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When, on the other hand, a registered vessel is so altered with respect
to rig, tonnage or otherwise, that size no longer answers to the description
g n%% OF the Il" district s6G town to which 81 she 'I Jeiong:' shall ind '%&a'' endorse ts on
the Certificate the nature Of the alteration that has taken
t ODE made and issue a fresh certificate.
Ithe alteration takes place abroad, the nearest Consular Officer shall
make The endorsement and report the case e 49,
Every Registrar in the Danish West India Islands shall without delay
Board of registration and measurement of vessels in Copenhagen referring
vessels Of his district.
A registered vessel may, if dvsGrrd, be transferred to another district
of registry if the owner o owners make demand to that effect in writing
The certificate of nationality and registration at the time belonging
R r. ii sTS' of t Ie' ds m rin in 0W which Jp t % eyesseI K r rspi ipn as at p he 3&s . or of Of
that TO which she is going to be transferred, in order that a fresh certf-
cate may be issued.
Copies of Entries O. the Registers may be obtained OF application, for
the charge Of Dollar for each vessel inquired about.
Libe~fse o. application to that effect and payment Of the charge Of
n mtio ~i tys sd reei sR etio@sS pro a iipY With vi d afViTa atfe.s ssGna io V oonfomh ~
with the original document and statement of the reason fol- the issue of the
copy.
In case an Owner Q account Of special circumstances, desire. per-
Danish West India Is aDds, the Superior Authority may, on application.
give u pass or permit or that effect, which shall have the validity ola
Certificate OF nationality and registry within the above mentioned limits
Every act tending to procure fauduendy the registration of a vessel
regarding which tbe conditions, as required by the present ordinance for
carrying Danish flag are not oztant shat, provided the nature Of the Act
2 Dollars for every ton of the vessels burden.
IT. alter the issue and delivery Of Certificate of nationality and re-.
gisry, it is p owed that such document has been fraudulontIy obtained for
a vessel not entitled thereto the penalty is, besides the punishment en-
tailed under criminal law by acts that have eventually Been committed with
a view of procuring such registrations, a fine of not exceeding 5 Dollars
for each ton Of he vesseSs burden.
Such Certificate shall by public Notice be called in and cancelled as
soon as possible.
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FOr the omission of reporting changes that deprive q vessel of the
right to carry the Danish flag, the penalty ia a fine lot exceeding so
tage by using a certificate of nationality and registration to which the
vessel is not entitled, the party concerned shall pay therefor a fine of not
exceeding 5Ddlars fol- every ton of the vessels burden.
For the omission of returning the Certificate of nationality and registry,
as prescribed by S. Is & II the penalty is a fine If not exceeding 2Donas
for each ton Of the vessels burden, unless sufficient reason for the omis-
sion is given
Such Certificate, if the vessel still exists, shall be declared cancelled
by public advertisement.
Even asu the case of the offences mentioned in SIS % 20 hereinabove
the amount Of the fines inflicted is fixed, within the prescribed limits by
the Superior Authority, the said Authority is empowered to infict fines Of
not exceeding 90 Dollars in the case of offences against the eractments of
the present Ordinance for which the penalty is not especially prescribed,
and Of Infringement Of regulations provided and published by the Admins
traton in pursuance Of and in accordance with said ordinance
S27.
The registered owner, or, III case of joint ownership. the owners, all
and each Of them, alelahle for the payment Of the above fines.
With respect to joint stock cOmpanes, the membere of the Board of
Directors, one and all, shall be liable for The said fines.
$26.
All persons, except Custom house officers II persons employed in the
service of the Custom house, on being fined pursuant to this Ordinance,
may appeal to the ordinary oours,n which case the Superior Authority shall
cause the matter to be tried as an ordinary Police case, and she court de.
cdeS whether the party concerned is guilty and, in this case, the penalty.
Appeal on behalf of the Crown shall, moreover, be decided on by the
Superior Authority.
The fines fall to the respective Colonial Treasures.
s 20.
The necessary instructions for the proper carrying out of this Ordi-
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