54 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-SHIPS' OFFICERS-OCT. 24, 1936 c) "chef mecanicien" signifie toute personne ayant la direction permanente du service assu- rant la propulsion m6canique d'un navire; d) "officier m6canicien chef de quart" signifie toute personne qui est effectivement chargee de la conduite des machines de propulsion d'un navire. ARTICLE 3. 1. Nul ne peut exercer ou etre engag6 pour exercer a bord d'un navire auquel s'applique la pre- sente convention les fonctions de capitaine ou patron, d'officier de pont chef de quart, de chef me- canicien et d'officier mecanicien chef de quart sans etre titulaire d'un brevet, constatant sa capacit6 d'exercer ces fonctions, delivre ou approuve par l'autorite publique du territoire oI le navire est imma- tricule. 2. I ne peut etre deroge aux dispositions du present article qu'- en cas de force majeure. (c) "chief engineer" means any person permanently responsi- ble for the mechanical propul- sion of a vessel; (d) "engineer officer in charge of a watch" means any person who is for the time being actually in charge of the running of a vessel's engines. ARTICLE 3. 1. No person shall be engaged to perform or shall perform on board any vessel to which this Conven- tion applies the duties of master or skipper, navigating officer in charge of a watch, chief engineer, or engineer officer in charge of a watch, unless he holds a certificate of competency to perform such duties, issued or approved by the public authority of the territory where the vessel is registered. 2. Exceptions to the provisions of this Article may be made only in cases of force majeure. ARTICLE 4. ARTICLE 4. 1. Nul ne doit recevoir un brevet de capacite: a) s'il n'a atteint l'age minimum exige pour la d6livrance de ce brevet; b) si son experience profession- nelle n'a eu la duree minimum exigee pour la delivrance de ce brevet; c) s'il n'a subi avec succes les examens organises et con- tr6les par 1'autorite compe- tente en vue de constater s'il possede l'aptitude n6cessaire pour exercer les fonctions correspondant au brevet au- quel il est candidat. 1. No person shall be granted a certificate of competency unless- (a) he has reached the minimum age prescribed for the issue of the certificate in question; (b) his professional experience has been of the minimum dura- tion prescribed for the issue of the certificate in question; and (c) he has passed the examina- tions organised and super- vised by the competent au- thority for the purpose of testing whether he possesses the qualifications necessary for performing the duties cor- responding to the certificate for which he is a candidate. " C hief engineer." "Engineer officer in charge of a watch. " Certificate of com- petency, requirement. Exceptions. Requirements for certificate. 1685
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