ARTICLE 64.-ACCESSION A Government (other than the Government of a territory to which Article 62 applies) on behalf of which the present Convention has not been signed shall be allowed to accede thereto at any time after the Convention has come into force. Accessions may be effected by means of notifications in writing addressed to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and shall take effect three months after their receipt. The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall inform all signatory and acceding Governments of all accessions received and of the date of their receipt. A Government which intends to accede to the present Convention but desires to add an area to those specified in the Annex to Article 28 shall, before notifying its accession, inform the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of its desire for communication to all the other Contracting Governments. If all the Contracting Governments signify their assent thereto, the area shall be added to those mentioned in the aforesaid Annex when such Government notifies its accession. ARTICLE 65.-DATE OF COMING IN FORCE The present Convention shall come into force on the 1st July, 1931, as between the Governments which have deposited their ratifications by that date, and provided that at least five ratifications have been deposited with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Should five ratifications not have been deposited on that date, the present Convention shall come into force three months after the date on which the fifth ratification is deposited. Ratifications deposited after the date on which the present Convention has come into force shall take effect three months after the date of their deposit. ARTICLE 66.-DENUNCIATION The present Convention may be denounced on behalf of any Contracting Government at any time after the expiration of five years from the date on which the Convention comes into force insofar as that Government is concerned. Denunciation shall be effected by a notification in writing addressed to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which will notify all the other Contracting Governments of all denunciations received and of the date of their receipt. A denunciation shall take effect twelve months after the date on which notification thereof is received by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In faith whereof, the plenipotentiaries have signed hereafter. Done at London this thirty-first day of May, 1929, in a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which shall transmit certified true copies thereof to all signatory Gov ernments. Ratification deposited, London, England, August 7, 1936. Reservations of the United States in Connection With the Ratification of the 1929 Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea Resolved (two thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the International Convention for Promoting Safety of Life at Sea, signed at London, May 31, 1929, subject to the following understandings: (1) That nothing in this convention shall be so construed as to authorize any person to hold any seaman, whether a citizen of the United States of America or an alien, on board any merchant vessel, domestic or foreign, against his will, in a safe harbor within the jurisdiction of the United States of America, when such seaman has been officially admitted thereto as a member of the crew of such vessel or to compel such seaman to proceed to sea on such vessel against his will; (2) That nothing in this convention shall be so construed as to nullify or modify section 4 of the Seaman's Act approved March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1164), as interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States in Strathearn v. Dillon (252 U. S. 348); and (3) That nothing in this convention shall be so construed as to prevent the officers of the United States of America who exercise the control over vessels provided for in article 54 from making such inspection of any vessel within the jurisdiction of the United States as may be necessary to determine that the condition of the vessel's seaworthiness corresponds substantially with the particulars set forth in its certificate; that the vessel is sufficiently and efficiently manned, and that it may proceed to sea without danger to either passengers or crew, or to prevent such officers from withholding clearance to any vessel which they find may not proceed to sea with safety, until such time as any such vessel shall be put in condition so that it can proceed to sea without danger to the passengers or crew. [ANNEX 1] REGULATIONS CONSTRUCTION REGULATION I.-Definitions. (1) The subdivision loadline is the waterline used in determining the subdivision of the ship. The deepest subdivision loadline is that which corresponds to the greatest draught. (2) The length of the ship is the length measured between perpendiculars taken at the extremities of the deepest subdivision loadline. (3) The breadth of the ship is the extreme width from outside of frame to outside of frame at or below the deepest subdivision loadline. (4) The bulkhead deck is the uppermost deck up to which the transverse watertight bulkheads are carried. (5) The margin line is a line drawn parallel to the bulkhead deck at side and 3 inches (76 millimetres) below the upper surface of that deck at side. (6) The draught is the vertical distance from the top of keel amidships to the subdivision loadline in question. (7) The permeability of a space is the percentage of that space which can be occupied by water. The volume of a space which extends above the margin line shall be measured only to the height of that line. (8) The machinery space is to be taken as extending from the top of keel to the margin line and between the extreme main transverse watertight bulkheads bounding the spaces devoted to the main and auxiliary propelling machinery, boilers when installed, and all permanent coal bunkers. (9) Passenger spaces are those which are provided for the accommodation and use of passengers, excluding baggage, store, provision and mail rooms. For the purposes of Regulations III and IV, spaces provided below the margin line for the accommodation and use of the crew shall be regarded as passenger spaces. (10) In all cases volumes shall be calculated to moulded lines. REGULATION II.-Floodable Length. (1) The floodable length of any point of the length of a ship shall be determined by a method of calculation which takes into consideration the form, draught, and other characteristics of the ship in question. (2) In a ship with a continuous bulkhead deck, the floodable length at a given point is the maximum portion of the length of the ship, having its centre at the point in question, which can be flooded under the definite assumptions hereafter set forth in Regulation III without the ship being submerged beyond the margin line. (3) In the case of a ship not having a continuous bulkhead deck, the floodable length at any point may be determined to an assumed continuous margin line, up to which, having regard to sinkage and trim after damage, the sides of the ship and the bulkheads concerned are carried watertight. REGULATION III.—Permeability. (1) The definite assumptions referred to in Regulation II relate to the permeabilities of the spaces below the margin line. In determining the floodable length, a uniform average permeability shall be used throughout the whole length of each of the following portions of the ship below the margin line: (a) the machinery space as defined in Regulation I (8); (2) (a) For steamships the uniform average permeability throughout the machinery space shall be determined from the formula a=volume of the passenger spaces, as defined in Regulation I (9), which are situated below the margin line within the limits of the machinery space. c=volume of between deck spaces below the margin line within the limits of the machinery space which are appropriated to cargo, coal or stores. v=whole volume of the machinery space below the margin line. (b) For ships propelled by internal combustion engines, the uniform average permeability shall be taken as 5 greater than that given by the above fomula. (c) Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Administration that the average permeability, as determined by detail calculation, is less than that given by the formula, the calculated value may be substituted. For the purposes of such calculation, the permeabilities of passenger spaces, as defined in Regulation I (9), shall be taken as 536976°-43 95, that of all cargo, coal and store spaces as 60, and that of double bottom, oil fuel and other tanks at such values as may be approved in each case by the Administration. (3) The uniform average permeability throughout the portion of the ship before (or abaft) the machinery space shall be determined from the formula a=volume of the passenger spaces, as defined in Regulation I (9), which are situated below the margin line, before (or abaft) the machinery space, and v=whole volume of the portion of the ship below the margin line before (or abaft) the machinery space. (4) If a between deck compartment between two watertight transverse bulkheads contains any passenger or crew space, the whole of that compartment, less any space completely enclosed within permanent steel bulkheads and appropriated to other purposes, shall be regarded as passenger space. If, however, the passenger or crew space in question is completely enclosed within permanent steel bulkheads, only the space so enclosed need be considered as passenger space. REGULATION IV.-Permissible Length of Compartments. (1) Factor of subdivision. The maximum permissible length of a compartment having its center at any point in the ship's length is obtained from the floodable length by multiplying the latter by an appropriate factor called the factor of subdivision. The factor of subdivision shall depend on the length of the ship, and for a given length shall vary according to the nature of the service for which the ship is intended. It shall decrease in a regular and continuous manner— (a) as the length of the ship increases, and (b) from a factor A, applicable to ships primarily engaged in the carriage of cargo, to a factor B, applicable to ships primarily engaged in the carriage of passengers. The variations of the factors A and B shall be expressed by the following formulae (i) and (ii) where L is the length of the ship as defined in Regulation I (2): (2) Criterion of service. upwards). For a ship of given length the appro priate factor of subdivision shall be determined by the criterion of service numeral (hereinafter called the criterion numeral) as given by the following formulae (iii) and (iv) where: L = length of the ship, as defined in Regulation I (2); M =the volume of the machinery space, as defined in Regulation I (8); with the addition thereto of the volume of any permanent oil fuel bunkers which may be situated above the inner bottom and before or abaft the machinery space; P =the whole volume of the passenger spaces below the margin line, as defined in Regulation I (9); V the whole volume of the ship below the margin line; N=number of passengers for which the ship is to be certified, and K has the following values: Length in feet and volumes in cubic Value of K .6 L .056 L Where the value of KN is greater than the sum of P and the whole volume of the actual passenger spaces above the margin line, the lower figure may be taken, provided that the value of Pi used is not less than 3 KN. For ships not having a continuous bulkhead deck the volumes are to be taken up to the actual margin lines used in determining the floodable lengths. (3) Rules for subdivision.—(a) The subdivision abaft the fore peak of ships 430 feet (131 meters) in length and upwards having a criterion numeral of 23 or less shall be governed by the factor A given by formula (i); of those having a criterion numeral of 123 or more by the factor B given by formula (ii); and of those having a criterion numeral between 23 and 123 by the factor F obtained by linear interpolation between the factors A and B, using the formula: F-A (A-B) (C,-23) 100 (v) Where the factor F is less than .40 and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Administration to be impracticable to comply with the factor F in a machinery compartment of the ship, the subdivision of such compartment may be governed by an increased factor, which, however, shall not exceed .40. (L in feet) = 3574-25L 13 = (b) The subdivision abaft the fore peak of ships less than 430 feet (131 meters) but not less than 260 feet (79 meters) in length having a cri9382-20L terion numeral equal to S, where S= 34 (L in meters) shall be governed by the factor unity; of those having a criterion numeral of 123 or more by the factor B given by the formula (ii); of those having a criterion numeral between S and 123 by the factor Fobtained by linear interpolation between unity and the factor B, using the formula: F=1 (1-B) (C-S) (vi) |