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C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973

Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (Note: Date of coming into force: 19:06:1976.)

Convention: C138

Place: Geneva

Session of the Conference: 58

Date of adoption: 26:06:1973

Subject classification: Elimination of Child Labour

Subject classification: Minimum Age

Subject classification: Admission to Employment

Subject: Elimination of Child Labour and Protection of Children and Young Persons

Status: Up-to-date instrument This instrument is one of the fundamental conventions.

The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,

Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour

Office, and having met in its Fifty-eighth Session on 6 June 1973, and

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to minimum age

for admission to employment, which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session,

and

Noting the terms of the Minimum Age (Industry) Convention, 1919, the Minimum

Age (Sea) Convention, 1920, the Minimum Age (Agriculture) Convention, 1921, the

Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers) Convention, 1921, the Minimum Age (Non-

Industrial Employment) Convention, 1932, the Minimum Age (Sea) Convention

(Revised), 1936, the Minimum Age (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1937, the

Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Convention (Revised), 1937, the

Minimum Age (Fishermen) Convention, 1959, and the Minimum Age (Underground

Work) Convention, 1965, and

Considering that the time has come to establish a general instrument on the subject,

which would gradually replace the existing ones applicable to limited economic

sectors, with a view to achieving the total abolition of child labour, and

Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international

Convention,

adopts this twenty-sixth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and

seventy-three the following Convention, which may be cited as the Minimum Age

Convention, 1973:

Article 1

Each Member for which this Convention is in force undertakes to pursue a national

policy designed to ensure the effective abolition of child labour and to raise

progressively the minimum age for admission to employment or work to a level

consistent with the fullest physical and mental development of young persons.

Article 2

1. Each Member which ratifies this Convention shall specify, in a declaration

appended to its ratification, a minimum age for admission to employment or work

within its territory and on means of transport registered in its territory; subject to

Articles 4 to 8 of this Convention, no one under that age shall be admitted to

employment or work in any occupation.

2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention may subsequently notify the

Director-General of the International Labour Office, by further declarations, that it

specifies a minimum age higher than that previously specified.

3. The minimum age specified in pursuance of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be

less than the age of completion of compulsory schooling and, in any case, shall not be

less than 15 years.

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Article, a Member whose

economy and educational facilities are insufficiently developed may, after

consultation with the organisations of employers and workers concerned, where such

exist, initially specify a minimum age of 14 years.

5. Each Member which has specified a minimum age of 14 years in pursuance of the

provisions of the preceding paragraph shall include in its reports on the application of

this Convention submitted under article 22 of the Constitution of the International

Labour Organisation a statement--

(a) that its reason for doing so subsists; or

(b) that it renounces its right to avail itself of the provisions in question as from a

stated date.

Article 3

1. The minimum age for admission to any type of employment or work which by its

nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out is likely to jeopardise the health,

safety or morals of young persons shall not be less than 18 years.

2. The types of employment or work to which paragraph 1 of this Article applies shall

be determined by national laws or regulations or by the competent authority, after

consultation with the organisations of employers and workers concerned, where such

exist.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article, national laws or

regulations or the competent authority may, after consultation with the organisations

of employers and workers concerned, where such exist, authorise employment or

work as from the age of 16 years on condition that the health, safety and morals of the

young persons concerned are fully protected and that the young persons have received

adequate specific instruction or vocational training in the relevant branch of activity.

Article 4

1. In so far as necessary, the competent authority, after consultation with the

organisations of employers and workers concerned, where such exist, may exclude

from the application of this Convention limited categories of employment or work in

respect of which special and substantial problems of application arise.

2. Each Member which ratifies this Convention shall list in its first report on the

application of the Convention submitted under article 22 of the Constitution of the

International Labour Organisation any categories which may have been excluded in

pursuance of paragraph 1 of this Article, giving the reasons for such exclusion, and

shall state in subsequent reports the position of its law and practice in respect of the

categories excluded and the extent to which effect has been given or is proposed to be

given to the Convention in respect of such categories.

3. Employment or work covered by Article 3 of this Convention shall not be excluded

from the application of the Convention in pursuance of this Article.

Article 5

1. A Member whose economy and administrative facilities are insufficiently

developed may, after consultation with the organisations of employers and workers

concerned, where such exist, initially limit the scope of application of this

Convention.

2. Each Member which avails itself of the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article

shall specify, in a declaration appended to its ratification, the branches of economic

activity or types of undertakings to which it will apply the provisions of the

Convention.

3. The provisions of the Convention shall be applicable as a minimum to the

following: mining and quarrying; manufacturing; construction; electricity, gas and

water; sanitary services; transport, storage and communication; and plantations and

other agricultural undertakings mainly producing for commercial purposes, but

excluding family and small-scale holdings producing for local consumption and not

regularly employing hired workers.

4. Any Member which has limited the scope of application of this Convention in

pursuance of this Article--

(a) shall indicate in its reports under Article 22 of the Constitution of the International

Labour Organisation the general position as regards the employment or work of

young persons and children in the branches of activity which are excluded from the

scope of application of this Convention and any progress which may have been made

towards wider application of the provisions of the Convention;

(b) may at any time formally extend the scope of application by a declaration

addressed to the Director-General of the International Labour Office.

Article 6

This Convention does not apply to work done by children and young persons in

schools for general, vocational or technical education or in other training institutions,

or to work done by persons at least 14 years of age in undertakings, where such work

is carried out in accordance with conditions prescribed by the competent authority,

after consultation with the organisations of employers and workers concerned, where

such exist, and is an integral part of--

(a) a course of education or training for which a school or training institution is

primarily responsible;

(b) a programme of training mainly or entirely in an undertaking, which programme

has been approved by the competent authority; or

(c) a programme of guidance or orientation designed to facilitate the choice of an

occupation or of a line of training.

Article 7

1. National laws or regulations may permit the employment or work of persons 13 to

15 years of age on light work which is--

(a) not likely to be harmful to their health or development; and

(b) not such as to prejudice their attendance at school, their participation in vocational

orientation or training programmes approved by the competent authority or their

capacity to benefit from the instruction received.

2. National laws or regulations may also permit the employment or work of persons

who are at least 15 years of age but have not yet completed their compulsory

schooling on work which meets the requirements set forth in sub-paragraphs (a) and

(b) of paragraph 1 of this Article.

3. The competent authority shall determine the activities in which employment or

work may be permitted under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article and shall prescribe

the number of hours during which and the conditions in which such employment or

work may be undertaken.

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, a Member

which has availed itself of the provisions of paragraph 4 of Article 2 may, for as long

as it continues to do so, substitute the ages 12 and 14 for the ages 13 and 15 in

paragraph 1 and the age 14 for the age 15 in paragraph 2 of this Article.

Article 8

1. After consultation with the organisations of employers and workers concerned,

where such exist, the competent authority may, by permits granted in individual cases,

allow exceptions to the prohibition of employment or work provided for in Article 2

of this Convention, for such purposes as participation in artistic performances.

2. Permits so granted shall limit the number of hours during which and prescribe the

conditions in which employment or work is allowed.

Article 9

1. All necessary measures, including the provision of appropriate penalties, shall be

taken by the competent authority to ensure the effective enforcement of the provisions

of this Convention.

2. National laws or regulations or the competent authority shall define the persons

responsible for compliance with the provisions giving effect to the Convention.

3. National laws or regulations or the competent authority shall prescribe the registers

or other documents which shall be kept and made available by the employer; such

registers or documents shall contain the names and ages or dates of birth, duly

certified wherever possible, of persons whom he employs or who work for him and

who are less than 18 years of age.

Article 10

1. This Convention revises, on the terms set forth in this Article, the Minimum Age

(Industry) Convention, 1919, the Minimum Age (Sea) Convention, 1920, the

Minimum Age (Agriculture) Convention, 1921, the Minimum Age (Trimmers and

Stokers) Convention, 1921, the Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment)

Convention, 1932, the Minimum Age (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1936, the

Minimum Age (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1937, the Minimum Age (Non-

Industrial Employment) Convention (Revised), 1937, the Minimum Age (Fishermen)

Convention, 1959, and the Minimum Age (Underground Work) Convention, 1965.

2. The coming into force of this Convention shall not close the Minimum Age (Sea)

Convention (Revised), 1936, the Minimum Age (Industry) Convention (Revised),

1937, the Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Convention (Revised), 1937,

the Minimum Age (Fishermen) Convention, 1959, or the Minimum Age

(Underground Work) Convention, 1965, to further ratification.

3. The Minimum Age (Industry) Convention, 1919, the Minimum Age (Sea)

Convention, 1920, the Minimum Age (Agriculture) Convention, 1921, and the

Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers) Convention, 1921, shall be closed to further

ratification when all the parties thereto have consented to such closing by ratification

of this Convention or by a declaration communicated to the Director-General of the

International Labour Office.

4. When the obligations of this Convention are accepted--

(a) by a Member which is a party to the Minimum Age (Industry) Convention

(Revised), 1937, and a minimum age of not less than 15 years is specified in

pursuance of Article 2 of this Convention, this shall ipso jure involve the immediate

denunciation of that Convention,

(b) in respect of non-industrial employment as defined in the Minimum Age (Non-

Industrial Employment) Convention, 1932, by a Member which is a party to that

Convention, this shall ipso jure involve the immediate denunciation of that

Convention,

(c) in respect of non-industrial employment as defined in the Minimum Age (Non-

Industrial Employment) Convention (Revised), 1937, by a Member which is a party to

that Convention, and a minimum age of not less than 15 years is specified in

pursuance of Article 2 of this Convention, this shall ipso jure involve the immediate

denunciation of that Convention,

(d) in respect of maritime employment, by a Member which is a party to the

Minimum Age (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1936, and a minimum age of not less than

15 years is specified in pursuance of Article 2 of this Convention or the Member

specifies that Article 3 of this Convention applies to maritime employment, this shall

ipso jure involve the immediate denunciation of that Convention,

(e) in respect of employment in maritime fishing, by a Member which is a party to the

Minimum Age (Fishermen) Convention, 1959, and a minimum age of not less than 15

years is specified in pursuance of Article 2 of this Convention or the Member

specifies that Article 3 of this Convention applies to employment in maritime fishing,

this shall ipso jure involve the immediate denunciation of that Convention,

(f) by a Member which is a party to the Minimum Age (Underground Work)

Convention, 1965, and a minimum age of not less than the age specified in pursuance

of that Convention is specified in pursuance of Article 2 of this Convention or the

Member specifies that such an age applies to employment underground in mines in

virtue of Article 3 of this Convention, this shall ipso jure involve the immediate

denunciation of that Convention,

if and when this Convention shall have come into force.

5. Acceptance of the obligations of this Convention--

(a) shall involve the denunciation of the Minimum Age (Industry) Convention, 1919,

in accordance with Article 12 thereof,

(b) in respect of agriculture shall involve the denunciation of the Minimum Age

(Agriculture) Convention, 1921, in accordance with Article 9 thereof,

(c) in respect of maritime employment shall involve the denunciation of the Minimum

Age (Sea) Convention, 1920, in accordance with Article 10 thereof, and of the

Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers) Convention, 1921, in accordance with Article

12 thereof,

if and when this Convention shall have come into force.

Article 11

The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the Director-

General of the International Labour Office for registration.

Article 12

1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of the International

Labour Organisation whose ratifications have been registered with the Director-

General.

2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the ratifications of

two Members have been registered with the Director-General.

3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member twelve months

after the date on which its ratifications has been registered.

Article 13

1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the expiration

of ten years from the date on which the Convention first comes into force, by an act

communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office for

registration. Such denunciation shall not take 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 years mentioned in the preceding

paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation provided for in this Article, will be

bound for another period of ten years and, thereafter, may denounce this Convention

at the expiration of each period of ten years under the terms provided for in this

Article.

Article 14

1. The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of

the International Labour Organisation of the registration of all ratifications and

denunciations communicated to him by the Members of the Organisation.

2. When notifying the Members of the Organisation of the registration of the second

ratification communicated to him, the Director-General shall draw the attention of the

Members of the Organisation to the date upon which the Convention will come into

force.

Article 15

The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to the

Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with Article

102 of the Charter of the United Nations full particulars of all ratifications and acts of

denunciation registered by him in accordance with the provisions of the preceding

Articles.

Article 16

At such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of the International

Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the working of this

Convention and shall examine the desirability of placing on the agenda of the

Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part.

Article 17

1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention in whole

or in part, then, unless the new Convention otherwise provides:

a) the ratification by a Member of the new revising Convention shall ipso jure involve

the immediate denunciation of this Convention, notwithstanding the provisions of

Article 13 above, if and when the new revising Convention shall have come into

force;

b) as from the date when the new revising Convention comes into force this

Convention shall cease to be open to ratification by the Members.

2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its actual form and content for

those Members which have ratified it but have not ratified the revising Convention.

Article 18

The English and French versions of the text of this Convention are equally

authoritative.

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第一三八號公約：有關開始就業最低年齡公約、一九七

三年

國際勞工組織大會。

經國際勞工局理事會之召集，於一九七三年六月六日在日內瓦舉行其第五十八

屆會議。

經議決採納本屆會議議事日程第四項有關開始就業最低年齡之各項建議，及特

別提及一九一九年最低年齡(工業)公約，一九二○年最低年齡(海洋)公約，一

九二一年最低年齡(農業)公約，一九二一年最低年齡(機器整修者與司爐)公

約，一九三二年最低年齡(非工業就業)公約，一九三二年最低年齡(海洋)公約

(已修正)，一九三七年最低年齡(工業)公約(已修正)，一九三七年最低年齡(非

工業就業)公約(已修正)，一九五九年最低年齡(漁民)公約，及一九六五年最低

年齡(地下工作)公約之條款，及認為現已到達訂定可代表各種經濟活動最低年

齡之公約，以便取代前述祇代表某一經濟活動之公約，進而達成全面取消童工

之目的，並議決此等建議應採取國際公約方式。

爰於一九七三年六月廿六日通過下列公約，可稱之為一九七三年最低年齡公約。

第 一 條 凡本公約效力所及之會員國應承諾採行全國性政策，以便保證徹

底取消童工及逐漸提高開始就業或工作之最低年齡，進而達到符合青年人身心

發展之標準。

第 二 條 凡批准本公約之會員國皆應在其所送批准書隨附之聲明中說明其

境內開始就業或工作之最低年齡及已登記之運輸工具；依照本公約第四條至第

八條規定，凡是低於該一年齡者不應受僱擔任任何行業中之工作。

凡批准本公約之會員國皆可在其日後送交國際勞工局局長之通知中說明其已規

定高於過去規定之最低年齡。

本條第一項中規定之最低年齡不應低於完成強迫教育所需之年齡，更不應低於

十五歲。

雖有本條第三項之規定，經濟與教育未能充份發展之會員國可在與有關雇主及

勞工組織諮商後，初步規定最低年齡為十四歲。

凡依照前段規定訂定最低年齡為十四歲之會員國應在其依照國際勞工組織憲章

第廿二條規定所送有關公約執行經過之報告中說明下列情況：

一、 這樣做是有其理由；或

二、 其於明定之日起已放棄利用前述各種規定之權利。

第 三 條 如開始就業或工作之最低年齡依其性質或情況實際施行，則其可

能有害青年人之健康、安全或道德，故該項年齡不應低於十八歲。

國家法律或規章、或主管機關應與其境內有關雇主及勞工組織諮商後，訂定本

條第一項適用之各類職業或工作。

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雖有本條第一項之規定，國家法律或規章，或主管機關應與其境內有關雇主及

勞工組織諮商後，准許某一職業或工作以十六歲為其最低年齡，但條件是有關

青年人之健康、安全及道德應受到充份保障及為其提供有關該職業或工作之合

適專業教育或職業教育。

第 四 條 祇要有必要，主管機關在與其境內有關雇主及勞工組織諮商後，

可決定某些類別職業或工作不列入本公約適用範圍，以免適用後引發特殊與實

質問題。

凡已批准本公約之會員國皆應在其依照國際勞工組織憲章第十二條規定所送有

關本公約執行經過之報告中詳列未依照本條第一項規定之任何類別與說明末列

入之理由，並應在日後所送之報告中說明其法律與實務對末列入類別之觀點及

本公約對該等類別已生效與將生效之程度。

本公約第三條所列職業或工作不應排出本公約本條適用之範圍。

第 五 條 凡是經濟與行政設施未有充份發展之會員國可與其有關雇主及勞

工組織諮商後，初步規定本公約之適用範圍。

凡利用本條第一項規定之會員國應在其所送批准書隨附之聲明中詳細列出本公

約適用之經濟活動或企業之種類。

本公約規定至少應適用下列行業：礦業與採石場；製造業；建造業；電力、煤

氣與自來水；衛生服務；運輸、倉儲與交通業；及農場與製造商品為主之其他

農業企業，但製造本地消費品及未經常僱用勞工之家庭與小型企業不在此例。

凡已依照本條規定限制本公約適用範圍之任何會員國：

一、應在其依照國際勞工組織憲章第廿二條規定所送之報告中說明其對未列入

本公約適用範圍內之有關青年與兒童在各經濟活動中就業或工作之看法及本公

約廣泛施行後所有之任何發展；

二、日後隨時正式擴大本公約之適用範圍，祇要其以書面通知國際勞工局局長

即可。

第 六 條 本公約不適用青年與兒童在普通學校、職業學校或技術學校中，

或其他訓練機構中所完成之工作，或十四歲以上者在企業中所完成之工作，但

該項工作是依照主管機關與有關雇主及勞工組織諮商後所訂立條件完成，且係

下列措施之整合部份：

一、由學校或訓練機構負責之教育或訓練課程；

二、主要部份或全部在企業中施行，且經有資格行政當局核准之計畫；或

三、以便利職業選擇或訓練為目的之輔導或講習計畫。

第 七 條 國家法律或規章可准許十三至十五歲之青少年擔任有關下列情況

之輕便工作：

一、不可能有害其健康或發育；及

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二、不曾妨礙其入學、參加主管機關核准之訓練或講堂計畫，或受益於教育或

訓練之能力。

國家法律或規章也可准許十五歲以上，但未完成強迫教育者之職業或工作，如

其工作能滿足本條第一項及第二項中所述之要求。

主管機關應決定有關依照本條第一項及第二項規定准許職業或工作之活動，並

應規定此類職業或工作之條件與工時時數。

雖有本條第一項及第二項規定，凡利用第二條第四項規定之會員國祇要願意這

樣做，就可以十二與十四歲取代本條第一項中規定之十三與十五歲及以十四歲

取代第二項中規定之十五歲。

第 八 條 主管機關與有關雇主及勞工組織諮商後可視個案情況准許某種職

業或工作，如參加藝術表演，暫不列入本公約第二條規定適用範圍內。

此類許可應規定有關職業或工作之條件與工時時數。

第 九 條 主管機關應採取一切必要措施，包括訂定怨處辦法，保證有效施

行本公約所含規定。

國家法律或規章，或主管機關應說明那些人員應遵守使本公約生效之規定。

國家法律或規章，或主管機關應規定，雇主必須保管及運用有關登記名冊或其

他有關文件；此類登記名冊或有關文件應含有其受僱員工，或其所僱十八歲以

下者之姓名、年齡、出生日期、或其他有關之個人資料。

第 十 條 本公約依照本條所述之條件修正一九一九年最低年齡(工業)公

約，一九二○年最低年齡(海洋)公約，一九二一年最低年齡(農業)公約，一九

二一年最低年齡(機器整修者與司爐)公約，一九三二年最低年齡(非工業就業)

公約，一九三六年最低年齡(海洋)公約(已修正)，一九三七年最低年齡(工業)

公約(已修正)，一九三七年最低年齡(非工業就業)公約(已修正)，一九五九年

最低年齡(漁民)公約，及一九六五年最低年齡(地下工作)公約。

本公約之生效並不終止一九三六年最低年齡(海洋)公約(已修正)，一九三七年

最低年齡(工業)公約(已修正)，一九三七年最低年齡(非工業就業)公約，一九

五九年最低年齡(漁民)公約，或一九六五年最低年齡(地下工作)公約任由各會

員國作進一步批准。

一九一九年最低年齡(工業)公約，一九二○年最低年齡(海洋)公約，一九二一

年最低年齡(農業)公約，及一九二一年最低年齡(機器整修者與司爐)公約不應

再由各會員國作進一步批准，如有關各會員國同意以批准本公約，或以通知國

際勞工局局長之方式終止此一批准。

當本公約之義務被接受時：

一、如原為一九三七年最低年齡(工業)公約(已修正)義務國之會員國已接受本

公約之義務及其中第二條規定十五歲以上之最低年齡，則其依法等於立即廢止

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其對該公約所有之義務。

二、有關一九三二年最低年齡(非工業就業)公約所得之非工業就業，如原為該

公約義務國之會員國在接受本公約之義務時，則其依法等於立即廢止其對該公

約所有之義務。

三、有關一九三七年最低年齡(非工業就業)公約所得之非工業就業，如原為該

公約義務國之會員國在接受本公約之義務及其中第二條中規定十五歲以上之最

低年齡、則其依法等於立即廢止其對該公約所有之義務。

四、有關海上就業，如原為一九三七年最低年齡(海洋)公約(已修正)義務國之

會員國接受本公約之義務及其中第二條規定十五歲以上之最低年齡，或其規定

本公約第三條適用海上就業，則其依法等於立即廢止其對該公約所有之義務。

五、有關海洋漁撈之就業，如原為一九五九年最低年齡(漁民)公約義務國之會

員國接受本公約之義務及其中第二條規定十五歲以上之最低年齡，或其規定本

公約第三條適用海上漁撈之就業，則其依法等於立即廢止其對該公約所有之義

務。

六、如原為一九六五年最低年齡(地下工作)公約義務國之會員國已接受本公約

之義務及其中第二項規定十五歲以上之最低年齡，或其規定此一年齡適用本公

約第三條適用之礦業工作時，則其依法等於廢止其對該公約所有之義務。

如及當本公約已生效時。

接受本公約之義務：

一、就等於依照其中第十二條規定，廢止一九一九年最低年齡(工業)公約。

二、就等於依照其中第九條規定，廢止一九二一年最低年齡(農業)公約。

三、就等於依照其中第十條規定，廢止有關海上就業之一九二○年最低年齡(海

洋)公約，及依照其中第十二條規定，廢止一九二一年最低年齡(機器整修者與

司爐)公約。

如及當本公約之生效時。

第 十一 條 本公約之正式批准書應送請國際勞工局局長登記之。

第 十二 條 本公約僅對已將批准書送交國際勞工局局長登記之國際勞工組織

所屬會員國發生效力。

本公約應於二個會員國將其批准書送交國際勞工局局長登記之日起十二個月後

生效。

嗣後本公約對任何會員國於其批准書送請國際勞工局局長登記之日起十二個月

後生效。

第 十三 條 凡業已批准本公約之會員國自本公約開始生效之日起滿十年後

通知國際勞工局局長登記廢止本公約；但是項廢止應於登記滿一年後始行生效。

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凡業已批准本公約之會員國如未於上述十年起滿後之一年內行使本條規定之廢

止權，則本公約對該會員國應繼續有效十年；嗣後每十年期限屆滿時，讓會員

國仍得依據本條之規定宣告廢止本公約。

第 十四 條 國際勞工局局長應將國際勞工組織會員國送請其登記之一切批

准書、聲明及廢止文件通知該組織所有會員國。

國際勞工局局長於將送請其登記之第二個批准書通知其他會員國時，應將本公

約生效日期提請各會員國注意。

第 十五 條 國際勞工局局長應依照聯合國憲章第一○二條之規定，將經其

依照前述各條規定登記之一切批准書、聲明及廢止文件送請聯合國秘書長登記

之。

第 十六 條 國際勞工局理事會於認為必要時應將本公約實施狀況向大會提

出報告，並應考慮是否宜將本公約作局部或全部修正之問題列入大會議程。

第 十七 條 倘大會通過對本公約作局部或全部修正之新公約時，除該新公

約另有規定外，則：

一、一會員國對該新修正公約之批准，於該新修正公約開始生效時，法律上即

構成對本公約之廢止，而不受上述第十三條規定之限制。

二、自新修正公約開始生效之日起，本公約應即停止聽由各會員國批准。

在任何情況下本公約之現有形式及內容對業已批准本公約並未批准新公約之各

會員國應仍繼續有效。

第 十八 條 本公約之英文本及法文本同一作準。

註一：生效日期：一九七六年六月十九日。

註二：本公約修正一九一九年第五號最低年齡（工業）公約。

註三：本公約修正一九二○年第七號最低年齡（海上）公約。

註四：本公約修正一九二一年第十號最低年齡（農業）公約。

註五：本公約修正一九二一年第十五號最低年齡（機器整修工與司爐工）公約。

註六：本公約修正一九三二年第十五號最低年齡（非工業就業）公約。

註七：本公約修正一九三六年第五十八號最低年齡（海上）公約。

註八：本公約修正一九三七年第五十九號最低年齡（工業）公約。

註九：本公約修正一九三七年第六十號最低年齡（非工業就業）公約（已修正）

。

註十：本公約修正一九五九年第一一二號最低年齡（漁民）公約。

註十一：本公約修正一九六五年第一二三號最低年齡（地下工作）公約。

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