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1 April 1947, and thereafter until otherwise decided by the appropriate organ of the International Labour Organization. Any vacancy which occurs during the period in question shall be filled by the said organ/ (3) As from 31 October 1946,* but subject always to subparagraph (4) below, the Administrative Tribunal shall have no jurisdiction in regard to (a) complaints of non-observance of the terms of appointment of officials of the Secretariat or of the Secretariat's Staff Regulations, (b) disputes concerning the compensation provided for by Articles 45 or 70 of the Secretariat Staff Regulations, or (c) complaints of non-observance of the provisions of Article 1 of the Staff Pensions Regulations, in so far as that Article provides for persons who have been appointed as officials of the Secretariat or the Registry of the Permanent Court becoming subject to those Regulations, but the Tribunal shall otherwise retain its existing jurisdiction under its Statute and under Article 26 of the Staff Pensions Regulations. (4) Complaints already transmitted to the Registrar of the Tribunal shall be heard and determined notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (3). (5) In order to enable the International Labour Organization to make by action of its appropriate organ the changes in the Statute necessitated by subparagraphs (1) and (2) above and such other amendments as it may from time to time consider desirable, the third paragraph of Article 12 of the Statute is amended to read as follows : ' The present Statute shall remain in force during the pleasure of the •General Conference of the International Labour Organization. It may be amended by the Conference or such other organ of the Organization .as the Conference may determine.' Staff Pensions Fund 16. (1) Subject to the agreement of the International Labour Organization, the following measures shall be taken in regard to the Staff Pensions Fund : (a) Liability for making the contributions due from the League under Article 7 of the Staff Pensions Regulations and, subject to (?) below, the guarantee given by the League under Article 13 of the Regulations shall be assumed by the International Labour Organization.

* Note. —This date is selected as giving sufficient time for adjudication •of any disputes which may arise out of the notices of dismissal which have been given to the officials of the Secretariat and which take effect on 31 July 1946. In the unlikely event of a dispute between th'e Administration and those officials who remain in service after 31 July, who will be on a purely temporary basis, the Board of Liquidation may be trusted to find a just and equitable solution.