第7号公约
颁布日期：19200615　实施日期：19210927　颁布单位：热那亚

　　[Date of coming into force： 27 September 1921. The Convention wasrevised in 1936 by Convention 58.]

　　The General Conference of the International Labour Organization，

　　Having been convened¹ at Genoa by the Governing Body of theInternational Labour Office， on the 15th day of June 1920， and

　　Having decided² upon the adoption³ of certain proposals with regard tothe application to seamen⁴ of the Convention adopted at Washington lastNovember prohibiting the employment of children under fourteen years ofage， which is the third item in the agenda for the Genoa meeting of theConference， and

　　Having determined⁵ that these proposals shall take the form of aninternational Convention， adopts the following Convention， which may becited as the Minimum Age （Sea） Convention， 1920， for ratification⁶ by theMembers of the International Labour Organization in accordance with theprovisions of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization：

　　Article 1

　　For the purpose of this Convention， the term “vessel⁷” includes allships and boats， of any nature whatsoever⁸， engaged in maritime⁹ navigation，whether publicly or privately¹⁰ owned； it excludes ships of war.

　　Article 2

　　Children under the age of fourteen years shall not be employed or workon vessels¹¹， other than vessels upon which only members of the same familyare employed.

　　Article 3

　　The provisions of Article 2 shall not apply to work done by childrenon school-ships or training-ships， provided that such work is approved andsupervised by public authority.

　　Article 4

　　In order to facilitate the enforcement of the provisions of thisConvention， every shipmaster shall be required to keep a register of allpersons under the age of sixteen years employed on board his vessel， or alist of them in the articles of agreement， and of the dates of theirbirths.

　　Article 5

　　1. Each Member of the International Labour Organization which ratifiesthis Convention engages to apply it to its colonies， protectorates andpossessions which are not fully¹² self-governing——

　　（a） except where owing to the local conditions its provisions areinapplicable； or

　　（b） subject to such modifications¹³ as may be necessary to adapt itsprovisions to local conditions.

　　2. Each Member shall notify to the International Labour Office theaction taken in respect to each of its colonies， protectorates andpossessions which are not fully self-governing.

　　Article 6

　　The formal ratifications¹⁴ of this Convention， under the conditions setforth in the Constitution of the International Labour Organization， shallbe communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Officefor registration¹⁵.

　　Article 7

　　As soon as the ratifications of two Members of the InternationalLabour Organization have been registered with the International LabourOffice， the Director-General of the International Labour Office shall sonotify all the Members of the International Labour Organization.

　　Article 8

　　This Convention shall come into force at the date on which suchnotification is issued by the Director-General of the International LabourOffice， but it shall then be binding¹⁶ only upon those Members which haveregistered their ratifications with the International Labour Office，Thereafter this Convention will come into force for any other Member atthe date on which its ratification if registered with the InternationalLabour Office.

　　Article 9

　　Subject to the provisions of Article 8， each Member which ratifiesthis Convention agrees to bring its provisions into operation not laterthan 1 July 1922， and to take such action as may be necessary to makethese provisions effective.

　　Article 10

　　A Member which has ratified¹⁷ this Convention may denounce it after theexpiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention first comesinto force， by an act communicated to the Director-General of theInternational Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall nottake effect until one year after the date on which it is registered withthe International Labour Office.

　　Article 11

　　At such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of theInternational Labour Office shall present to the General Conference areport on the working of this Convention and shall examine thedesirability of placing on the agenda of the Conference the question ofits revision in whole or in part.

　　Article 12

　　The French and English texts of this Convention shall both beauthentic