, 1916-08-26

In 29S the Committee has made q more
important am ndment Only a few crimes
are dealt with as public police cases. AS
it is now in police cases, the person accus-
ed cannot consult a Lawyer. Now the
Committee proposes, that the crimes men
toned in the said SIS are to be dealt with
as public police cases. 1t may give the
Colonial Treasury a little more expense,
but it is not much.
In s 800. st. Thomas Committee has men
toned the Laws that must be repealed.
If we adopt s 298 then the Ordinance Of
9Th January 1852 must be repealed partly,
With these remarks / recommend the
Committees amendments for adoption.
His Excellency the Governor (Hehceg-
LorSen). AS to the Committees Report
Government can recommend the amend
ments to SIS 4, 6, 10 and 25.
In s 20 Government is of the opinion,
that the Committees amendment is based
ON a wrong Interpretation. The word
"Straffecelle" means q cell for one who
already is in prison, there is therefore no
reason to make any addition. SIS 80 and 80
can be accepted by Government. SIS 81, 80
and 80 Government cannot decide, the
matter must be laid before Home Govern
ment.
Concerning s 101 | shall only say as an
advice, that don't think it necessary to
make the amendment in the English text,
as it is Governments intention, as soon as
the Law is adopted, to make out a new
translation of the Law.
l04. Whether 1t is right to make this
amendment taken from a new penal law is
doubtful, you must remember it is only a
proposal in the Draft in Denmark, | must
consequently reserve the opinion of the
Ministry.
The same remarks hold good with regard
to s III.
The amendment to s 1919 [ do not con
slider as IN important one.
I can see good reasons for the amend
ments to s 229, but as additions must be
laid before Home Government, l must
reserve it's opinion.
s 245 can be accepted.
Government does not see clearly what
has lead the Committee to make the amend
ments to SIS 260, 262 and 263. must also
here reserve the opinion of Home Govern
ment.
The amendments to s 282 Government
cennot agree to. Change the word ebay,
but not "planted trees.
s 297 Government is willing to accept.
The amendment to S 298 is better to
leave out. Before this Ordinance can come
into force the formal (processuelle) part
must be made out.
In s 800 [ cannot accept g. January 1852,
this belongs to the formal part of the Law.
Otherwise there are no objections.
3rd Grown Member (PrettO). l must
Of ject to the amendment in S 1O4, because
as far as / can see the amendment will
destroy the freedom of the press, the only
organ the people have to express their
opinion through and lay their grievances
and complaints before the Public. It is
tvrannical from the side of the Danish
Government. 1t seems to me, that at the
same time as the Mother Country intro
duces progress we should not out here
take retrogressive steps.
I object to s 235. I have mentioned it
before, I object to $50 Frcs. as equivalent
to so Rigsdaler, which would only be Frcs.
1883 90 according to it's intrinsic value, the
imprisonment would be shorter.
It is a poor place, and the people are
not able to pay the fines and therefore
must take the imprisonment. For cutting
q cane a man is punished with 80 days hard
labour. I propose, this Draft contains
that the fines are valued as in the Mother
Country.
3rd Member for Christiansted Town
(Naelsen). I cannot agree with His Excel