public health, the safety of life at sea, oil pollution, wireless telegraphy or any similar matter.
ARTICLE 15
(1) Each High Contracting Party shall, so far as practicable, grant treatment similar to that provided for in Article 13 to any member of the crew of a vessel of the other High Contracting Party (not being a national of either High Contracting Party) who holds a seaman's identity document issued by the competent authority of the State concerned and conforming with the provisions of the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, signed at London on 9th April, 1965,(1) provided that such document guarantees the re-admission of the bearer to the country which issued the document.
(2) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (3) of Article 14 shall apply in relation to any seaman to whom paragraph (1) of this Article applies.
ARTICLE 17
The present Treaty shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification exchanged at Moscow as soon as possible. It shall enter into force on the date of exchange of the instruments of ratification(2) and shall remain in force until twelve months from the date on which either High Contracting Party shall have notified in writing to the other Party its desire to terminate the Treaty.
ARTICLE 16
(1) The judicial authorities of one High Contracting Party shall not entertain any civil proceedings arising out of a claim of the master or a member of the crew of a vessel of the other High Contracting Party relating to wages or to a contract of service without first giving notice to the consular officer of that Party, and shall decline to entertain the proceedings if the consular officer objects.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article, the judicial and administrative authorities of one High Contracting Party shall not, except at the request or with the consent of the competent consular
(1) Treaty Series No. 46 (1967), Cmnd. 3299.
(2) The Treaty entered into force on 27 April, 1972.
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