Title 6 Laws of Bermuda Item 1(a)

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

SR&O 7/1972

CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) ORDER 1972

[made under section 6 of the Consular Relations Act 1971 [title 6 item 1] and brought into operation on 1 March 1972]

1. Designation of United States of America

(1) The United States of America is hereby designated for the purposes of section 6 of the Consular Relations Act 1971 (which relates to detention on board ship for disciplinary offences)[title 6 item 1].

(2) For the purposes of section 6 of the Consular Relations Act

1971 as applied by paragraph 1 of this Article a ship shall be treated as belonging to the United States of America if it is documented or registered under the law of any territory subject to the sovereignty or authority of the United States of America, excepting the Panama Canal Zone.

(3) Nothing in this Order shall apply to any ship of war.

Commencement

2 [omitted]

1989 Revision 1