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Article 4, paragraph 2 of the Convention. The Committee refers to its observation of 1978 in which it noted with satisfaction that both the boarding pass and the seafarer's book, which the Government forwarded at the time, contained the statement provided for in the above provision of the Convention, that they were seafarers' identity documents conforming to the provisions of the present Convention.

The Committee observes, however, that the specimen copy of the seafarer's book communicated by the Government with its last report, does not contain such a statement. It also notes that Maritime Provision No. 38, of 14 March 1988 of the National Ports Authority institutes a seafarer's identity document which, in accordance with Annex "Alfa", must contain, among other data, the statement that it is a national identity document conforming to Convention No. 108 of the ILO. The Committee asks the Government to provide a specimen copy of this new identity document with its next report.