(f) The provision in Japanese factory legislation limiting its application to places employing fifteen or more persons shall be amended so that legislation shall apply to places employing ten or more persons. (g) The provisions of the above paragraphs of this Article shall be brought into operation not later than 1 July, 1922, except that the provisions of Article 4 as modified by paragraph (d) of this Article shall be brought into operation not later than I July, 1923. (h) The age of fifteen prescribed in paragraph (c) of this Article shall be raised, not later than 1 July, 1925, to sixteen. ARTICLE IO In British India the principle of a sixty-hour week shall be adopted for all workers in the industries at present covered by the factory acts administered by the Government of India, in mines, and in such branches of railway work as shall be specified for this purpose by the competent authority. Any modification of this limitation made by the competent authority shall be subject to the provisions of Article 6 and 7 of this Convention. In other respects the provisions of this Convention shall not apply to India, but further provisions limiting the hours of work in India shall be considered at a future meeting of the General Conference. ARTICLE II The provisions of this Convention shall not apply to China, Persia, and Siam, but provisions limiting the hours of work in these countries shall be considered at a future meeting of the General Conference. ARTICLE 12 In the application of this Convention to Greece, the date at which its provisions shall be brought into operation in accordance with Article 19 may be extended to not later than I July, 1923, in the case of the following industrial undertakings: 1. Carbon-bisulphide works, 2. Acid works, 3. Tanneries, 4. Paper mills, 5. Printing works, 6. Sawmills, It shall be made an offense against the law to employ any person outside the hours fixed in accordance with paragraph (a), or during the intervals fixed in accordance with paragraph (b). ARTICLE 9 In the application of this Convention to Japan the following modifications and conditions shall obtain: (a) The term "industrial undertaking" includes particularlyThe undertakings enumerated in paragraph (a) of Article 1; The undertakings enumerated in paragraph (b) of Article I, provided there are at least ten workers employed; The undertakings enumerated in paragraph (c) of Article I, in so far as these undertakings shall be defined as "factories" by the competent authority; The undertakings enumerated in paragraph (d) of Article I, except transport of passengers or goods by road, handling of goods at docks, quays, wharves, and warehouses, and transport by hand; and Regardless of the number of persons employed, such of the undertakings enumerated in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Article I as may be declared by the competent authority either to be highly dangerous or to involve unhealthy processes. (b) The actual working hours of persons of fifteen years of age or over in any public or private industrial undertaking, or in any branch thereof, shall not exceed fifty-seven in the week, except that in the raw-silk industry the limit may be sixty hours in the week. (c) The actual working hours of persons under fifteen years of age in any public or private industrial undertaking, or in any branch thereof, and of all miners of whatever age engaged in underground work in the mines, shall in no case exceed forty-eight in the week. (d) The limit of hours of work may be modified under the conditions provided for in Articles 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this Convention, but in no case shall the length of such modification bear to the length of the basic week a proportion greater than that which obtains in those Articles. (e) A weekly rest period of twenty-four consecutive hours shall be allowed to all classes of workers. (f) The provision in Japanese factory legislation limiting its application to places employing fifteen or more persons shall be amended so that legislation shall apply to places employing ten or more persons. (g) The provisions of the above paragraphs of this Article shall be brought into operation not later than 1 July, 1922, except that the provisions of Article 4 as modified by paragraph (d) of this Article shall be brought into operation not later than I July, 1923. (h) The age of fifteen prescribed in paragraph (c) of this Article shall be raised, not later than I July, 1925, to sixteen. ARTICLE IO In British India the principle of a sixty-hour week shall be adopted for all workers in the industries at present covered by the factory acts administered by the Government of India, in mines, and in such branches of railway work as shall be specified for this purpose by the competent authority. Any modification of this limitation made by the competent authority shall be subject to the provisions of Article 6 and 7 of this Convention. In other respects the provisions of this Convention shall not apply to India, but further provisions limiting the hours of work in India shall be considered at a future meeting of the General Conference. ARTICLE II The provisions of this Convention shall not apply to China, Persia, and Siam, but provisions limiting the hours of work in these countries shall be considered at a future meeting of the General Conference. ARTICLE 12 In the application of this Convention to Greece, the date at which its provisions shall be brought into operation in accordance with Article 19 may be extended to not later than I July, 1923, in the case of the following industrial undertakings: 1. Carbon-bisulphide works, 2. Acid works, 3. Tanneries, 4. Paper mills, 5. Printing works, 6. Sawmills, 7. Warehouses for the handling and preparation of tobacco, 8. Surface mining, 9. Foundries, 10. Lime works, II. Dye works, 12. Glassworks (blowers), 13. Gas works (firemen), 14. Loading and unloading merchandise, and to not later than I July, 1924, in the case of the following industrial undertakings: 1. Mechanical industries: Machine shop for engines, safes, scales, beds, tacks, shells (sporting), iron foundries, bronze foundries, tin shops, plating shops, manufactories of hydraulic apparatus; 2. Constructional industries: Lime-kilns, cement works, plasterers' shops, tile yards, manufactories of bricks and pavements, potteries, marble yards, excavating and building work; 3. Textile industries: Spinning and weaving mills of all kinds, except dye works; 4. Food industries: Flour and grist-mills, bakeries, macaroni factories, manufactories of wines, alcohol, and drinks, oil works, breweries, manufactories of ice and carbonated drinks, manufactories of confectioners' products and chocolate, manufactories of sausages and preserves, slaughterhouses, and butcher shops; 5. Chemical industries: Manufactories of synthetic colors, glassworks (except the blowers), manufactories of essence of turpentine and tartar, manufactories of oxygen and pharmaceutical products, manufactories of flaxseed oil, manufactories of glycerine, manufactories of calcium carbide, gas works (except the firemen); 6. Leather industries: Shoe factories, manufactories of leather goods; 7. Paper and printing industries: Manufactories of envelopes, record books, boxes, bags, bookbinding, lithographing, and zincengraving shops; 8. Clothing industries: Clothing shops, underwear and trimmings, workshops for pressing, workshops for bed coverings, artificial flowers, feathers, and trimmings, hat and umbrella factories; 9. Woodworking industries: Joiners' shops, coopers' sheds, wagon factories, manufactories of furniture and chairs, pictureframing establishments, brush and broom factories; 10. Electrical industries: Power houses, shops for electrical installations; II. Transportation by land: Employees on railroads and street cars, firemen, drivers, and carters. ARTICLE 13 In the application of this Convention to Roumania the date at which its provisions shall be brought into operation in accordance with Article 19 may be extended to not later than I July, 1924. ARTICLE 14 The operation of the provisions of this Convention may be suspended in any country by the Government in the event of war or other emergency endangering the national safety. ARTICLE 15 The formal ratifications of this Convention, under the conditions set forth in Part XIII of the Treaty of Versailles of 28 June, 1919, and of the Treaty of St. Germain of 10 September, 1919, shall be communicated to the Secretary General of the League of Nations for registration. ARTICLE 16 Each Member which ratifies this Convention engages to apply it to its colonies, protectorates and possessions which are not fully self-governing: (a) Except where owing to the local conditions its provisions are inapplicable; or (b) Subject to such modifications as may be necessary to adapt its provisions to local conditions. Each Member shall notify to the International Labor Office the action taken in respect of each of its colonies, protectorates, and possessions which are not fully self-governing. ARTICLE 17 As soon as the ratifications of two Members of the International Labor Organization have been registered with the Secretariat, the Secretary General of the League of Nations shall so notify all the Members of the International Labor Organization. |