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Short Title.

1. This Order may be cited as "The Cyprus Maritime Order in Council, 1900."

Larnaca a Port of Registry.

2. The Port of Larnaca, in the Island of Cyprus, shall be a port of registry for British ships.

Registrar-Appointment.

3. The Registrar of British ships at the said port shall be such officer in the public service of the Island of Cyprus as the High Commissioner of Cyprus from time to time appoints by writing signed by him, and in default of such appointment shall be the Collector of Customs at the said port.

Deputy of Registrar.

4. The High Commissioner of Cyprus may from time to time in case of the absence or intended absence from Larnaca, or in case of the illness of the Registrar, appoint by writing under his hand a fit person to be the Deputy of the Registrar for the time therein mentioned; but every such appointment shall be revocable at pleasure by the High Commissioner by writing under his hand.

The person so appointed shall during the continuance of his appointment have all the power and authority of the Registrar.

Seal of Registrar.

5. The Registrar shall have and use a seal bearing such style and device as the High Commissioner shall from time to time direct.

Presumption as to Signature and Seal.

6. Every signature or seal affixed to any instrument purporting to be the signature or seal, as the case may be, of the Registrar, shall for all purposes under this Order without any proof thereof, be presumed to be genuine, and shall be taken as genuine until the contrary is proved.

Powers of Registrar.

7. The Registrar of Shipping at Larnaca shall have the same powers as any Registrar of shipping appointed under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," and for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the said Act and of this Order the said Registrar shall have the same powers as by the said Act

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are conferred for the purposes of registration and measurement on any officer of Customs or any officer of the Board of Trade,

Powers of High Commissioner respecting Ship registered at

Larnaca.

8. The High Commissioner of Cyprus shall, with regard to the performance of any act or thing relating to the registry of a ship registered at Larnaca, or of any interest therein, be considered as in all respects occupying the place of the Board of Trade and the Commissioners of Customs.

The High Commissioner of Cyprus may grant Pass to a Ship unregistered to proceed to any Port in Her Majesty's Dominions.

9. Where it appears to the High Commissioner of Cyprus that by reason of special circumstances it would be desirable that permission should be granted to any British ship to pass without being previously registered from the port of Larnaca to any port within Her Majesty's dominions, the High Commissioner may grant a pass accordingly, and such pass shall for the time being and within the limits therein mentioned have the same effect as a certificate of registry.

Fees.

10. Fees not exceeding the amounts named in the Schedule to this Order shall be taken in respect of the matters mentioned in the same Schedule.

Disposal of Fees.

11. All fees authorized to be taken under this Order shall be applied to general revenue.

SCHEDULE.

A. W. FITZROY.

TABLE of Maximum Fees to be paid on the Registration, Transfer, and Mortgage of Ships.

1. On initial registryVessels under 50 tors gross.. Vessels 50 to 100 tons gross..

Vessels 100 to 200 tons gross

1. Registration.

with 10s. for every additional 100 tons or fraction of a 100.

2. Transfer and Mortgage.

s. d. 0 1.10 0

2 0 0

2. On transfer, transmission, registry anew, transfer of registry, mortgage, and transfer of mortgage

According to the gross tonnage represented by the ships or shares of ships transferred, &c. (e.g., the transfer of ath share in a ship of 6,400 tons to be reckoned as the transfer of 100 tons).

Under 10 tons..

10 tons and under 20 tons

20 tons and under 30 tons

30 tons and under 40 tons
40 tons and under 50 tons
50 tons and under 75 tons
75 tons and under 100 tons
100 tons and under 125 tons

£

s. c.p. 24/0

0

0 5 0

0 7 44 0 10 0

0 12 4 0 15

0 17 4

1 0 0

and a further fee of 2s. 44c.p. for every additional 50 tons or part of 50 tons, up to 500 tons, after which 2s 44c.p. for every 100 tons, or part of 100 tons. But the above fees shall not be payable in respect of vessels solely employed in fishing, or sailing ships of under 100 tons. £

Tuspection of register book ..
Copy of register book

Certificate of sale or mortgage

Indorsing ownership on certificate of registry

3. c.p. 0 4 0

0 0

Provisional certificate of registry

Pass for ship ..

Change of master

Alteration in register of name, rig, or tonnage

For annexing the seal of office and signature to any document not mentioned in or otherwise provided for by this table

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For measurement of tonnage as under :-
For a ship under 50 tons register tonnage..
For a ship from 50 to 100 tons register tonnage
For a ship from 100 to 200 tons register tonnage..
For a ship from 200 to 500 tons register tonnage..
For a ship from 500 to 800 tons register tonnage..
For a ship from 800 to 1,200 tons register tonnage
For a ship from 1,200 to 2,000 tons register tonnage
For a ship from 2,000 to 3,000 tons register tonnage
For a ship from 3,000 to 4,000 tons register tonnage
For a ship from 4,000 to 5,000 tons register tonnage
For a ship from 5,000 and upwards tons register tonnage

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For the inspection of the berthing or sleeping accommodation of the crew:

For each visit to the ship

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(a.) The aggregate amount of the fees for any such inspection shall not exceed £2, whatever be the number of separate visits.

(b.) When the accommodation is inspected at the same time with the measurement of the tonnage no separate fee shall be charged for the inspection. For the inspection of light and fog signals:

£ s. c.p.

For each visit made to the ship on the application of the owner and for each visit made where the lights or fittings are found defective Provided that the aggregate amount of fees for any such inspection shall not exceed £2, whatever be the number of separate visits.

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For each visit made to the ship on the application of the owner, and for each visit made where the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts with respect thereto have not been complied with

Provided as follows:

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(a.) The aggregate amount of the fees for any such inspection shall not exceed £1, whatever be the number of separate visits.

(b.) When the marking of a ship is inspected at the same time with the inspection of light and fog signals no separate fee shall be charged for the inspection.

DENMARK.

DANISH Patent Law. Amalienborg, April 13, 1894. (Translation.)

WE, Christian the Ninth, by the Grace of God, King of Denmark, &c., &c.,

Make known: The Rigsdag have passed and We have sanctioned the following Law:—

PART I.

SEC. 1. Patents are granted for inventions, which can be industriously utilised, or whose carrying out can be made the object of industrial gain.

The following are, however, not patentable:

(1.) Inventions which, as such must be considered to be without any essential importance;

(2.) Inventions, the exercise of which is contrary to law. morality, or public order;

(3.) Inventions which, at the time when the application for the patent is sent in, have already been described in such a manner in some generally accessible printed publication or have in Denmark been brought so openly into use that experts are thereby enabled to make use of them; and

(4.) Inventions of medicaments, and articles of food or refreshment, and of methods of preparing articles of food.

2. Patents are granted for alterations in inventions for which patents have already been granted, if these alterations are so substantial that they in themselves can be regarded as

inventions.

Such a patent is called a Patent of Dependence, and must contain an express reference to the principal patent, with the addition that the Patent of Dependence does not give the holder thereof any right to exercise the principal invention.

3. The right to obtain a patent belongs only to the inventor or to the person to whom his right has been lawfully transferred according to the regulations for transferring rights in property. Creditors cannot seek indemnification in the right to get a patent, but, on the other hand, they can do so in the right obtained through a patent.

Should more than one person apply for a patent for the same or substantially the same invention, the person who has first sent in the application shall have the preferential right to the grant of the patent.

No one can as long as he is in the service of the Danish

State, nor for a period of three years after retiring therefrom, without the consent of the Minister concerned, obtain a patent for an invention with respect to which it can be supposed that he has wholly or partly attained thereto through his work for the Danish State.

4. A patent is granted for a period of 15 years, which is reckoned from the day of issue of the patent. No renewal or prolongation of the patent-right can take place after the expiration of the aforesaid term.

For an alteration in an invention for which a patent has been granted, the patentee can obtain a Patent of Addition, which expires simultaneously with the principal patent.

5. No person is allowed, for the purpose of gain, without the consent of the patentee

(1.) To manufacture, import, or sell the object patented, or an object which has been manufactured by the patented method; or

(2.) To make use of the method patented.

Provided nevertheless that without paying any regard to the patent

(1.) Objects which are appurtenances to the means of communication of other countries may be used along with these whilst temporarily in Denmark.

(2.) Objects which have been brought to Denmark as appurtenances to means of communication purchased abroad for Danish account, or for a Danish vessel, which on account of average has been repaired abroad, may permanently be made use of as such in this country.

6. A patent cannot be enforced against any person who, prior to the sending in of the application to the Danish authorities, has made use of the invention in Denmark or made the essential preparations for doing so.

Any person who, after the sending in of the application, has made use of the invention or made the essential preparations for doing so, can be held responsible for infringement of patentright (see Section 25) provided he, when he made use of the invention, was aware that an application had been sent in, or has continued the use thereof after becoming aware of it. When publication according to Section 16 has been made, every person is supposed to be aware that the application has been

sent in.

7. For every patent, with the exception of Patents of Addition, a yearly fee shall be paid, which for each of the first three years amounts to 25 kroner, for the next three years to 50 kroner annually, for the following three years to 100 kroner annually, then for three years to 200 kroner annually, and for the last three years to 300 kroner annually. The yearly fee shall be paid before the beginning of the patent-year in ques

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