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ditions at the time of departure, during the journey and on arrival in the territory of destination.

ARTICLE 6

1 — Each Member for which this Convention is in force undertakes to apply, without discrimination in respect of nationality, race, religion or sex, to immigrants lawfully within its territory, treatment no less favourable than that which it applies to its own nationals in respect of the following matters:

a) In so far as such matters are regulated by law or regulations, or are subject to the control of administrative authorities:

0 Remuneration, including family allowances where these form part of remuneration, hours of work, overtime arrangements, holidays with pay, restrictions on home work, minimum age for employment, apprenticeship and training, women's work and the work of young persons;

if) Membership of trade union and enjoyment of the benefits of collective bargaining;

iii) Accommodation;

b) Social security (that is to say, legal provision in respect of employment injury, maternity, sickness, invalidity, old age, death, unemployment and family responsibilities, and any other contingency which, according to national laws or regulations, is covered by a social security scheme), subject to the following limitations:

0 There may be appropriate arrangements for the maintenance of acquired rights and rights in course of acquisition;

ii) National laws or regulations of immigration countries may prescribe special arrangements concerning benefits or portions of benefits which are payable wholly out of public funds, and concerning allowances paid to persons who do not fulfil the contribution conditions prescribed for the award of a normal pension;

c) Employment taxes, dues or contributions pay-

able in respect of the person employed; and

d) Legal proceedings relating to the matters re-

ferred to in this Convention.

2— In the case of a federal State the provisions of this article shall apply in so far as the matters dealt with are regulated by federal law or regulations or are subject to the control of federal administrative authorities. The extent to which and manner in which these provisions shall be applied in respect of matters regulated by the law or regulations of the constituent States, provinces or cantons, or subject

to the control of the administrative authorities thereof, shall be determined by each Member. The Member shall indicate in its annual report upon the application of the Convention the extent to which the matters dealt with in this article are regulated by federal law or regulations or are subject to the control of federal administrative authorities. In respect of matters which are regulated by the law or regulations of the constituent States, provinces or cantons, or are subject to the control of the administrative authorities thereof, the Member shall take the steps provided for in paragraph 7, b), of article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization.

ARTICLE 7

1 — Each Member for which this Convention is in force undertakes that its employment service and other services connected with migration will cooperate in appropriate cases with the corresponding services of other Members.

2 — Each Member for which this Convention is in force undertakes to ensure that the services rendered by its public employment service to migrants for employment are rendered free.

ARTICLE 8

1 — A migrant for employment who has been admitted on a permanent basis and the members of his family who have been authorized to accompany or join him shall not be returned to their territory of origin or the territory from which they emigrated because the migrant is unable to follow his occupation by reason of illness contracted or injury sustained subsequent to entry, unless the person concerned so desires or an international agreement to which the Member is a party so provides.

2 — When migrants for employment are admitted on a permanent basis upon arrival in the country of immigration the competent authority of that country may determine that the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article shall take effect only after a reasonable period which shall in no case exceed five years front the date of admission of such migrants.

ARTICLE 9

Each Member for which this Convention is in force undertakes to permit, taking into account the limits allowed by national laws and regulations concerning export and import of currency, the transfer of such part of the carnings and savings of the migrant for employment as the migrant may desire.

ARTICLE 10

In cases where the number of migrants going from the territory of one Member to that of another is sufficiently large, the competent authorities of the territories concerned shall, whenever necessary or desirable, enter into agreements for the purpose of regulating matters of common concern arising in connection with the application of the provisions of this Convention.