232 SOCIETY NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS. 



Article 63. 



If, in the course of a particular voyage, the vessel has on board a number of pas- 

 sengers less than the maximum number indicated in the Safety Certificate, and is, in con- 

 sequence, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention free to carry a smaller num- 

 ber of lifeboats and other life-saving appliances than that stated in the aforementioned 

 Certificate, a memorandum may be issued by the officers or other authorized persons re- 

 ferred to in Articles 57 (paragraph 3) and 59 above. 



This memorandum shall state that in the circumstances there is no infringement of 

 the provisions of the Convention. It shall be annexed to the Safety Certificate and 

 shall be substituted for it in so far as the life-saving appliances are concerned. It shall be 

 valid only for the particular voyage in regard to which it is issued. 



Chapter VIII. — General. 

 Article 64. 



The Governments of the High Contracting Parties undertake to communicate mutually, 

 in addition to the documents which, in this Convention, are the subject of special provi- 

 sions to that effect, all information which they possess affecting safety of life on those of 

 their vessels which are subject to the rules of this Convention, provided always that such 

 information is not of a confidential nature. 



They will communicate to each other in particular — 



1. The text of Laws, Decrees and Regulations which shall have been promulgated on 

 the various matters within the scope of the Convention. 



2. The description of the characteristics of new appliances approved in administer- 

 ing the rules of the Convention. 



3. All official reports, or official summaries of reports, in so far as they show the re- 

 sults of the provisions of this Convention. 



Until other arrangements may be made, the British Government is invited to serve as 

 intermediary for collecting all this information and for bringing it to the knowledge of the 

 Governments of the Contracting Parties. 



Article 65. 



The High Contracting Parties undertake to take, or to propose to their respective leg- 

 islatures, the measures necessary for the repression of infractions of the requirements 

 imposed by this Convention. 



The High Contracting Parties will communicate mutually, as soon as possible, the 

 laws and regulations which are issued for this purpose. 



Article 66. 



The High Contracting Parties which intend the Convention to apply to the whole of 

 their Colonies, Possessions and Protectorates, or to one or to some of these countries, 

 shall declare this intention either at the time of signing these presents or subsequently. 

 To this effect they shall be able either to make a general declaration embracing the whole 



