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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 24, 1936.

to British

6.-(1) His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that Power to the provisions of this Act shall, subject to such modifications apply Act and adaptations, to be specified in the Order, as appear to possessions. His Majesty necessary or expedient in the circumstances of the case, apply to ships registered in any British possession outside the United Kingdom, other than the Dominions mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act, as they apply to ships registered in the United Kingdom.

(2) The reference in this section to British possessions shall include a reference to territories which are under His Majesty's protection and territories in respect of which a mandate has been accepted by His Majesty, other than any such territories in respect of which the mandate is being exercised by the Government of any of the Dominions mentioned in the said Second Schedule.

(3) An Order in Council made under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order.

and con- struction.

7. This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Short title (International Labour Conventions) Act, 1925, and shall be construed as one with the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1923, and those Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1925.

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SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Part I.

Draft Convention Concerning Unemployment Indemnity

in Case of Loss or Foundering of the Ship.

ARTICLE 1.

includes

For the purpose of this Convention, the term "seamen all persons employed on any vessel engaged in maritime navigation.

For the purpose of this Convention, the term "vessel" includes all ships and boats, of any nature whatsoever, engaged in maritime navigation, whether publicly or privately owned; it excludes ships of war.

ARTICLE 2.

In every case of loss or foundering of any vessel the owner or person with whom the seaman has contracted for service on board the vessel shall pay to each seaman employed thereon an indemnity against unemployment resulting from such loss or foundering.

This indemnity shall be paid for the days during which the seaman remains in fact unemployed at the same rate as the wages payable under the contract, but the total indemnity payable under this Convention to any one seaman may be limited to two months* wages.

ARTICLE 3.

Seamen shall have the

same remedies for recovering such indemnities as they have for recovering arrears of wages earned

during the service.

Preamble.

Section 2.