, 1894-03-03

vessels burden.
Such Certificate shall by public notice be
called ia and cancelled as soon as possible.
"a.
For the omission oi reporting changes that
deprive a vessel OF the right to carry the
Danish flag, the penalty is a fine not exceed
ing 80 Dollars. Ii such omission 10 Intentional,
with a view OF deriving advantage by using
a certificate of nationality and registration
to which the, vessel is not entitled, the party
concerned shall pay therefor q fine OF not
exceeding 5 Dollars for every ton OF the
vessels burden.
S rs.
For the omission of returning the CertiH-
cate OF nationality aud registry, as prescrib.
cd by IS l6& II, the penai'y is u fine OF NOS
exceeding 2 Dollars for each ton OF the
vessels b rden, unleSs sufficient reasOR for
the omission is given.
Such Certificate, if the vessel still exists,
shall be declared cancelled by public adver-
%tissment.
see.
Even az in the case of the O&sncOs mem.
toned in SIS 22-25 hereinabovs, the.amount
of the fines iAficted is fixed, within the pre-
scribed limits, by the Superior Authority. the
said Authority is empowered to lntiot hnes OF
not exceeding 90 Dollars in the case of
OHHntEA MIL kO VI ShO RAO0oAS
ordinance Tor which the p6nalty is not espe.
cially prescribed. and of infringement of re-
g%ulations provided and published by the
administration in pursuance of and III &C.
oordanoe with said ordinance.
s II.
The rec: stored owner or, in case Of joint
ownership, the owners, all and each OF them,
are liable for the payment OF the above Zines.
s 81.
With respect 70 JOINT stock companies the
members of the Board of Directors. one and
sll snail be liable f3r the said fines.
All persons except Custom house officers
or persons employed in the service of the Gus.
tom. house. on being fined pursuant to this
Ordinance, may appeal 70 the orf''nary courts,
in which ca e the Superior Authority shall
cause the matter to be tired as an ordinary
Police case, and tho court decides whether
tH9 party concerned ls gality' ana In 1n'S
case. the penalty.
Appel on behalf of the Crown shall more
over, he decided on by the Superior Authority.
The fines fall t. the respective Colonial
Treasures.
The necessary instructions for the proper
carving out of this Ordinance will DO given
by the Authority mentioned in 81.
30.
This Ordinance, a copy of which shall &C
company the delivery Of every Certificate
ISSUED for vessels belongit 6 in the Danish
West India Islands, comes in force two
months after having obtained Royal sanction.
on and from which date all previous Enact
ments at variance with its provisions are an
nulleds
Owing to the circumstance tat by law OF
l.t April 1899 for the mother-country, which
came in force on the lst january 1894. the
law. hi therto valid, Of 18th March 1857 con-
cernine the registra4iSn Of vessels, has been
repea led and new regulations provided; the
Ministry Of Finance has framed the present
Draft. and requested that it be laid before tue.
Colonial Council. !;
AS the registration of Danish vessels owned
in the Darfish West India Islands is effected
BY the ",Registeringa, og Sklbsmaalings'
Bureauet" in Copenhagen formerly "Hoved'
registrering skontoret") and seeing that the
~esssls that are .s~nuitled to sail under Danish
FAC, cannot, while abroad, without serious IN
conyenienoe o~ontinSo for any tlrae 70 % sup
ieot to divergent regulations. it is
pedient as we'll as necessary, that the Ordt-
nance of 9Th September 1871 for the DANISH
Vest India Islands, which simply enacts the
extension of the law of 18th March 1867 to
the said Islands, 10 revised and modified IN
rorord 70 +hosa nn;nts which concern the re-