S.L. 234.18 Art. 2Convention countries or territories.

It is hereby declared that -

(a) the Governments of the countries specified in Part I of the First Schedule have accepted or acceded to or ratified or approved the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, and that the said Convention has been extended to the territories specified in Part II of the said Schedule on the date shown against each country or territory;

(b) the Governments of the countries es specified in Part I of the Second Schedule have accepted or acceded to or ratified or aporoved the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, and that the said Protocol has been extended to the territories specified in Part II of the said Schedule on the date shown against each country or territory.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Part I Country Date Monaco 1 November 1974 Ukranian SSR 1 November 1974 India 16 June 1976 Norway 15 February 1977 Mexico 28 March 1977 Tonga 12 April 1977 Cape Verde 28 April 1977 France 25 May 1977 United Kingdom 7 October 1977 Liberia 14 November 1977 Denmark 8 March 1978 Panama 9 March 1978 Canada 8 May 1978 Sweden 7 July 1978 Netherlands 10 July 1978 Country Date Spain 5 September 1978 United States 7 September 1978 Trinidad 15 February 1979 Bahamas 16 February 1979 Yemen 6 March 1979 German Democratic Republic 15 March 1979 Federal Republic of Germany 26 March 1979 Urugway 30 April 1979 Israel 15 May 1979 Romania 24 May 1979 Yugoslavia 11 June 1979 Kuwait 29 June 1979 Belgium 24 September 1979 Peru 4 December 1979 Argentina 5 December 1979 China 7 January 1980 USSR 9 January 1980 Hungary 9 January 1980 Chile 28 March 1980 Dominican Republic 10 April 1980 Greece 12 May 1980 Japan 15 May 1980 Brazil 22 May 1980 South Africa 23 May 1980 Italy 11 June 1980 Turkey 31 July 1980 Tunisia 6 August 1980 Czechoslovakia 18 August 1980 Colombia 31 October 1980 Papua New Guinea 12 November 1980 Finland 21 November 1980 Qatar 22 December 1980 Republic of Korea 31 December 1980 Maldives 14 January 1981 Guinea 19 January 1981 Indonesia 17 February 1981 Singapore 16 March 1981 Nigeria 7 May 1981 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2 July 1981 Egypt 4 September 1981 Switzerland 1 October 1981 Country Date Bangladesh 6 November 1981 Philippines 15 December 1982 Gabon 21 January 1982 Ecuador 28 May 1982 Vanuatu 28 July 1982 Barbados 1 September 1982 Guatemala 20 October 1982 Fiji 4 March 1983 Venezuela 29 March 1983 Ghana 19 May 1983 Iceland 6 July 1983 Australia 17 August 1983 Sri Lanka 30 August 1983 Jamaica 14 October 1983 Malaysia 19 October 1983 Saint Vincent and Grenadines 28 October 1983 Bulgaria 2 November 1983 Algeria 3 November 1983 Portugal 7 November 1983 Lebanon 29 November 1983 Ireland 29 November 1983 United Arab Emirates 13 December 1983 Djibouti 1 March 1984 Poland 15 March 1984 Cameroon 14 May 1984 Thailand 18 December 1984 Pakistan 10 April 1985 Saudi Arabia 24 April 1985 Oman 25 April 1985 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1 May 1985 Ethiopia 18 July 1985 Jordan 7 August 1985 Tuvalu 22 August 1985 Congo 10 September 1985 Honduras 24 September 1985 Cyprus 11 October 1985 Bahrain 21 October 1985 Benin l November 1985 Part II Hong Kong 25 May 1980 Isle of Man 1 July 1985 Country Date Netherlands Antilles 10 July 1978 Aruba I January 1986

SECOND SCHEDULE Part I Country Date Bahamas 16 February 1979 Uruguay 30 April 1979 Kuwait 29 June 1979 Belgium 24 September 1979 United Kingdom 5 November 1979 Sweden 21 December 1979 France 21 December 1979 Spain 30 April 1979 Japan 15 May 1980 Federal Republic of Germany 6 June 1980 Netherlands 8 July 1980 Tunisia 6 August 1980 United States 12 August 1980 Liberia 28 October 1980 Columbia 31 October 1980 Yugoslavia 31 October 1980 Denmark 27 November 1980 Norway 25 March 1981 Finland 30 April 1981 USSR 12 May 1981 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2 July 1981 Greece 17 July 1981 Israel 21 August 1981 South Africa 11 January 1982 Hungary 3 February 1982 Argentina 24 February 1982 Switzerland 1 April 1982 Panama 14 July 1982 Peru 16 July 1982 Vanuatu 28 July 1982 Italy 1 October 1982 Republic of Korea 2 December 1982 China 17 December 1982 German Democratic Republic 28 April 1983 Ghana 19 May 1983 Country Date Czechoslovakia 2 June 1983 Mexico 30 June 1983 Iceland 6 July 1983 Australia 17 August 1983 Malaysia 19 October 1983 Bulgaria 2 November 1983 Algeria 3 November 1983 Portugal 7 November 1983 Lebanon 29 November 1983 Ireland 29 November 1983 United Arab Emirates 15 December 1983 Poland 15 March 1984 Barbados 29 May 1984 Singapore 1 June 1984 Nigeria 13 November 1984 Pakistan 10 April 1985 Oman 25 April 1985 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1 May 1985 Honduras 24 September 1985 Cyprus 11 October 1985 Brazil 20 November 1985 Ethiopia 3 January 1986 India 3 April 1986 Egypt 7 August 1986

Part II Hong Kong 25 November 1981 Isle of Man 1 July 1985 Netherlands Antilles 8 July 1980 Aruba 1 January 1986