MAKING PUBLIC THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1948

WHEREAS, a Convention to replace the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929, was concluded and
signed at London on June 10, 1948, by the authorized representatives of thirty
countries, including the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Philippines, by its
Resolution No. 94, adopted on May 20, 1952, concurred in the acceptance by the
President of the Philippines of the aforementioned International Convention for
the Safety of Life at Sea in accordance with the Constitution of the
Philippines;

WHEREAS, the said Convention was duly accepted by
the President of the Philippines, and the instrument of acceptance thereof was
deposited with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland on October 2, 1952, in accordance with the provisions of
Article XV thereof; and

WHEREAS, the said Convention entered into force
for the Philippines on November 19, 1952;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Elpidio
Quirino, President of the Philippines, in pursuance of the aforesaid
concurrence of the Senate of the Philippines, do hereby make public the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, a true copy of which is
hereto attached, which was concluded and signed at London on June 10, 1948, to
the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and
fulfilled with good faith by the Republic of the Philippines and the citizens
thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of
February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary

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