, 1916-06-10

prescribed for same. The Ministry of
Finance can. however, decide, that
convicts, who are not fit for work in
the Danish West Indian penitentiaries,
or Of which the guarding i'll same is
connected with special difficulties,
shall be sent to the Mother Country to
undergo their punishment there, IN
which case the regulations prescribed
for the undergoing of penal servitude
in the Mother Country, shall be appl-
cable to them.
IA. When a penal clause gives the
Courts of Justice the option between
hard labour in the Penitentiary House
and hard labour in the House of Cor
r%ection, the former punishment should
only be imposed on the older or more
hardened criminals, and especially on
those, who have previously been pun
ished with such punishment, or with
hard labour in the Penitentiary House
for several years or repeatedly.
s Is. Same as s 16 of the Law, but in the
End sentence there shall be added cor
forced labour' after the words "bread
and water" and in the same sentence
the words sin or outside the King
dom" shall be changed to Gin or out
side the Islands," and in the Bird SEN
tence the words center the Country"
shall be changed to care found in the
Islands,.
Is. Forced labour shall not be imposed
for a shorter term than II days and
not for a longer term than $50 dayt,
and shall be undergone according to
the regulations prescribed for same.
This punishment cannot be imposed
on persons under Is years of age.
One days imprisonment on bread
and water corresponds to 6 days fore
ed labour.
s II. Same as s II of the Law.
5 Is. Same as 5 Is of the Law; but s 63"
shall be changed to IS 65",
S 10. Same as 5 10 Of the Law, but after
the concluding fullstop of the section,
there shall be added the following SEN
tence: "This punishment involves com.
pulsory labour."
S 20. Same as s 90 of the Law.
q. Same as 5 81 of the Law
S %. Same as s % of the Law
s %. Same as 5 % of the Law. but in the
LIST sentence the words 6 Oyears' shall
be changed to $50 years" and in the
last sentence the words Sin bread as
well as in money" shall be omitted.
"a. Same as s "a of the Law.
y In the absence of exactly correspon-
ing terms in English lew, the Danish words
Iughus and Forbed1angShus will in this
translation be endered by Penaentiary
House and House Of Correction, respectively,
with initial capitals, whereas the word
Strafeanstau will be rendered by pendtentiny
with small initial.
s 25. Same as S 25 of the Law, but the
word Claw" shall be changed to Ordi-
d~inance'.
s 26. Same as s 26 of the Law.
s 81. Imprisonment in state-prison is
either for a certain term, not less than
6 months and not more than 10 years,
or for lifetime.
This punishment shall be undergone
in one of the prisons of the Islands or
of the Kingdom, according to the fur
Their decisions of the Ministry of Fin
ance and in accordance with the regu-
lations valid in the Kingdom.
S %. same as S % of the Law.
5 20. When a person, undergoing impris-
onment, is placed in a cell during his
term, the time in which he is there,
shall not be counted in the term of the
punishment to which he has been SEN
fenced.
s 80. Same as s 20 of the Law, but in the
4th sentence the words "between 10
and Is years of age" shall be changed