Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

Article 6, paragraph 1(b), of the Convention. In earlier replies to the Committee's comments, the Government had indicated its readiness to take measures to bring Act No. 2127 of 3 August 1965 into full conformity with the Convention by removing the reciprocity requirement. The Committee notes, from the information supplied by the Government at the Conference Committee in 1988 concerning the application of Convention No. 19 that Act No. 2127 must be considered as tacitly revoked by virtue of the Constitution of 1976, which provides for equality of treatment for foreign workers and maintains in force the legislation adopted before the entry into force of the Constitution in so far as it is not inconsistent with the Constitution. The Committee therefore hopes that the Government will have no difficulty in formally repealing the inconsistent provisions of Act No. 2127 so as to leave no doubt or uncertainty as regards the applicable law, and that the next report will indicate the steps taken in this regard.