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Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention, adopts, this eleventh day of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, the following Convention, which may be cited as the Labour Standards (Non-metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 : Article 1 1. Each member of the International Labour Organization which ratifies this Convention shall communicate to the Director-General of the International Labour Office with its ratification a declaration stating, in respect of the territories referred to in Article 35 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization, as amended by the Constitution of the International Labour Organization Instrument of Amendment, 1946, other than the territories referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Article as so amended, the extent to which it undertakes that the provisions of the Conventions set forth in the Schedule to this Convention shall be applied in respect of the said territories. 2. The aforesaid declaration shall state in respect of each of the Conventions set forth in the Schedule to this Convention—(a) The territories in respect of which the member undertakes that the provisions of the Convention shall be applied without modification : (b) The territories in respect of which the member undertakes that the provisions of the Convention shall be applied subject to modifications, together with details of the said modifications : (c) The territories in respect of which the Convention is inapplicable and in such cases the grounds on which it is inapplicable : (d) The territories in respect of which the member reserves its decision. 3. The undertakings referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 2of this Article shall be deemed to be an integral part of the ratification and shall have the force of ratification. 4. Any member may at any time by a subsequent declaration cancel in whole or in part any reservation made in its original declaration in virtue of subparagraphs (6), (c), or (d) of paragraph 2of this Article. 5. Any member may, at any time at which this Convention is subject to denunciation in accordance with the provisions of Article 8, communicate to the Director-General a declaration modifying in any other respect the terms of any former declaration and stating the present position in respect of such territories as it may specify. Article 2 1. A declaration accepting the obligations of this Convention in respect of any non-metropolitan territory where the subject-matter of the Conventions set forth in the Schedule to this Convention is within the self-governing powers of the territory may be communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office by the member responsible for the international relations of the territory in agreement with the Government of the territory. 2. A declaration accepting the obligations of this Convention may be communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office—(a) By two or more members of the Organization in respect of any territory which is under their joint authority ; or (b) By any international authority responsible for the administration of any territory in virtue of the Charter of the United Nations or otherwise, in respect of any such territory.

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