1. In all ships a minimum of one water closet and one tub and/orshower bath for every six persons or less who do not have facilities inpursuance of paragraphs 2 to 4 of this Article shall be provided at aconvenient location for officers and for ratings. When women are employedin a ship， separate sanitary facilities shall be provided for them.

2. In ships of 5 000 tons or over but less than 15 000 tons，individual sleeping rooms for at least five officers shall have attachedto them a separate private bathroom fitted with a water closet as well asa tub and/or shower bath and a wash basin having hot and cold runningfresh water； the wash basin may be situated in the sleeping room. Inaddition， in ships of 10 000 tons or over but less than 15 000 tons， thesleeping rooms of all other officers shall have private orintercommunicating bathrooms similarly fitted.

3. In ships of 15 000 tons or over， individual sleeping rooms forofficers shall have attached to them a separate private bathroom fittedwith a water closet as well as a tub and/or shower bath and a wash basinhaving hot and cold running fresh water； the wash basin may be situated inthe sleeping room.

4. In ships of 25 000 tons or over， other than passenger ships， abathroom for every two ratings shall be provided， either in anintercommunicating compartment between adjoining sleeping rooms oropposite the entrance of such rooms， which shall be fitted with a watercloset as well as a tub and/or shower bath and a wash basin having hot andcold running fresh water.

5. In ships of 5 000 tons or over， other than passenger ships， eachsleeping room， whether for officers or ratings， shall be provided with awash basin having hot and cold running fresh water， except where such washbasin is situated in a bathroom provided in conformity with paragraph 2， 3or 4 of this Article.

6. In all ships， facilities for washing， drying and ironing clothesshall be provided for officers and ratings on a scale appropriate to thesize of the crew and the normal duration of the voyage. These facilitiesshall， whenever possible， be located within easy access of theiraccommodation.

7. The facilities to be provided shall be——

（a） washing machines；

（b） drying machines or adequately heated and ventilated dryingrooms； and

（c） irons and ironing boards or their equivalent.

Article 9

1. In ships of 1 600 tons or over there shall be provided

（a） a separate compartment containing a water closet and a washbasin having hot and cold running fresh water， within easy access of thenavigating bridge deck primarily for those on duty in the area； and

（b） a water closet and a wash basin having hot and cold runningfresh water， within easy access of the machinery space if not fitted nearthe engine room control centre.

2. In ships of 1 600 tons or over， other than ships in which privatesleeping rooms and private or semi-private bathrooms are provided for allengine department personnel， facilities for changing clothes shall beprovided which shall be

（a） located outside the machinery space but with easy access to it；and

（b） fitted with individual clothes lockers as well as with tubsand/or shower baths and wash basins having hot and cold running freshwater.

Article 10

The minimum headroom in all crew accommodation where full and freemovement is necessary shall be not less than 198 centimetres （6 feet 6inches）： Provided that the competent authority may permit some limitedreduction in headroom in any space， or part of any space， in suchaccommodation where it is satisfied that it is reasonable to do so andalso that such reduction will not result in discomfort to the crew.

Article 11

1. Crew accommodation shall be properly lighted.

2. Subject to such special arrangements as may be permitted inpassenger ships， sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be lighted by naturallight and shall be provided with adequate artificial light.

3. In all ships electric light shall be provided in the crewaccommodation. If there are not two independent sources of electricity forlighting， additional lighting shall be provided by properly constructedlamps or lighting apparatus for emergency use.

4. In sleeping rooms an electric reading lamp shall be installed atthe head of each berth.

5. Suitable standards of natural and artificial lighting shall befixed by the competent authority.

Article 12

In the case of ships the manning of which has to take account， withoutdiscrimination， of the interests of crews having differing and distinctivereligious and social practices， the competent authority may， afterconsultation with the organizations of shipowners and/or the shipownersand with the bona fide trade unions of the seafarers concerned， andprovided that these two sides are in agreement， permit variations inrespect of the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 4 and paragraph 7 of Article5 and paragraphs 1 and 4 of Article 8 of this Convention on condition thatsuch variations do not result in over-all facilities less favourable thanthose which would result from the application of the provisions of theConvention. Particulars of all such variations shall be communicated bythe Member concerned to the Director-General of the International LabourOffice who shall notify the Members of the International LabourOrganization.

PART III. APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION TO EXISTING SHIPS

Article 13

1. In the case of a ship which is fully complete on the date of thecoming into force of this Convention for the territory of registration andwhich is below the standard set by this Convention， the competentauthority may， after consultation with the organizations of shipownersand/or the shipowners and with the bona fide trade unions of seafarers，require such alterations for the purpose of bringing the ship intoconformity with the requirements of the Convention as it deems reasonableand practicable， having regard in particular to technical， economic andother problems involved in the application of Articles 5， 8 and 10， to bemade when

（a） the ship is re-registered；

（b） substantial structural alterations or major repairs are madeto the ship as a result of long-range plans and not as a consequence of anaccident or emergency.

2. In the case of a ship in the process of building and/or conversionon the date of the coming into force of this Convention for the territoryof registration， the competent authority may， after consultation with theorganizations of shipowners and/or the shipowners and with the bona fidetrade unions of seafarers， require such alterations for the purpose ofbringing the ship into conformity with the requirements of the Conventionas it deems reasonable and practicable， having regard in particular totechnical， economic and other problems involved in the application ofArticles 5， 8 and 10； such alterations shall constitute final compliancewith the terms of this Convention.

3. In the case of ship， other than such a ship as is referred to inparagraphs 1 and 2 of this Article or a ship to which the provisions ofthis Convention were applicable while she was under construction， beingre-registered in a territory after the date of the coming into force ofthis Convention for that territory， the competent authority may， afterconsultation with the organizations of shipowners and/or the shipownersand with the bona fide trade unions of seafarers， require suchalterations for the purpose of bringing the ship into conformity with therequirements of the Convention as it deems reasonable and practicable，having regard in particular to technical， economic and other problemsinvolved in the application of Articles， 5， 8 and 10； such alterationsshall constitute final compliance with the terms of this Convention.

PART IV. FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 14

The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated tothe Director-General of the International Labour Office for registration.

Article 15

1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of theInternational Labour Organization whose ratifications have been registeredwith the Director-General.

2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on whichthere have been registered ratifications by twelve Members each of whichhas more than one million tons of shipping， including at least fourMembers each of which has at least two million tons of shipping.

3. Thereafter， this Convention shall come into force for any Membersix months after the date on which its ratification has been registered.

Article 16

1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it afterthe expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention firstcomes into 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.

2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention and which does not，within the year following the expiration of the period of ten yearsmentioned in the preceding paragraph， exercise the right of denunciationprovided for in this Article， will be bound for another period of tenyears and， thereafter， may denounce this Convention at the expiration ofeach period of ten years under the terms provided for in this Article.

Article 17

1. The Director-General of the International Labour Office shallnotify all Members of the International Labour Organization of theregistration of all ratifications and denunciations communicated to him bythe Members of the Organization.

2. When notifying the Members of the Organization of the registrationof the last of the ratifications required to bring the Convention intoforce， the Director-General shall draw the attention of the Members of theOrganization to the date upon which the Convention will come into force.

Article 18

The Director-General of the International Labour Office shallcommunicate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations forregistration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the UnitedNations full particulars of all ratifications and acts of denunciationregistered by him in accordance with the provisions of the precedingArticles.

Article 19

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 20

1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising thisConvention in whole or in part， then， unless the new Convention otherwiseprovides

（a） the ratification by a Member of the new revising Conventionshall ipso jure involve the immediate denunciation of this Convention，notwithstanding the provisions of Article 16 above， if and when the newrevising Convention shall have come into force；

（b） as from the date when the new revising Convention comes intoforce this Convention shall cease to be open to ratification by theMembers.

2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its actualform and content for those Members which have ratified it but have notratified the revising Convention.

Article 21

The English and French versions of the text of this Convention areequally authoritative.