3. The expenses of the International Labour Organisation shall be borne by the Members in accordance with the arrangements in force in virtue of paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 (c) of this Article.
4. A Member of the Organisation which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contribution to the Organisation shall have no vote in the Conference, in the Governing Body, in any Committee, or in the elections of members of the Governing Body, if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. The Conference may, nevertheless, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond the control of the Member.
5. The Director of the International Labour Office shall be responsible to the Governing Body for the proper expenditure of the funds of the International Labour Organisation.
Article 4
The following shall be substituted for the present text of Article 36 of the Constitution of the Organisation:
Amendments to this Constitution which are adopted by the Conference by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast by the delegates present shall take effect when ratified or accepted by two-thirds of the Members of the Organisation including five of the eight Members which are represented on the Governing Body as Members of chief industrial importance in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 7 of this Constitution.
Article 5
Three copies of this instrument of amendment shall be authenticated by the signature of the President of the Conference and of the Director of the International Labour Office. Of these copies one shall be deposited in the archives of the International Labour Office, one with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, and one with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Director will communicate a certified copy of the instrument to each of the Members of the International Labour Organisation.
Article 6
1. The formal ratifications or acceptances of this instrument of amendment shall be communicated to the Director of the International Labour Office, who shall notify the Members of the Organisation of the receipt thereof.
