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(b) Empower an appropriate authority to prescribe a higher age or ages than fifteen years for the admission thereto of young persons or adolescents. 2. The annual reports to be submitted under Article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization shall include full information concerning the age or ages prescribed by national laws in pursuance of subparagraph (a) of the preceding paragraph or concerning the action taken by the appropriate authority in exercise of the powers conferred upon it in pursuance of subparagraph (b) of the preceding paragraph, as the case may be. Minimum Age (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1936 Article 1 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 1. Children under the age of fifteen years shall not be employed or work on vessels, other than vessels upon which only members of the same family are employed. 2. Provided that national laws or regulations may provide for the issue in respect of children of not less than fourteen years of age of certificates permitting them to be employed in cases in which an educational or other appropriate authority designated by such laws or regulations is satisfied, after having due regard to the health and physical condition of the child and to the prospective as well as to the immediate benefit to the child of the employment proposed, that such employment will be beneficial to the child. Article 3 The provisions of Article 2 shall not apply to work done by children on school-ships or trainingships, provided that such work is approved and supervised by public authority. Article 4 In order to facilitate the enforcement of the provisions of this Convention, every shipmaster shall be required to keep a register of all persons under the age of sixteen years employed on board his vessel, or a list of them in the articles of agreement, and of the dates of their births. Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers) Convention, 1921 Article 1 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 Young persons under the age of eighteen years shall not be employed or work on vessels as trimmers or stokers. Article 3 The provisions of Article 2 shall not apply—(a) To work done by young persons on school-ships or training-ships, provided that such work is approved and supervised by public authority : (b) To the employment of young persons on vessels mainly propelled by other means than steam : (c) To young persons of not less than sixteen years of age who, if found physically fit after medical examination, may be employed as trimmers or stokers on vessels exclusively engaged in the coastal trade of India and of Japan, subject to regulations made after consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers in those countries. Article 4 When a trimmer or stoker is required in a port where young persons of less than eighteen years of age only are avilable, such young persons may be employed and in that case it shall be necessary to engage two young persons in place of the trimmer or stoker required. Such young persons shall be at least sixteen years of age. Article 5 In order to facilitate the enforcement of the provisions of this Convention, every shipmaster shall be required to keep a register of all persons under the age of eighteen years employed on board his vessel, or a list of them in the articles of agreement, and of the dates of their births.

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