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Book 2: Laws and Regulations on the Regime of the High Seas: (vol. II) (1952)

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1.	Argentina:
	(a)	Penal Code, approved by Law No. 11.179, 29 October 1921	1
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure for the Federal Courts, the Tribunals of the Capital and of the National Territories, approved by Law No. 2372, 17 October 1888	2
	(c)	Law No. 48, concerning the jurisdiction and competence of national courts, 14 September 1863	2
	(d)	Organic Regulations to Law No. 4712 (Organization of Consular Service), enacted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, 31 March 1926	3
2.	Australia:
	(a)	Navigation Act 1912-1935, as amended by Act No. 1 of 1943	3
3.	Austria:
	(a)	Penal Code, 27 May 1852, as reinstated by Act No. 25 of 12 June 1945	7
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure. 23 May 1873, as reinstated by Act No. 26 of 12 June 1945	8
4.	Belgium:
	(a)	Penal Code, 8 June 1869, revised	9
	(b)	Act containing the Introductory Title of the Code of Penal Procedure, 17 April 1878, as amended	9
	(c)	Act to amend the Disciplinary and Penal Code for the Merchant Marine, 5 June 1928	11
	(d)	Act concerning the regulation of air navigation, 27 June 1937	13
	(e)	Congo: Penal Code, 30 January 1940	13
	(f)	Congo: Royal Decree concerning judicial organization and-jurisdiction, 22 December 1934	14
5.	Bolivia:
	(a)	Penal Code, 6 November 1834	14
	(b)	Criminal Procedure Act, 6 August 1898	14
6.	Brazil:
	(a)	Penal Code, enacted by Decree-Law No. 2848, 7 December 1940	15
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, Legislative Decree No. 3689, 3 October 1941	17
	(c)	Air Code, approved by Decree-Law No. 484, 8 June 1938	18
7.	Bulgaria:
	(a)	Penal Code, 2 February 1896, as amended	19
8.	Canada:
	(a)	Shipping Act, as revised to 1927	20
	(b)	Extradition Act, with amendments to 1927	22
9.	Chile:
	(a)	Penal Code, 12 November 1874	22
	(b)	Code of Penal Procedure, 30 August 1944	22
	(c)	Code relating to the organization of tribunals, enacted by Law No. 7421 of 15 June 1943, as modified by Law No. 8987 of 3 September 1948	23
	(d)	Legislative Decree No. 675, concerning air navigation, 17 October 1925, as revised by the Decree with force of law of 20 May 1931	24
10.	China:
	(a)	Criminal Code, 1 January 1935	24
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 1 January 1935	25
11.	Colombia:
	(a)	Penal Code, 14 September 1936	26
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 13 June 1938	27
12.	Costa Rica:
	(a)	Penal Code, 21 August 1941	27
	(b)	Police Code, 21 August 1941	28
	(c)	Code of Criminal Procedure of 3 August 1910, as amended by Legislative Decree No. 8, 29 November 1937	29
	(d)	Organic Act of the Judicial Power, enacted by Legislative Decree No. 8, 29 November 1937, as amended by Legislative Decree No. 372, 22 August, 1941	29
13.	Cuba:
	(a)	Code of Social Defence, 4 April 1936	29
	(b)	Law of Criminal Procedure, 14 September 1882, as amended	31
	(c)	Legislative Decree No. 108, on maritime jurisdiction, 8 January 1934	31
14.	Czechoslovakia:
	(a)	Penal Code, 12 July 1950	32
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 12 July 1950	33
15.	Denmark:
	(a)	Penal Code, 24 June 1939	34
16.	Dominican Republic:
	(a)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 27 June 1884, as amended by the Act of 28 June 1911	35
17.	Ecuador:
	(a)	Penal Code, 22 March 1938	36
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 25 March 1938	37
18.	Egypt:
	(a)	Penal Code, promulgated by Act No. 58, 31 July 1937	39
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, promulgated by Act No. 57, 31 July 1937	39
	(c)	Act No. 132, concerning the maintenance of order and discipline aboard ships, 4 December 1939	40
19.	El Salvador:
	(a)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 1904, as amended	40
20.	Finland:
	(a)	Penal Code, 19 December 1889	41
21.	France:
	(a)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 17 November 1808, as revised	42
	(b)	Penal and Disciplinary Code of the Merchant Marine, 17 December 1926	44
	(c)	Air Navigation Act, 31 May 1924	48
	(d)	Extradition Act, 10 March 1927	49
	(e)	Morocco: Dahir regulating sea-fishing, 31 March 1919, as amended by Dahir of 26 May 1937	49
22.	Germany:
	(a)	Criminal Code, 15 May 1871, as revised on 6 May 1940	49
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 1 February 1877, as amended by the Law to restore legal unity in the field of judicial organization and civil and criminal procedure, 12 September 1950	51
23.	Greece:
	(a)	Penal Code, 17 August 1950	53
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 17 August 1950	54
24.	Guatemala:
	(a)	Penal Code, 25 May 1936	56
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, promulgated by Decree No. 551 of 7 January 1898	57
25.	Haiti:
	(a)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 31 July 1835, as revised	57
26.	Honduras:
	(a)	Law concerning the organization and powers of courts, 8 February 1906	58
	(b)	Aviation Law, promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 121, 17 March 1950	60
27.	Hungary:
	(a)	Penal Code, enacted by Act No. 2 of 1950	61
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 4 December 1896	62
28.	Iceland:
	(a)	General Penal Code, 25 June 1869	62
29.	India:
	(a)	Penal Code, Act No. 45, 6 October 1860, as amended	63
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, Act No. 5, 22 March 1898, as amended	64
30.	Iran:
	(a)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 9 Ramazan 1330 (July 1912)	65
	(b)	Regulations for the Consulates, 21 March 1901	65
31.	Israel:
	(a)	Criminal Procedure (Trial Upon Information) Ordinance, 1 September 1924, as amended by Ordinance No. 1 of 1937	65
	(b)	Extradition Ordinance, 1 December 1926	66
32.	Italy:
	(a)	Penal Code, 19 October 1930	67
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 17 October 1930	69
	(c)	Navigation Code, 30 March 1942	70
33.	Japan:
	(a)	Criminal Code, 23 April 1907, as amended	71
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 10 July 1948	73
34.	Jordan:
	(a)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 26 June 1879, as amended by Act of 24 November, 1924	73
35.	Lebanon:
	(a)	Penal Code, enacted by Legislative Decree No. 340/ NI, 1 March 1943	74
36.	Luxembourg:
	(a)	Penal Code, revised by the Act of 18 June 1879	77
	(b)	Act concerning crimes and offences committed abroad by Luxembourg nationals, 18 January 1879	77
	(c)	Act regulating air navigation, 31 January 1948	78
37.	Mexico:
	(a)	Penal Code, 13 August 1931	79
	(b)	Federal Code of Penal Procedure, 28 August 1934	80
	(c)	Decree to amend Book IV of the Act on General Means of Communication, 30 December 1949	81
38.	Monaco:
	(a)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 25 October 1904	81
39.	Netherlands:
	(a)	Penal Code, 3 March 1881, as amended	82
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 15 January 1921	84
40.	Nicaragua:
	(a)	Penal Code, 8 December 1891	84
41.	Norway:
	(a)	General Criminal Code, 22 May 1902, as amended	85
	(b)	Code ofCriminal Procedure, 1 July 1887, as amended by Law No. 12, 22 May 1902	88
42.	Panama:
	(a)	Penal Code, 17 November 1922	88
	(b)	Judicial Code, 22 August 1916	89
43.	Paraguay:
	(a)	Penal Code, 22 February 1910, as amended by Law No. 78, 18 July 1914	90
	(b)	Regulations for the Consuls of the Republic, 1 November 1871, as amended	91
44.	Peru:
	(a)	Penal Code, 28 July 1924	91
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, enacted by Law No. 9024, 23 November 1939	93
45.	Philippines:
	(a)	Revised Penal Code, 8 December 1930	93
	(b)	Judiciary Act (Republic Act No. 296), 17 June 1948	94
46.	Poland:
	(a)	Penal Code, enacted by Presidential Decree, 11 July 1932	94
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 19 March 1928, revised version published by Proclamation of the Minister of Justice, 16 January 1939	96
47.	Portugal:
	(a)	Penal Code, 16 September 1886	97
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, approved by Decree No. 16489, 15 February 1929	98
	(c)	Penal and Disciplinary Code of the Merchant Marine, enacted by Decree-Law No. 33252, 20 November 1943	98
	(d)	Consular Regulations, approved by Decree No. 6462, 17 March 1920	99
48.	Romania:
	(a)	Penal Code, 18 March 1936	99
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 19 March 1936	103
49.	Spain:
	(a)	Penal Code, 23 December 1944	104
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 14 September 1882	105
	(c)	Provisional Law concerning the organization of judicial power, 15 September 1870	105
	(d)	Penal Law of the Merchant Marine, 21 June 1923, ratified by Article 4 of the Law of 29 March 1941	107
	(e)	Code of Military Justice, 17 July 1945	108
50.	Sweden:
	(a)	Penal Code, 16 February 1864, as amended	109
	(b)	Maritime Law, 12 June 1891, as amended	110
	(c)	Extradition Law, 4 June 1913, as revised by Law of 30 June 1948	111
51.	Switzerland:
	(a)	Penal Code, 21 December 1937	111
	(b)	Federal Decree concerning maritime navigation under the Swiss flag, 9 April 1941	113
	(c)	Federal Air Navigation Act, 21 December 1948	114
52.	Syria:
	(a)	Penal Code promulgated by Decree No. 148, 22 June 1949	115
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 112 of 13 March 1950	116
53.	Thailand:
	(a)	Criminal Code, 1 June 1908	117
54.	Turkey:
	(a)	Penal Code, enacted by Law No. 764, 1 March 1926, as amended	117
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, enacted by Law No. 1412, 4 April 1929	119
55.	Union of South Africa:
	(a)	Magistrates' Courts Act, 3 July 1917 (Act No. 32 of 1917), as amended	120
56.	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics:
	(a)	Consular Law, 8January 1926	121
	(b)	Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic: Criminal Code, 22 November 1926, as amended	121
57.	United Kingdom:
	(a)	Merchant Shipping Act. 25 August 1894	122
	(b)	Civil Aviation Act, 24 November 1949	124
	(c)	Malta: Criminal Code, 10 June 1854, as amended	124
58.	United States:
	(a)	United States Code, Title 18 (Crimes and Criminal Procedure), as revised by Act of 25 June 1948 and later Acts	125
	(b)	Civil Aeronautics Act, 23 June 1938, as amended	134
	(c)	Consular Regulations of the United States. Annotated, Edition of May 1930, with amendments	134
59.	Uruguay:
	(a)	Penal Code, 4 December 1933	135
	(b)	Code of legislation relating to aviation, enacted by Decree-Law No. 10.288, 3 December 1942	136
	(c)	Regulations to the Law on Consular Organization, 17 January 1917	137
60.	Venezuela:
	(a)	Penal Code, 15 July 1926	137
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 13 July 1926	139
	(c)	Organic Law of the Consular Service, 30 July 1925	139
	(d)	Civil Aviation Law, 13 July 1944	140
61.	Yugoslavia:
	(a)	Penal Code, 4 December 1947	140
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 12 October 1948	141