Article 29 Notification to Member in arrears (ILC Standing Orders)
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Document No. (ilolex): 27199434
Part II: Standing Orders concerning special subjects, Section D -
Disqualification from voting of members which are in arrears in the payment of
their contributions to the organization.
Adopted on 21 November 1919 at the First Session of the Conference. Revised
and consolidated at the 27th Session. The present text of this article
includes all amendments adopted up to the 97th Session (2008).
The ILO is committed to promoting gender equality. Amendments to this effect
were adopted at the 97th Session of the International Labour Conference
(Geneva, 2008).
ARTICLE 29
Notification to Member in arrears
1. If the Director-General finds that the amount of the arrears due from a
Member of the Organization which is in arrears in the payment of its
contribution to the Organization will, in the event of no payment being
received from the Member during the succeeding three months, increase so as to
equal or exceed the amount of the contribution due from that Member for the
two full years preceding the expiration of the said period of three months,
the Director- General shall send to the Member in question a communication
calling its attention to the terms of article 13, paragraph 4, of the
Constitution.
2. When the amount of the arrears due to the International Labour Organization
from a Member which is in arrears in the payment of its contribution to the
Organization equals or exceeds the contribution due from that Member for the
preceding two full years, the Director-General shall notify the Member in
question of this fact and call its attention to the terms of article 13,
paragraph 4, of the Constitution.
3. Contributions are due on 1 January of the year to which they relate, but
the year in respect of which they are due shall be regarded as a period of
grace and a contribution shall be regarded as being in arrears for the purpose
of this article only if it has not been paid by 31 December of the year in
respect of which it is due.
Cross references
Constitution: Article 13
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