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Book 8: Supplement to Laws and Regulations on the Regime of the High Seas (Volumes I and II) and Laws Concerning the Nationality of Ships (1959)

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Table of Contents			Page
Introduction
Laws and Regulations on the Regime of the High Seas. Volume One
Part I. Continental Shelf
Chapter 1. National Legislation
1.	Argentina [1]
		[No Change]	3
2.	Australia
	(a)	Proclamation by the Governor-General concerning the continental shelf, 11 September 1953	3
	(b)	Proclamation by the Governor-General concerning the continental shelf of the trust territory of New Guinea, 11 September 1953	3
	(c)	Pearl Fisheries Act, 1952-1953	4
	(d)	Pearl Fisheries Regulations, 1953-1954	8
3.	Chile [2]
		[No Change]	9
4.	Costa Rica [3]
		[No Change]	9
5.	Ecuador
	(a)	Decree concerning the limits of the territorial sea, 6 November 1950	9
6.	Guatemala [4]
		[No Change]	10
7.	Honduras [5]
	(a)	Congressional Decree No. 102, 7 March 1950
		[No Change]	10
	(b)	Congressional Decree No. 103, 7 March 1950
		[No Change]	10
	(c)	Congressional Decree No. 21 of the Constituent National Assembly, 19 December 1957	10
8.	Iceland [6]
	(a)	Article 3 of Law No. 44, concerning the Scientific Conservation of the Continental Shelf Fisheries, 5 April 1948 as amended by Law No. 81/1952	10
	(b)	Regulations No. 21/1952 concerning Conservation of Fisheries off the Icelandic Coasts for the purpose of implementing Law No. 44, concerning the Scientific Conservation of the Continental Shelf Fisheries, 5 April 1948	11
	(c)	Regulations No. 70/1958, 30 June 1958, concerning Conservation of Fisheries off the Icelandic Coasts for the purpose of implementing Law No. 44, 5 April 1948	11
	(d)	Regulations of 29 August 1958 supplementing Law No. 44, 5 April 1948, and Regulations No. 70/1958, 30 June 1958	12
9.	India
	(a)	Proclamation concerning the Continental Shelf, 30 August 1955	13
10.	Israel
	(a)	Proclamation concerning submarine areas, 3 August 1952	14
	(b)	Submarine Areas Law, No. 21, 515-1953, 10 February 1953	14
11.	Korea (Republic of)
	(a)	Presidential Proclamation of sovereignty over adjacent seas, 18 January 1952	14
12.	Mexico [7]
		[No Change]	15
13.	Nicaragua [8]
		[No Change]	15
14.	Panama [9]
		[No Change]	15
15.	Peru [10]
		[No Change]	15
16.	Philippines [11]
		[No Change]	16
17.	Portugal [12]
	(a)	Decree regulating fishing by steam vessels, 9 November 1910
		[No Change]	16
	(b)	Act No. 2080 relating to the Continental Shelf, 21 March 1956	16
18.	Saudi Arabia [13]
		[No Change]	16
19.	United Kingdom [14]
	(a)	Arab States under the protection of the United Kingdom
		[No Change]	16
	(b)	Bahamas
		(i)  Petroleum Act, 3 April 1945
		Note	16
		(ii) Bahamas (Alteration of Boundaries) Order-in-Council (No. 2574), 26 November 1948
		[No Change]	16
	(c)	British Honduras
		[No Change]	16
	(d)	Jamaica
		[No Change]	17
	(e)	Trinidad and Tobago
		(i) Submarine (Oil Mining) Regulations, 22 May 1945
		Note	17
	(f)	Sarawak
		(i) Sarawak (Alteration of Boundaries) Order-in-Council, 1954	17
		Note	17
20.	United States of America [15]
		[No Change]	18
Chapter 2. International Treaties and Supplementary Legislation
		[No Change]	18
Part II. Contiguous Zones
Chapter 1. National Legislation
1.	Argentina [1]
		[No Change]	19
2.	Belgium [2]
		[No Change]	19
3.	Bulgaria [3]
		[No Change]	19
4.	Canada [4]
	(a)	Customs Act, 1952	19
	(b)	Fisheries Act, 1952	22
5.	Ceylon [5]
		[No Change]	23
6.	Chile [6]
	(a)	Civil Code, 14 December 1855
		[No Change]	23
	(b)	General Regulations concerning the police of the seas, rivers, and lakes, annexed to Decree No. 1340 (b)of the Ministry of National Defence, 14 June 1941
		Note	23
	(c)	Water Code, annexed to Law No. 8,944, 21 January 1948
		[No Change]	23
7.	China [7]
		[No Change]	23
8.	Colombia [8]
		[No Change]	23
9.	Cuba [9]
		[No Change]	23
10.	Dominican Republic [10]
		[No Change]	23
11.	Ecuador [11]
		[No Change]	23
12.	Egypt [12]
		[No Change]	23
13.	El Salvador [13]
		[No Change]	23
14.	Finland [14]
	(a)	Customs Regulations, 8 September 1939
		Note	24
15.	France [15]
		[No Change]	24
16.	Greece [16]
	(a)	Law No. 4141, concerning passage and sojourn of merchant vessels along the Greek shores and policing of the ports and harbours in time of war, 26 March 1913
		[No Change]	24
	(b)	Circular No. 147 of the Ministry of Marine, concerning observance of neutrality rules, 29 July 1914
		[No Change]	24
	(c)	Law No. 230, 17 September 1936
		[No Change]	24
	(d)	Act 376/14/18 December 1936, concerning measures for the security of fortified zones	24
17.	Guatemala [17]
		[No Change]	24
18.	Honduras [18]
		[No Change]	24
19.	India
	(a)	Proclamation regarding fishing in adjacent seas, 1957
		Note	25
20.	Iran [19]
		[No Change]	26
21.	Italy [20]
		[No Change]	26
22.	Japan [21]
	(a)	Port Regulations, enacted by Law No. 174 of 1948
		[Deleted]	26
23.	Korea (Republic of)
	(a)	Fishery Resources Conservation Law. Law No. 298, 12 December 1954	26
	(b)	Regulation for the enforcement of the Fishery Resources Conservation Law. Promulgated as Presidential Decree No. 861, 18 January 1955	27
		(c)Marine Defence Law. Law No. 104, 2 March 1950	27
24.	Lebanon [22]
		[No Change]	28
25.	Mexico [23]
		[No Change]	28
26.	Norway [24]
		[No Change]	28
27.	Poland [25]
		[No Change]	28
28.	Portugal [26]
	(a)	Customs Reform, enacted by Decree Law No. 31,665, 22 November 1941
		Note	28
29.	Romania [27]
	(a)	Decree No. 39 concerning the regulation of the regime of territorial waters, 28 January 1956	28
30.	Saudi Arabia [28]
	(a)	Decree No. 614/5/3711 defining the territorial waters of the Kingdom, 28 May 1949
		[Repealed]	29
	(b)	Decree No. 33 defining the territorial waters of the Kingdom, 16 February 1958	29
31.	Spain
	(a)	Extracts from a memorandum submitted by the Ministry of Marine and transmitted by a Note dated 14 August 1957	30
32.	Sweden [29]
	(a)	Act No. 225, concerning unlawful dealing in alcoholic beverages and wines, 20 June 1924
		Note	31
	(b)	Act No. 463, to extend the application of Act No. 225 of 20 June 1924 concerning unlawful dealing in alcoholic beverages and wines, 27 November 1925
		Note	31
	(c)	Royal Order No. 465, containing special provisions regarding the exportation of intoxicating beverages from the Kingdom, 27 November 1925
		Note	31
	(d) to (g)
		[No Change]	32
		Note	32
33.	Syria [30]
		[No Change]	32
34.	Turkey [31]
		[No Change]	32
35.	United Kingdom [32]
		[No Change]	32
36.	United States of America [33]
		[No Change]	32
37.	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [34]
		[No Change]	32
38.	Uruguay [35]
		[No Change]	32
39.	Venezuela [36]
		[No Change]
		Note	32
40.	Yugoslavia [37]
		[No Change]	32
Chapter 2. International Treaties and Supplementary Legislation
Section A. Multipartite Treaties
1.	Contraband traffic in alcoholic liquors
		[No Change]	33
2.	Declaration of Panama
		[No Change]	33
3.	International penal law
		[No Change]	33
4.	Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil
	(a)	Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, signed at London, 12 May 1954	33
	(b)	United Kingdom, Oil in Navigable Waters Act, 1955	37
5.	Chile-Ecuador-Peru
	(a)	Declaration on the maritime zone, 18 August 1952	41
Section B. Bipartite Treaties
1.	China-Mexico [1]
		[No Change]	42
2.	Czechoslovakia-Finland [2]
		[No Change]	42
3.	Denmark-Sweden [3]
		[No Change]	42
4.	Dominican Republic-Mexico [4]
		[No Change]	42
5.	Ecuador-Mexico [5]
		[No Change]	42
6.	Egypt-Germany (Federal Republic) [6]
		[No Change]	42
7.	Egypt-United Kingdom [7]
		[No Change]	42
8.	El Salvador-Mexico [8]
		[No Change]	42
9.	Finland-Hungary [9]
		[No Change]	42
10.	Finland-Sweden [10]
		[No Change]	42
11.	Finland-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [11]
	(a)	Convention regarding the maintenance of order in parts of the Gulf of Finland situated outside territorial waters, 28 July 1923
		Note	42
		Customs supervision in (b) the Gulf of Finland
		(i)   Convention regarding customs supervision in the Gulf of Finland, 13 April 1929
		Note	42
		(ii)  Final Protocol to the Convention regarding customs supervision in the Gulf of Finland, 13 April 1929
		[No Change]	42
		(iii) Protocol to the Convention regarding customs supervision in the Gulf of Finland, 13 April 1929
		[No Change]	43
12.	Finland-United Kingdom [12]
		[No Change]	43
13.	France-Mexico [13]
		[No Change]	43
14.	Germany (Federal Republic)-Mexico [14]
		[No Change]	43
15.	Iran-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [15]
		[No Change]	43
16.	Mexico-Netherlands [16]
	(a)	Treaty of commerce and navigation, 22 September 1897
		Note	43
17.	Mexico-Norway and Sweden [17]
	(a)	Treaty of amity, commerce and navigation, 29 July 1885
		Note	43
18.	Mexico-United Kingdom [18]
		[No Change]	43
19.	Sweden-United States of America [19]
		[No Change]	43
20.	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-United Kingdom [20]
		[No Change]	43
21.	United Kingdom-United States of America [21]
		[No Change]	43
Part III. Supervision of foreign vessels on the High Seas
Chapter 1. Fisheries Treaties and Supplementary Legislation
1.	North Sea fisheries [1]
	(a)	Convention for regulating the police of the North Sea fisheries, 1882
		[No Change]	45
	(b)	Declaration respecting the North Sea fisheries, 2 May 1891	45
	(c)	Belgium, Act concerning the punishment of violations of the provisions of the Convention on the North Sea fisheries, 4 September 1891
		[No Change]	46
	(d)	United Kingdom [c]
		(i)  Sea Fisheries Act, 2 August 1883
		[No Change]	46
		(ii) The Fisheries Act, 21 July 1891	46
	(e)	Netherlands
		(i)   Act of 7 December 1883, to give effect to the International Convention for Regulating the police of the North Sea Fisheries outside Territorial Waters, 6 May 1882	48
		(ii)  Fisheries Act 1931	49
		(iii) Royal Decree of 23 June 1932 concerning registers of sea fishing vessels and coastal fishing vessels and the letter signs and numbers to be borne by coastal fishing vessels	50
	(f)	Agreement relating to the International Convention for regulating the police of the North Sea fisheries, 3 June 1955	51
2.	Canada-United States of America [2]
	(a)	Sockeye salmon fisheries
		[No Change]	51
	(b)	Northern Pacific halibut fisheries
		(i)   Convention for the preservation of the halibut fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, 2 March 1953	51
		(ii)  Canada, Northern Pacific Halibut Fishery (Convention) Act, 14 May 1953	53
		(iii) United States, Northern Pacific Halibut Act, 28 June 1937, as amended
		[No Change]	57
		(iv) United States, Regulations of the International Fisheries Commission concerning Pacific halibut fisheries, 28 April 1949
		[No Change]	57
	(c)	Pelagic sealing
		[No Change]	57
3.	Canada-United States of America-Japan
	(a)	North Pacific high seas fisheries
		(i)  Convention for the high seas fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean, 9 May 1952	57
		(ii) Canada
	(a)	North Pacific Fisheries Convention Act, 14 May 1953	63
	(b)	North Pacific Fisheries Convention Regulations, 3 June 1954	65
4.	Denmark-United Kingdom [3]
	(a)	Convention for regulating the fisheries outside the territorial waters in the ocean surrounding the Far6e Islands and Iceland, 24 June 1901
		Note	67
	(b)	Exchange of notes amending the Convention for regulating the fisheries outside territorial waters in the ocean surrounding the Faröe Islands of 24 June 1901, 23 July 1954 and 22 April 1955	67
5.	France-United Kingdom [4]
		[No Change]	69
6.	Italy-Yugoslavia [5]
		[No Change]	69
7.	Portugal-Spain [6]
		[No Change]	69
Chapter 2. Other Treaties Relating to Supervision of Vessels on the High Seas, and Legislation Connected therewith
1.	Protection of Submarine Cables
		[No Change]	70
2.	Liquor Traffic in the North Sea
		[No Change]	70
3.	African Slave Trade
	(a)	General Act of the Brussels conference relative to the African slave trade, 2 July 1890
		[No Change]	70
	(b)	Slavery Convention, 25 September 1926	70
	(c)	Supplementary Convention on the abolition of slavery, the slave trade, and institutions and practices similar to slavery, 7 September 1956	70
4.	Trade in arms and ammunition
		[No Change]	71
5.	Safety of life at sea
	(a)	Convention for the safety of life at sea, 10 June 1948	71
	(b)	Agreement between Sweden and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning co-operation for the saving of lives in the Baltic Sea, 29 September 1954	74
	(c)	Agreement between the Government of Finland and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning co-operation for the saving of lives in the Baltic Sea, 7 December 1956	74
	(d)	Israel. Ports Regulations (Prevention of collisions at sea), 1955	75
	(e)	France. Decree of 1 June 1953 on Rules for the prevention of collisions at sea
		Note	76
Annex
Chapter 1. Continental Shelf
		[No Change. This Annex includes ST/LEG/SER.B/1/Add.1]	76
Chapter 2. Contiguous Zones
		[No Change]	76
Laws and Regulations on the Regime of the High Seas. Volume Two
Laws relating to Jurisdiction over Crimes Committed abroad or on the High Seas
1.	Argentina [1]
		[No Change]	79
2.	Australia [2]
		[No Change]	79
3.	Austria [3]
		[No Change]	79
4.	Belgium [4]
		[No Change]	79
5.	Bolivia [5]
		[No Change]	79
6.	Brazil [6]
		[No Change]	79
7.	Bulgaria [7]
		[No Change]	79
8.	Canada [8]
	(a)	The Canada Shipping Act, 1952	79
	(b)	Criminal Code, 1953-54	85
	(c)	The Extradition Act, 1952, as amended, 1953-54	86
	(d)	The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1952	87
	(e)	The Aeronautics Act, 1952	88
	(f)	The National Defence Act, 1952, as amended, 1953-54
		Note	89
9.	Chile [9]
		[No Change]	89
10.	China [10]
		[No Change]	89
11.	Colombia [11]
		[No Change]	89
12.	Costa Rica [12]
		[No Change]	89
13.	Cuba [13]
		[No Change]	89
14.	Czechoslovakia [14]
		[No Change]	89
15.	Denmark [15]
		[No Change]	89
16.	Dominican Republic [16]
		[No Change]	89
17.	Ecuador [17]
		[No Change]	89
18.	Egypt [18]
		[No Change]	89
19.	El Salvador [19]
		[No Change]	89
20.	Finland [20]
	(a)	Penal Code of 19 December 1889	90
21.	France [21]
		Note	91
22.	Germany (Federal Republic) [22]
		[No Change]	91
23.	Greece [23]
		Note	91
24.	Guatemala [24]
		[No Change]	91
25.	Haiti [25]
		[No Change]	91
26.	Honduras [26]
		[No Change]	91
27.	Hungary [27]
		[No Change]	91
28.	Iceland [28]
		[No Change]	91
29.	India [29]
		[No Change]	91
30.	Iran [30]
		[No Change]	91
31.	Israel [31]
	(a)	Criminal Procedure (Trial upon Information) Ordinance, 1 September 1924
		[No Change]	92
	(b)	Extradition Ordinance 1 December 1926
		[Deleted]	92
	(c)	Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance (Amendment) Law, 14 February 1956	92
	(d)	Penal Law Amendment (Exterritorial Offences) Law, 13 December 1955	92
32.	Italy [32]
		[No Change]	94
33.	Japan [33]
	(a)	Penal Code, 24 April 1907, as amended	94
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 10 July 1948	96
	(c)	The Maritime Safety Board Law, 27 April 1948	96
34.	Jordan [34]
		[No Change]	97
35.	Lebanon [35]
		[No Change]	97
36.	Luxembourg [36]
		[No Change]	97
37.	Mexico [37]
		[No Change]	97
38.	Monaco [38]
		[No Change]	97
39.	Netherlands [39]
	(a)	Penal Code, 3 March 1881, as amended
		Note	97
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 15 January 1921
		[No Change]	97
40.	Nicaragua [40]
		[No Change]	97
41.	Norway [41]
	(a)	General Penal Code, 22 May 1902, as amended	97
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, I July 1887, as amended	99
42.	Pakistan
	(a)	Penal Code of 1860	100
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure of 1898	101
	(c)	Merchant Shipping Act of 1923	101
43.	Panama [42]
		[No Change]	102
44.	Paraguay [43]
		[No Change]	103
45.	Peru [44]
		[No Change]	103
46.	Philippines [45]
		[No Change]	103
47.	Poland [46]
	(a)	Penal Code, enacted by Presidential Decree, 11 July 1932
		[No Change]	103
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 19 March 1928
		Note	103
48.	Portugal [47]
		[No Change]	103
49.	Romania [48]
	(a)	Penal Code, 18 March 1936
		Note	103
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 19 March 1936
		Note	103
50.	Spain [49]
	(a)	Penal Code, 23 December 1944
		[No Change]	103
	(b)	Code of Criminal Procedure, 14 September 1882
		[No Change]	103
	(c)	Provisional Law concerning the organization of judicial power, 15 September 1870
		[No Change]	103
	(d)	Penal Law of the Merchant Marine, 21 June 1923
		[Repealed]	103
	(e)	Code of Military Justice, 17 July 1945
		[No Change]	103
		(f)Penal and Disciplinary Law of the Merchant Marine, 22 December 1955	104
51.	Sweden [50]
	(a)	Penal Code, 16 February 1864, as amended
		Note	107
	(b)	Maritime Law, 12 June 1891, as amended
		[No Change]	107
	(c)	Extradition Law, 4 June 1913
		Note	107
52.	Switzerland [51]
		[No Change]	107
53.	Syria [52]
		[No Change]	107
54.	Thailand [53]
		[No Change]	108
55.	Turkey [54]
		[No Change]	108
56.	Union of South Africa [55]
	(a)	Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944, as amended	108
	(b)	Merchant Shipping Act, 1951	109
57.	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [56]
		[No Change]	109
58.	United Kingdom [57]
		[No Change]	109
59.	United States [58]
		[No Change]	109
60.	Uruguay [59]
		[No Change]	110
61.	Venezuela [60]
		[No Change]	110
62.	Yugoslavia [61]
		[No Change]	110
Laws Concerning the Nationality of Ships
1.	Argentina [1]
		[No Change]	113
2.	Australia [2]
		[No Change]	113
3.	Austria
	(a)	Federal Act concerning the right to fly the flag of the Republic of Austria at sea (Maritime Flag Act), 17 July 1957	113
4.	Belgique [3]
		[No Change]	117
5.	Brazil [4]
		[No Change]	117
	6. Bulgaria [5]
		[No Change]	117
7.	Burma [5a]
		[No Change]	117
8.	Cambodge [6]
		[No Change]	117
9.	Canada [7]
	(a)	Canada Shipping Act, 1934
		Note	117
10.	Ceylon [8]
		[No Change]	117
11.	Chile [9]
	(a)	Commercial Code of 23 November 1865
		[No Change]	117
	(b)	Shipping Act, 1878
		[No Change]	117
	(c)	Act No. 6415 of 4 October 1939, to reserve the coastal trade to ships of the Merchant Marine
		Note	117
	(d)	Act No. 12,041 of 26 June 1956 to reserve the coastal trade to Chilean ships	117
12.	China [10]
		[No Change]	118
13.	Colombia [11]
		[No Change]	118
14.	Costa Rica [12]
		[No Change]	18
15.	Cuba [13]
		[No Change]	118
16.	Czechoslovakia [14]
		[No Change]	118
17.	Denmark [15]
	(a)	Shipping Act No. 319 of 7 May 1937
		Note	118
	(b)	Shipping Registration Act of 1 April 1892, as amended
		Note	119
	(c)	Shipping Registration Act of 29 March 1957	119
18.	Dominican Republic [16]
		[No Change]	123
19.	Ecuador [17]
		[No Change]	123
20.	Egypt [18]
		[No Change]	123
21.	Ethiopia [19]
		[No Change]	123
22.	Finland [20]
	(a)	Shipping Act No. 167 of 9 June 1939
		[No Change]	123
	(b)	Shipping Register Act, No. 211 of 29 July 1927
		Note	123
23.	France [21]
		[No Change]	123
24.	Germany, Federal Republic of [22]
		[No Change]	123
25.	Greece [23]
	(a)	Decree of 14 November 1836 concerning merchant shipping
		[No Change]	124
	(b)	Commercial Code (Amendment) Act No. 3717 of 1910
		[No Change]	124
	(c)	Decree of 10/17 July 1910 concerning certificates of nationality and changes in the names of ships	124
	(d)	Legislative Decree 2687153 concerning the investment and protection of foreign capital	124
26.	Guatemala [24]
		[No Change]	125
27.	Haiti [25]
		[No Change]	125
28.	Honduras [26]
		[No Change]	125
29.	Hungary [27]
		[No Change]	125
30.	Iceland [28]
		[No Change]	125
31.	India [29]
		[No Change]	125
32.	Ireland [30]
	(a)	Mercantine Marine Act, 1955	125
33.	Israel [31]
	(a)	Ships (nationality and flag) Ordinance, No. 3 of 5708-1948
		[No Change]	127
	(b)	Merchant Shipping Act, 25 August 1894
		[No Change]	127
	(c)	Code de commerce maritime, 1863	127
34.	Italy [32]
		[No Change]	128
35.	Japan [33]
	(a)	Ship Law; Law No. 46of 1899	128
	(b)	Detailed Regulations for the operation of the Ship Law; Ministry of Communications Ordinance No. 24 of 1899	130
	(c)	Cabinet Order for nationality and tonnage measurement of small ships; Cabinet Order No. 259 of 1953	130
36.	Korea (Republic of) [34]
		[No Change]	130
37.	Liban [35]
		[No Change]	131
38.	Liberia [36]
		[No Change]	131
39.	Libya [37]
		[No Change]	131
40.	Mexico [38]
		[No Change]	131
41.	Monaco [39]
		[No Change]	131
42.	The Netherlands [40]
		[No Change]	131
43.	New Zealand [41]
		[No Change]	131
44.	Nicaragua [42]
		[No Change]	131
45.	Norway [43]
		[No Change]	131
46.	Pakistan [44]
		[No Change]	131
47.	Panama [45]
		[No Change]	131
48.	Peru [46]
		[No Change]	131
49.	Philippines [47]
		[No Change]	131
50.	Poland [48]
	(a)	Act of 28 May 1920 concerning Polish Merchant Marine vessels
		[No Change]	131
	(b)	Decree of 12 September 1947 to amend certain clauses of the Act of 28 May 1920 concerning Polish Merchant Marine vessels	131
	(c)	Act of 19 April 1950 to amend the Act concerning Polish Merchant Marine vessels and the Order of the President of the Republic concerning the measurement of Merchant Marine vessels	132
51.	Portugal [49]
	(a)	Shipping Act of 8 July 1863
		[No Change]	132
	(b)	Decree No. 15,360 of 9 April 1928
		[No Change]	132
	(c)	Decree No. 1,787 of 25 June 1925
		[No Change]	132
	(d)	Legislative Decree No. 37,052 of 9 September 1948
		Note	132
52.	Romania [50]
		[No Change]	133
53.	Spain [51]
	(a)	Memorandum by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated 7 September 1954
		Note	133
	(b)	Regulations made on 13 October 1913, under the Act of 14 June 1909 to protect and encourage maritime industries and communications
		Note	133
	(c)	Commercial Register Regulations of 20 September 1919
		[No Change]	133
	(d)	Decree of 22 August 1931 prohibiting the transfer of ships to aliens
		[No Change]	133
54.	Suisse [52]
		[No Change]	133
55.	Sweden [53]
		[No Change]	133
56.	Syrie [54]
		[No Change]	133
57.	Thailand [55]
		[No Change]	134
58.	Turkey [56]
		[No Change]	134
59.	Union of South Africa [57]
		[No Change]	134
60.	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [58]
		[No Change]	134
61.	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [59]
		[No Change]	134
62.	United States of America [60]
		[No Change]	134
63.	Uruguay [61]
		[No Change]	134
64.	Vatican City [62]
		[No Change]	134
65.	Venezuela [63]
		[No Change]	134
66.	Viet-Nam [64]
		[No Change]	134
67.	Yugoslavia [65]
		[No Change]	134