, 1915-02-17

1914 to sanction the following Ordinance for the Danish
West India Islands concerning some alterations in the limi-
tation of action in certain kinds of legal procedure etc. as
passed by the Colonial Council of St Thomas and St. Jan
hy 3rd discussion on 9th August 1914 and by the Colonial
Council of st. Croix by 3rd discussion on 2lstt September
1914:
The ordinary notice to appear before the lower courts in civil
cases shall be one week, when the person who is to be summoned re-
sides in the jurisdiction; the notice shall be Il days if he resides out
Of the jurisdiction, but however, in one OF the Danish West India Is
lands. II the person who is to be summoned, lives in the Mother
Country OF in the Farce Islands, Iceland, Greenland or in a foreign
country, or if it be not known, where he is the notice shall be hHed
by the Judge and stated on the summons; before such statement IS
nation regarding what he knows about the domicile or temporary
place Of residence of the defendant
residence, his temporary place OF residenee ~1"l be considered a his
In police cases and in special court cases lG@storetsagep the
notice shall for the lower courts be 3 days, when the defendant is
donieiled or by virtue OF the foregoing must be considered as DOM
cled within the jurisdiction, or one week if he resides Or by virtue OF
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In Maritime Court cases, the Judge may if the defendant or his
ment on the summons, but not less than one days notice, however
The existing rules concerning the notice n sumnonses to the
The notice in summonses pertaining to annulment of lost bonds
or requirement OF full title to property by " judicial at sh" D e.
So
The summons may be served not only in the residence Of the de
PENDANT or in the case Of captains u marines ON board the snip to
which they belong, but also in the defendants office workshop or
other permanent place Of business, and it may not only be served to
the defendant in person but also to any person person oelo NJ r1n 10 IN ms 5m%"@e.
hold, ship or office, or employed IN ms workshop i place u business
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shop or other place OF business the summons may be served in his
temporary place Of residence.
A summons may furthermore be legally served to the defendant
in person in any office, workshop or other permanent place If buH-
ness, where he is employed or has work, and likewise III amy place
where he be found present when it hsin VAIN been attempted to serve
the summons in his residence, ship, Office, Workshop o place OF bust
ness
If the defendant resides abroad and the summons cannot be
served to him in our country in the manner prescribed in the forego-
ing section the summons shall be served i'll his residence abroad IN the
manner prescribed i'll the country in question. lit be not known
where he is. the summons shall be served by apubhc notice to be
publish 3 times n the "Statstidende' and also IN the newspapers III
the Danish West Indies, which are appointed for public notlhea1onS
SummonSes pertaining to annulment of lost bonds u requirement OF
full title to property by a judicial act and also summonseS to persons
who have not been heard of for a long time and to heirs and surviving
consorts in such cases as are dealt with in the Ordinance OF IL Sep
TENDER 1889 IS 8, u eff. IA IS and 16 eff. Feselipt of 20 October 1871
shall likewise be published 3 times in the above mentioned papers.
In serving the summons within the realm a copy of the summons
shall he delivered and the summons shall only be read when the de-
PENDANT distinctly demands it.
The reading of the summons in court is hereby abolished.
s A.
Remarks concerning the abolition of extended notice by Ordl-
nance of june Bird 1896 need not be inserted III the summons
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The provisions of this Ordinance concerning simmons shall also
be applicable to summonses in cases dealing with the hearing of wit
nesses, the appointment of appraisers and the administration ofthe oath.
The ordinary time limit for appeal to the Upper Court and to the
Supreme Court is 6 months, reckoned from the passing Oft the sente
In police cases and special court cases (Gesteretssagor) and like