Külügyi Közlöny 2. 1922 (Budapest, 1923)

1922-07-05 / 12. szám

statement .on oath, made by the party from whom the fees are to be taken, excepting when in connection with the services to be rendered a valuation may at any rate be effected. In case the value declared by the party is obviously low, the Consular Office may ascertain it by means of appraising

; in such an event the party shall bear the expenses of appraising, if the value, thus ascertained, shall by 10% exceed the value, stated by him. Articlell. Ina civil-law suit fur any appraisable matter, the claim and counter-claim respectively, shall contain a statement as to the value of the object in dispute. If this statement is not contradicted by defendant until the date of hearing, this statement shall be taken to be the basis for computing the Consular fees, and any subsequent evidence to prove higher or lower value shall not be admitted. If in the event of contradiction the parties at the time of hearing do not come to an agreement, the evidence which may be required to be produced shall be forthwith called in by the Consular Office the value shall be fixed accordingly and the fees due for producing such evidence shall be paid by the contradicting litigant. If the requisite statement of value be omitted in the claim or counter-claim, the Consular Office shall forthwith order the completion of same. If the claim constains an obviously too low, or if the litigants agree to an obviously too low value, the Consular Office may proceed according to the second clause of Article 10., lit. c). Article 12. In computing the fees, due, for handing over articles in custody, the value as at the date of such handing over shall be taken as the basis of computation. Article 13. Consular fees shall be computed and paid in crowns. In settlement of the fees other gold and silver coins and current paper money respectively may also "be accepted if, owing to local condition

1', this be considered necessary. In such an event the conversion into Hungarian currency shall be done according to the rate of exchange. If in the Consular district the rate of exchange be not ascertainable, the currencies shall be converted first into francs . and the into crowns

; the franc, the same if payment were made in that currency, shall be taken at 21 francs equal to 20 crowns. In cases where fees are computed according to value, such value shall also be ascertained in crowns. In ascertaining the value the provisions contained in the preceding paragraph shall be correspondingly applied. Remarks. Examples for the conversion of fees when payment is made in currencies other than crowns, and if the rate of exchange in crowns be unknown. Example: A vessel has to pay 9*50 crowns tonnage fees according to Item I, I/c, Part 1. Conversion

: ' (1. In Germany.) Payment is made in marks. Rate of exchange : 20 francs = 16*31 marks. Formula

: The amount payable in marks = Fee Rate of exchange of in crowns tlie 20 francs coin 9-50^X 21 >^16-3?^ 400 9-50 X 21 = 199-50 199-50 X 16-31 = 3253 845 3-253-845 : 400 = 8-134612 The fee of 0*50 crowns equals 813 marks. (2. In Italy.) Payment is made in lire (paper). Rata of exchange

: 20 francs = 21-30 lire. The amount payable in lire = Fee Rate of exchange of in crowns the 20 francs coin 9-50 X 21 X 21-30^ 400 9-50 X 21 = 199-50 199-50 X 21-30 = 4249-35 4249-35 : 400 = 10-0233 The fee of 9-50 crowns equals 10"62 lire. Article 14. A copy of Statute Law XXVI of 1901 and of the present regulations, alongwith the relative Tariff, shall be exhibited for public inspection in all Consular Offices, in tabular form, if possible. The coming into effect of Statute Law XXVI of 1901 shall, in pursuance of Article 8 and 9, be fixed for the 1st July 1902. On the same day the present Order shall also come into force. Promulgated at Budapest this 2nd day of April 1902. sgd. Széli. sgd. Flóss. sgd. Lukács. sgd. Ilaránszky.