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Article 18 1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention in whole or in part, then, unless the new Convention otherwise provides, (a) The ratification by a Member of the new revising Convention shall ipso jure involve the immediate denunciation of this Convention, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 14 above, if and when the new revising Convention shall have come into force ; (b) As from the date when the new revising Convention comes into force this Convention shall cease to be open to ratification by the Members. 2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its actual form and content for those Members which have ratified it but have not ratified the revising Convention. Article 19 The English and French versions of the text of this Convention are equally authoritative. TEXT OF THE CONVENTION (No. 75) CONCERNING CREW ACCOMMODATION ON BOARD SHIP The General Conference of the International- Labour Organization, Having been convened at Seattle by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Twenty-eighth Session on 6 June 1946, and Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to crew accommodation on board ship, which is the third item on the agenda of the session, and Having determined that these proposals should take the form of an International Convention, adopts this twenty-ninth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six the following Convention, which may be cited as the Accommodation of Crews Convention, 1946 : Part I.—General Provisions Article 1 1. This Convention applies to every seagoing mechanically propelled vessel, whether publicly or privately owned, which is engaged in the transport of cargo or passengers for the purpose of trade and is registered in a territory for which this Convention is in force. 2. National laws or regulations shall determine when vessels are to be regarded as seagoing vessels for the purpose of this Convention. 3. This Convention does not apply to — (a) Vessels of less than 500 tons : (b) Vessels primarily propelled by sail but having auxiliary engines ; (c) Vessels engaged in fishing or in whaling or in similar pursuits ; (d) Tugs. 4. Provided that the Convention shall be applied where reasonable and practicable to : (a) Vessels between 200 and 500 tons ; and (b) The accommodation of persons engaged in usual seagoing routine in vessels engaged in whaling or in similar pursuits. Article 2 In this Convention — (a) The term " ship " means a vessel to which the Convention applies (b) The term " tons " means gross register tons ;

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