NORWAY. 483 



GrfBiidse-Jakobselv, dog satiledes, at det og'saa adeiifor demie liinie 

 skill vtere forbudt i den ovenanfi/^rte Tid at dnebe eller Jage FFval i Icortere 

 Afstaiid fra Kysten ved Kibergiuies end 1 geogratisk Mil, (') 

 Hvouel'ter allc Vedkomineiide sig uuderdaiiigst have at rette. 



LAW OF NORWAY OF JUNE 19, 1880, RELATING TO THE PROTECTION 



OF WHALES. 



[Translation.] 



Sec. 1. It shall be prohibited on that part of the sea on the coast of 

 Fiumarken which the King will define to kill or chase whales during 

 the period extending from the 1st of January till the end of May; but 

 whales which have been wounded outside of the limits of protection 

 may be killed or be utilized within these limits. 



Sec. 2. Any one violating the provisions of Section 1 or becoming- 

 party to such violation will be punished by a fine of from 4,000 to 

 8,000 kroner for each whale which is chased or killed. Of a ship's crew, 

 however, none bnt the captain shall be pnnished, if the law has been vio- 

 lated either by his order or with his knowledge and if he has not done 

 everything in his power to prevent such violation. 



The provisions of the last clause of section 40 of chapter 2 of the 

 Criminal Law of June 3rd, 1874, shall not apply.* 



Sec. 3. Cases arising from violations of the present law are treated 

 before the police courts. For fines to which the captain or the owner 

 of a vessel has become liable the vessel is held as a pledge. 



Sec. 4. The present laAV shall not prevent any one from taking 

 possession of a whale which has been driven ashore or which is found 

 floating in the sea in a wounded condition. 



Sec. 5. This law shall go into operation on the 1st of January of next 

 year and shall remain iii force for five years. 



PROCLAMATION CONTAINING THE REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO THE 

 PROTECTION OF WHALES ON THE COAST OF FINMARKEN, JANU- 

 ARY 5, 1881. 



Referiing to the law of June 19th, 1880, relative to the protection of 

 whales on the coast of Finmarken, it is hereby ordered: 



In the sea on the coast of Finmarken, at a distance not exceeding 

 one geographical mile from the coast, counted from the outermost 

 islands or rocks which are never covered by the sea, it shall, until fur- 

 ther notice, be prohibited to kill or chase whales during the period from 

 the 1st of January till the end of May. 



As regards the Varangerf:jord, the limit for the protected tract and 

 towards the sea shall be a straight line drawn from Kibergnos to the 

 boundary, the Jakobselv, but it shall also be prohibited outside of this 

 line, during the season of protection mentioned above, to kill or chase 

 whales at a distance of less than one geographical mile from Kib- 

 bergnos. t 



(1) Ifr. Resol. 22 Fehr. 1812, og 16 Oktbr. 1869. 



*See La^y of May 18, 1876, So';. 2, relatiiij^ to the protection of seals ia the Polar irea 



t See Decrees of February 22, 1812, aud October 16, 1869. 



