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1. Each Member of the International Labour Organisation for which this Convention is in force shall, in accordance with national laws or regulations, establish or secure the establishment of a scheme for the payment of pensions to seafarers on retirement from sea service.
2. The scheme may embody such exceptions as the Member deems necessary in respect of —
(a) persons employed on board or in the service of — (i) vessels of public authorities when such vessels are not engaged in trade;
(ii) vessels which are not engaged in the transport of cargo or passengers for the purpose of trade;
(iii) fishing vessels;
(iv) vessels engaged in hunting seals;
(v) vessels of less than 200 gross register tons;
(vi) wooden ships of primitive build such as dhows and junks;
(vii) in so far as ships registered in India are concerned and for a period not exceeding five years from the date of the registration of the ratification of the Convention by India, hometrade vessels of a gross register tonnage not exceeding 300 tons;
(i) vessels of public authorities when such vessels are not engaged in trade;
(ii) vessels which are not engaged in the transport of cargo or passengers for the purpose of trade;
(iii) fishing vessels;
(iv) vessels engaged in hunting seals;
(v) vessels of less than 200 gross register tons;
(vi) wooden ships of primitive build such as dhows and junks;
(vii) in so far as ships registered in India are concerned and for a period not exceeding five years from the date of the registration of the ratification of the Convention by India, hometrade vessels of a gross register tonnage not exceeding 300 tons;
(b) members of the shipowner's family;
(c) pilots not members of the crew;
(d) persons employed on board or in the service of the ship by an employer other than the shipowner, except radio officers or operators and catering staff;
(e) persons employed in port who are not ordinarily employed at sea;
(f) salaried employees in the service of a national public authority who are entitled to benefits at least equivalent on the whole to those provided for in this Convention;
(g) persons not remunerated for their services or remunerated only by a nominal salary or wage, or remunerated exclusively by a share of profits;
(h) persons working exclusively on their own account;
(i) persons employed on board or in the service of whale-catching, floating factory or transport vessels or otherwise for the purpose of whaling or similar operations under conditions regulated by the provisions of a special collective whaling or similar agreement determining the rates of pay, hours of work and other conditions of service concluded by an organisation of seafarers concerned;
(j) persons not resident in the territory of the Member;
(k) persons not nationals of the Member.