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(b) Persons who are on board a ship by reason of force majeure or in 

 consequence of the obligation laid upon the master to carry shipwrecked or 

 other persons shall not be taken into account for the purpose of ascertaining 

 the application to a ship of any provisions of the present Convention. 



Article V 



Carriage of Persons in Emergency 



(a) For the purpose of moving persons from any territory in order to 

 avoid a threat to the security of their lives a Contracting Government may 

 permit the carriage of a larger number of persons in its ships than is otherwise 

 permissible under the present Convention. 



(b) Such permission shall not deprive other Contracting Governments of 

 any right of control under the present Convention over such ships which 

 come within their ports. 



(c) Notice of any such permission, together with a statement of the 

 circumstances, shall be sent to the Organization by the Contracting 

 Government granting such permission. 



Article VI 



Suspension in case of War 



(a) In case of war or other hostilities, a Contracting Government which 

 considers that it is affected, whether as a belligerent or as a neutral, may 

 suspend the operation of the whole or any part of the Regulations annexed 

 hereto. The suspending Government shall immediately give notice of any 

 such suspension to the Organization. 



(b) Such suspension shall not deprive other Contracting Governments of 

 any right of control under the present Convention over the ships of the 

 suspending Government when such ships are within their ports. 



(c) The suspending Government may at any time terminate such 

 suspension and shall immediately give notice of such termination to the 

 Organization. 



(d) The Organization shall notify all Contracting Governments of any 

 suspension or termination of suspension under this Article. 



Article VII 



Prior Treaties and Conventions 



(a) As between the Contracting Governments the present Convention 

 replaces and abrogates the International Convention for the Safety of Life 

 at Sea which was signed in London on 10 June 1948. 



(b) All other treaties, conventions and arrangements relating to safety 

 of life at sea, or matters appertaining thereto, at present in force between 



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