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6. For any Member referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, an amendment shall come into
force 12 months after the date of acceptance referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article or 12
months after the date on which its ratification of the amendment has been registered, whichever
date is later.
7. Subject to paragraph 9 of this Article, for Members referred to in paragraph 3 of this
Article, the Convention as amended shall come into force 12 months after the date of acceptance
referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article or 12 months after the date on which their ratifications
of the Convention have been registered, whichever date is later.
8. For those Members whose ratification of this Convention was registered before the
adoption of an amendment but which have not ratified the amendment, this Convention shall
remain in force without the amendment concerned.
9. Any Member whose ratification of this Convention is registered after the adoption of the
amendment but before the date referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article may, in a declaration
accompanying the instrument of ratification, specify that its ratification relates to the Convention
without the amendment concerned. In the case of a ratification with such a declaration, the
Convention shall come into force for the Member concerned 12 months after the date on which
the ratification was registered. Where an instrument of ratification is not accompanied by such a
declaration, or where the ratification is registered on or after the date referred to in paragraph 4,
the Convention shall come into force for the Member concerned 12 months after the date on
which the ratification was registered and, upon its entry into force in accordance with paragraph
7 of this Article, the amendment shall be binding on the Member concerned unless the
amendment provides otherwise.
                                 AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE
                                             Article XV
1. The Code may be amended either by the procedure set out in Article XIV or, unless
expressly provided otherwise, in accordance with the procedure set out in the present Article.
2. An amendment to the Code may be proposed to the Director-General of the International
Labour Office by the government of any Member of the Organization or by the group of
Shipowner representatives or the group of Seafarer representatives who have been appointed to
the Committee referred to in Article XIII. An amendment proposed by a government must have
been proposed by, or be supported by, at least five governments of Members that have ratified
the Convention or by the group of Shipowner or Seafarer representatives referred to in this
paragraph.
3. Having verified that the proposal for amendment meets the requirements of paragraph 2
of this Article, the Director-General shall promptly communicate the proposal, accompanied by
any comments or suggestions deemed appropriate, to all Members of the Organization, with an
invitation to them to transmit their observations or suggestions concerning the proposal within a
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