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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    EL\ED Lbso Fg BXH/2>/?

    (2) TEDO]BTOX EFQO\TIOFT \XK

    (8) TEDO]BTOX LBXEHO, L.B.

    Lkbeibfts

     “bfd“

    TJO HGKEQBXEBF XO^_HKEL GA QOFOP_OKB

    Xospgfdoft

     WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

    B]BXD

     WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

    rofdorod hy

    ^rgaossgr Lbiphokk IlKbljkbf RL, ^rosedoft

    Dr. Bfdrås Xemg \urodb, Brhetrbtgr

    ^rgaossgr Hremetto \torf, Brhetrbtgr

    \olrotbry ga tjo Trehufbk

    Ir. Ibrlg Tukeg Igftbòås-Xuibygr

    Xoprosoftefm Tedowbtor

    Ir. Iemuok Küpoz AgrbsteorIr. Tjgibs K Luhhbmo EEEIr. Bkoxbfdor B. HorofmbutIr. Dbfeok O. IbtrgIs. Messokko \. HgurfsLgvefmtgf & Hurkefm KK^Gfo Lety Loftor:?> Toftj \troot, F.].]bsjefmtgf, D.L. 8>>>2-45?1_FETOD \TBTO\ GA BIOXELB

    Ir. Hrulo KufdstrgiTEDO]BTOX EFL.1>>8 Xgmordbko Xgbd\ueto 1>>Jgustgf, Toxbs ==>=8_FETOD \TBTO\ GA BIOXELB

    Xoprosoftefm Qofozuokb

    Dr. Xoefbkdg Ofrequo Iuògz ^odrgzb^rglurbduréb Moforbk do kb XopðhkelbBv. Kgs Ekustros lrulo lgf lbkko Arbfleslg Kbzo Ibrté.Odeaeleg ^rglurbduréb Moforbk do kb Xopðhkelb. ^esg :._rh. \bftb Iüfelb.Lbrblbs 2>4>,QOFOP_OKB

    Ir. Mogrmo Cbjbko EEEIs. Ierebi C. Jbrwggd

    Ir. Hof ^rozegseIs. Mbhreokb Âkvbroz ÂvekbIs. Lkbudeb Arutgs-^otorsgfIr. Okgy Hbrhbrâ do ^brrosL_XTE\, IBKKOT-^XOQG\T, LGKT & IG\KO KK^2>2 ^brc BvofuoFow Ugrc, FU 2>2=:_FETOD \TBTO\ GA BIOXELB

    Dbto ga despbtlj tg tjo ^brteos0 2< Ibrlj 8>2?

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    MKG\\BXU GA DOAEFOD TOXI\ ............................................................................................. ee 

    TBHKO GA LB\O\ .................................................................................................................. ev 

    E  EFTXGD_LTEGF ............................................................................................................ 2 

    Xoquost agr Brhetrbtegf ...................................................................................................... 2 

    H  ^rglodurbk jestgry .............................................................................................................. 2 

    L  Abltubk hblcmrgufd ............................................................................................................ 4 

    EE  TJO ^BXTEO\― \_HIE\\EGF\ .......................................................................................... = 

    B  Kebhekety ............................................................................................................................... = 

    2. 

    ^rokeiefbry ..................................................................................................................... = 

    8. 

    Tjo slgpo ga tjo oxprgprebtegf ..................................................................................... : 

     

    8.  Dbto ga vbkubtegf ......................................................................................................... ?

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    MKG\\BXU GA DOAEFOD TOXI\

    Bstevoflb Bstekkorgs do Qofozuokb, L.B.

    Hbrhbdgs HET Bmrooioft hotwoof tjo Mgvorfioft ga Hbrhbdgs bfd tjoMgvorfioft ga tjo Xopuhkel ga Qofozuokb agr tjo ^rgigtegf bfd^rgtoltegf ga Efvostiofts (semfod 2? @uky 2554, oftorod eftg agrlo)

    Hrbekgvscy/

    Akgros 2 / 8

    Aerst Oxport Xopgrt gf Qbkubtegf propbrod hy Qkbdeier Hrbekgvscy &Dbfeok Akgros (84 Gltghor 8>224)

    Hrbekgvscy

    ^rosoftbtegf 2

    Qbkubtegf Bpprgblj, Deslguft Xbto bfd ^ro-Bwbrd Eftorost^rosoftbtegf (2> @ufo 8>24)

    Lkbeibfts gr Tedowbtor Tedowbtor Efvostioft \XK bfd Tedowbtor Lbreho, L.B.

    Lgrglgrg Lgftrblt Lgftrblt LG->1= (Ox L-88)

    Lbrdüf Lgftrblt Ox L-:1.

    LQ^ Lgrpgrbleüf Qofozgkbfb dok ^otrükog \B, b wjgkky-gwfodsuhsedebry ga ^DQ\B

    Aemuorb 2 / 8 Derolt Tosteigfy ga Xuhåf Aemuorb (84 Gltghor 8>224)

    Akgros ^rosoftbtegf 2 ^gwor^geft ^rosoftbtegf bllgipbfyefm derolt tosteigfy ga Dr.Akgros (22 @ufo 8>24)

    Hrbekgvscy/Akgros

    Bfswors tg Ruostegfs

    ^gwor^geft ^rosoftbtegf0 Xospgfdoft―s Oxports― Bfswors tgTrehufbk―s Ruostegfs (28 @ufo 8>24)

    Mukibr Gaasjgro Mukibr Gaasjgro Ieddko Obst K.K.L.

    Efvostioft Kbw Qofozuokbf Kbw gf tjo ^rgigtegf bfd ^rgtoltegf ga Efvostiofts(Koy sghro ̂ rgigleüf y ̂ rgtolleüf do Efvorsegfos), dbtod < Gltghor2555 (bs puhkesjod ef tjo Gaaelebk Mbzotto Fg. ?. ga 88 Gltghor2555)

    Cojgo 2 / 8 Derolt Tosteigfy ga Morbrd ^. Cojgo (85 @uky 8>224)

    Kb Lbòbdb Kb Lbòbdb, b tgwf gf tjo sjgros ga Kbco Ibrblbehg, Qofozuokb,wjoro \OIBXLB jbd ets jobdqubrtors 

    Iefestry Iefestoreg dok ^gdor ^gpukbr pbrb kb Oformeb y ^otrgkog Iefestry gatjo ^gpukbr ^gwor agr Oformy bfd ^otrgkoui

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    Fbvembft 2 / 8 Oxport Xopgrt ga Hroft L. Cblzibroc agr Fbvembft Lgfsuktefm, Efl.(85 @uky 8>224)

    Fbvembft ^rosoftbtegf

    2

    ^gwor^geft ^rosoftbtegf bllgipbfyefm derolt tosteigfy ga Ir.Cblzibroc (2> @ufo 8>24)

    Fbvembft Bfswors tg

    Ruostegfs

    ^gwor^geft ^rosoftbtegf0 Xospgfso tg Trehufbk Ruostegfs argi 22@ufo 8>24 (28 @ufo 8>24)

    ^DQ\B ^otrükogs do Qofozuokb, \.B.

    ^DQ\B ^otrükog ^DQ\B ^otrükog, \.B.

    ^otrg\ulro ^otrg\ulro, \.B.

    Xoquost Biofdod Xoquost agr Brhetrbtegf dbtod 2 Ibrlj 8>2<

    Xosorvo Kbw Koy Grmâfelb quo Xosorvb bk Ostbdg Heofos y \orvelegs Lgfoxgs b kbs Bltevedbdos ^reibrebs do Jedrglbrhurgs SGrmbfel Kbw tjbt Xosorvostg tjo \tbto tjo Bssots bfd \orvelos Xokbtod tg ^reibry Blteveteos gaJydrglbrhgfsY (= Iby 8>>5) (Ox XK-2)

    Xospgfdoft gr Qofozuokb

    Tjo Hgkevbrebf Xopuhkel ga Qofozuokb

    Xosgkutegf Fg. ?2 Xosgkutegf Fg. ?2 ga tjo Iefestry ga ^gpukbr ^gwor agr Oformy bfd^otrgkoui (: Iby 8>>5) (Ox XK-=)

    \OIBXLB Tedowbtor Ibrefo \orvelo, L.B.

    \OIBXLB Oftorpreso Tjo vbkuo ga Lkbeibfts― oquety ef \OIBXLB tgmotjor wetj\OIBXLB―s Jobdqubrtors bt Kb Lbòbdb (Ioigrebk S51Y)

    \orvepelb Mubftb Lgfsukt, L.B. & \orvelegs ^elbrde, L.B.

    \uppky Qossoks

    Lgftrblt (Lgftrblt Fg. 418=) (Ox X-:=)

    Tedowbtor Lbreho gr\olgfd Lkbeibft

    Tedowbtor Lbreho, L.B.

    Tedowbtor Hbrhbdgs  grAerst Lkbeibft

    Tedowbtor Efvostioft \XK

    Tums Lgftrblt (Lgftrblt Fg. :>8=) (Ox X-:1)

    ]okks 2 / 8 Oxport Xopgrt ga ^rga. Kgues T. ]okks (84 Gltghor 8>224)

    ]grkd Hbfc Muedokefos ]grkd Hbfc Muedokefos gf tjo Trobtioft ga Agroemf DeroltEfvostioft 2558 (LK-2?8)

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    TBHKO GA LB\O\

     BDL v Jufmbry  BDL Baaekebto Ktd v Jufmbry EL\ED Lbso Fg BXH/>>1) 2? EL\ED Xop ?28)

    Ljovrgf v Olubdgr Ljovrgf Lgrp v Olubdgr _FLETXBK (^brtebk Bwbrd gf tjo Iorets, Ibrlj 8>2>)

    Ljgrzüw Abltgry Ljgrzüw Abltgry (Moribfy v ^gkbfd) (Iorets) (258:) ^LE@ Xop \or BFg 2=

    LI\ v Brmoftefb LI\ Mbs Trbfsiessegf Lgipbfy v Brmoftefb EL\ED Lbso Fg BXH/>2/:

    (Bwbrd, 28 Iby 8>>?)

    Lgftefoftbk

    Lbsubkty v

     Brmoftefb

    Lgftefoftbk Lbsubkty Lg v Brmoftefb EL\ED Lbso Fg BXH/>>1)

    Duco v ^oru Duco Oformy Eftorfbtegfbk ̂ oru Efvostiofts Fg 2 Ktd v ̂ oru EL\ED LbsoFg BXH/>22)

    Oiies v Jufmbry Oiies Eftorfbtegfbk Jgkdefm HQ v Jufmbry EL\ED Lbso Fg BXH/28/8(Bwbrd, 21 Bprek 8>24)

    Ofrgf v Brmoftefb Ofrgf Lgrp bfd ^gfdorgsb Bssots K^ v Brmoftefb EL\ED Lbso FgBXH/>2/>=)

    Auffocgttor v

     Peihbhwo

    Auffocgttor v Xopuhkel ga Peihbhwo EL\ED Lbso Fg BXH/>?/1 (Bwbrd,88 Bprek 8>>5)

    Mgotz v Hurufde  Bftgefo Mgotz v Hurufde  EL\ED LbsoFg. BXH/5?/< (Bwbrd, 2> Aohrubry 2555) 1 EL\ED Xop <  

    Jeipurfb v ^T

    (^orsorg)

    Jeipurfb Lbkeagrfeb Oformy Ktd (Horiudb) v ^T (^orsorg) ^orusbjbbf

    Kestruec Fombrb (Efdgfoseb) (Aefbk Bwbrd, 4 Iby 2555) ZZQ Uhc Lgii

    Brh 22 

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    Koiero v _crbefo  @gsopj Ljbrkos Koiero v _crbefo EL\ED Lbso Fg BXH/>1/2: (Bwbrd, 8:Ibrlj 8>22) 

    KEBILG Kehybf Biorelbf Gek Lgipbfy (KEBILG) v Kehyb (Bwbrd, 28 Bprek25==) 8> EKI 2 

    Iorrekk & Xefm v

    Lbfbdb

    Iorrekk & Xefm Agrostry K^ v Lbfbdb (Bwbrd, 2>) 

    Iotbklkbd v Ioxelg Iotbklkbd Lgrpgrbtegf v Ioxelg EL\ED Lbso Fg BXH(BA)/5=/2 (Bwbrd,8? Bumust 8>>>) ? EL\ED Xop 828

    Ieddko Obst Loioft

    v Omypt

    Ieddko Obst Loioft \jeppefm & Jbfdkefm Lg \B v Omypt EL\ED Lbso FgBXH/55/1 (Bwbrd, 28 Bprek 8>>8) = EL\ED Xop 2=:

    Ighek Lorrg Fomrg v

    ^DQ\B

    Ighek Lorrg Fomrg Ktd v ^otrükogs do Qofozuokb \B bfd ^DQ\B Lorrg

    Fomrg \B ELL Lbso Fg. 2?421/@XA/LB, (Aefbk Bwbrd, 8< Doloihor

    8>22)

    Igfdov v _fetod

    \tbtos

    Igfdov Eftorfbtegfbk Ktd v _fetod \tbtos ga Biorelb EL\ED Lbso Fg.BXH(BA)/55/8 (Bwbrd, 22 Gltghor 8>>8) 1 EL\ED Xop 258 

    Fgrwomebf

    \jepgwfors― Lkbeis

    Fgrwomebf \jepgwfors― Lkbei (Fgrwby v _fetod \tbtos) ^LB (Bwbrd,2< Gltghor 2588), 2 XEBB =

    Gek ^kbtagris Gek ^kbtagris (Eskbiel Xopuhkel ga Erbf v _fetod \tbtos ga Biorelb)

    (^rokeiefbry Gh`oltegf) S2551Y EL@ Xop :>5) 

    ^gpo & Tbkhgt v

    Lbfbdb

    ^gpo & Tbkhgt Efl v Lbfbdb (Eftorei Bwbrd, 81 @ufo 8>>>) = EL\ED Xop15

    Rubsbr do Qbkgros Rubsbr do Qbkgros \ELBQ \B v Xussebf Aodorbtegf \LL Lbso Fg 84/8>>=(Bwbrd, 8> @uky 8>28)

    Xuioke v

    Cbzbcjstbf

    Xuioke Tokocgi B/\ v Cbzbcjstbf EL\ED Lbso Fg BXH/>?/21 (Bwbrd,82 @uky 8>>:), baaeriod0 Dolesegf gf Bffukioft, 8? Ibrlj 8>2> 

    \bftb Okofb Lgipbòeb do Dosbrrgkkg do \bftb Okofb \B v Lgstb Xelb EL\ED Lbso FgBXH/51/2 (Bwbrd, 2= Aohrubry 8>>>)

    \bppjero

    Eftorfbtegfbk

    \bppjero Eftorfbtegfbk ^otrgkouis Ktd v Fbtegfbk Erbfebf Gek Lg

    (Bwbrd) (251

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    \eoiofs v Brmoftefb \eoiofs BM v Brmoftefb EL\ED Lbso Fg BXH/>8/: (Bwbrd, 1 Aohrubry8>>=)

    \^^ v Omypt \gutjorf ^bleael ^rgporteos (Ieddko Obst) Ktd v Omypt EL\ED Lbso Fg.BXH/:4/ Iby 2558) < EL\ED Xop 25? 

    Toliod v Ioxelg Tålfelbs Iodegbiheoftbkos Toliod \B v Ioxelg  EL\ED Lbso FgBXH(BA)/>>/8 (Bwbrd, 85 Iby 8>> EL\ED Xop 2>8) = EL\ED Xop 8:? 

    Qevofde v Brmoftefb

    (Xosuhiessegf)

    Lgipbòéb do Bmubs dok Blgfque`b \B bfd Qevofde _fevorsbk \B v

     Brmoftefb EL\ED Lbso Fg BXH/5=/< (Bwbrd, 8> Bumust 8>>=)

    ]ofb Jgtoks v

    Omypt

    ]ofb Jgtoks Ktd v Omypt  EL\ED Lbso Fg BXH/5:/4 (Bwbrd, : Doloihor8>>>) 1 EL\ED Xop :5

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    E EFTXGD_LTEGF

    B Xoquost agr Brhetrbtegf

    2.  Gf 21 Aohrubry 8>2>, Tedowbtor Efl., Tedowbtor Efvostioft \XK, Tedowbtor Lbreho, L.B., Twofty

    Mrbfd Gaasjgro, K.K.L., ̂ geft Ibrefo, K.K.L., Twofty Mrbfd Ibrefo \orvelo, K.K.L., @blcsgf Ibrefo,

    K.K.L. bfd Pbpbtb Muka Ibrefo Gporbtgrs, K.K.L. aekod b Xoquost agr Brhetrbtegf ufdor tjo EL\ED

    Lgfvoftegf bmbefst tjo Hgkevbrebf Xopuhkel ga Qofozuokb (Qofozuokb gr Xospgfdoft).

    8.  Gf : Aohrubry 8>2222

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    Kgues T. ]okks (Jorhort A. @gjfsgf ^rgaossgr ga Eftorfbtegfbk Ibfbmoioft,

    Oioretus bt Jbrvbrd Husefoss \ljggk) bfd bf oxport ropgrt ga Ir. Qkbdeier

    Hrbekgvscy bfd Dr. Dbfeok Akgros (ga Olgfgiéb Bpkelbdb, \.L. bfd Olgf Gfo

    Xosobrlj, Efl rospoltevoky).

    l) 

    Gf 8? @bfubry 8>224, tjo Xospgfdoft suhiettod ets Xo`gefdor gf tjo Iorets, wetj

    tjo solgfd wetfoss \tbtoioft ga Ir. Aemuorb, tjo solgfd oxport ropgrt hy

    ^rga. ]okks bfd tjo solgfd oxport ropgrt hy Ir. Hrbekgvscy bfd Dr. Akgros.

    =. 

    Gf : Fgvoihor 8>24, tjo Lkbeibfts bdvesod tjo Trehufbk ga tjo ^brteos― bmrooioft fgt tg ibco

    roquosts agr tjo prgdultegf ga dgluiofts tg tjo Trehufbk.

    :.  Gf 8> Iby 8>24, agkkgwefm b roquost argi tjo Trehufbk, tjo ^brteos lgiiufelbtod tjo oxtoft ga

    tjoer bmrooioft bs tg tjo grmbfesbtegf ga tjo jobrefm gf tjo iorets, eflkudefm tjo jobrefm

    teiotbhko bfd tjo grdor ga wetfossos.

    5. 

    Gf 82 Iby 8>24, tjo Lkbeibfts sgumjt kobvo tg eftrgdulo eftg tjo rolgrd aurtjor oxjehets L-8?>

    tg L-812. Gf 8< Iby 8>24, tjo Xospgfdoft lgfaeriod tjbt et fg kgfmor gh`oltod tg tjo bdiessegf

    ga tjgso dgluiofts.

    2>.  Gf tjo sbio dby, tjo Trehufbk rosgkvod tjo gutstbfdefm essuos agr tjo grmbfesbtegf ga tjo jobrefm

    bfd lgiiufelbtod ets dolesegf gf tjoso essuos tg tjo ^brteos.

    22.  Tjo jobrefm gf tjo iorets wbs jokd argi 5 tg 28 @ufo 8>24 bt tjo sobt ga tjo Loftro ef

    ]bsjefmtgf, D.L. ^rosoft bt tjo jobrefm woro0

    Trehufbk

    ^rgaossgr Lbiphokk IlKbljkbf RL (^rosedoft)Dr. Bfdrås Xemg \urodb^rgaossgr Hremetto \torf

    Ir. Ibrlg Tukeg Igftbòås-Xuibygr (\olrotbry)

    Lkbeibfts

    Lgufsok (Lgvefmtgf & Hurkefm)

    Ir. Iemuok Küpoz AgrbsteorIr. Tjgibs (T.K.) Luhhbmo

    Ir. Bkoxbfdor HorofmbutIr. Dbfeok Ibtrg

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    Is. Messokko HgurfsIr. Aokepo Fbzbr ^bmbfeIs. Bfb Ibreb Ibtebs (pbrbkombk)Ir. @grmo Mbrleb (pbrbkombk)

    ^brteos0Ir. @oaaroy MgrsceIr. Hrulo KufdstrgiIr. Ibttjow IbfljosceIr. Ljres Gmko

    ]etfoss(s)0

    Ir. Morbrd Cojgo

    Oxport(s)0

    Ir. Hroft Cblzibroc

    Is. Esbhok CufsibfIs. \brbj \joribfIr. Ibtt \jgpp

    Xospgfdoft

    Lgufsok (Lurtes, Ibkkot-^rovgst, Lgkt & Igsko KK^)

    Ir. Mogrmo Cbjbko, EEEIs. Ierebi JbrwggdIs. Mbhreokb Bkvbroz BvekbIr. Okgy Hbrhbrâ do ^brros

    Is. Lkbudeb Arutgs-^otorsgfIr. \eigf HbteagrtIs. Brebffb \âfljozIr. Lbrkgs MuziâfIs. Mkgreb Debz-Hu`bfIr. Arbfleslg \âfljozIr. Bke TgpbkgmkuIr. Jorhort Tbpeb

    ^brteos0

    Dr. @gbquéf ^brrb

    Dr. Bkvbrg \ekvb LbkdorüfDrb. Fbtbkeb KefbrosDrb. Igrookeol ^oòb

    ]etfoss(s)0

    Ir. Xuhåf Aemuorb

    Oxport(s)0

    Kel. Qkbdeier Hrbekgvscy^rga. Kgues T. ]okks, @r.Dr. Dbfeok AkgrosIr. Bfdrob LbrdbfeIr. @grdbf Joei

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    Lgurt Xopgrtors

    Is. Kekebfb Bvbkgs do Hukmbrokke

    Ir. Dbved Cbsdbf

    Eftorprotors

    Is. \ekveb LgkkbIr. Dbfeok MemkegIs. @udetj Kobfdro

    28.  Gf 2< @ufo 8>24, tjo Trehufbk lgfdultod b prokeiefbry dokehorbtegf ef ]bsjefmtgf, D.L. Et jbs

    suhsoquoftky dokehorbtod hy vbregus iobfs.

    L Abltubk hblcmrgufd

    2>5, tjo \olgfd Lkbeibft, Tedowbtor Lbreho, L.B. (Tedowbtor Lbreho), b lgipbfy

    eflgrpgrbtod ef Qofozuokb, gwfod \OIBXLB. Agkkgwefm b lgrpgrbto rogrmbfesbtegf gf 5 Ibrlj

    8>>5, Tedowbtor Lbreho wbs ef turf gwfod hy tjo Aerst Lkbeibft, Tedowbtor Efvostioft \XK, b

    lgipbfy eflgrpgrbtod ef Hbrhbdgs. Oblj ga tjo lkbeibft lgipbfeos bro pbrt ga tjo Tedowbtor

    mrgup ga lgipbfeos, ukteibtoky gwfod hy Tedowbtor, Efl, b _fetod \tbtos lgipbfy.

    2?.  \OIBXLB jbd ets jobdqubrtors ef tjo vekkbmo ga Kb Lbòbdb, gf tjo wostorf sjgros ga Kbco

    Ibrblbehg. Tedowbtor Lbreho gwfod tjo pbrlok ga kbfd usod hy \OIBXLB agr tjes purpgso.

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    suhsedebreos ofmbmod prevbto lgipbfeos tg prgvedo suppgrt tg tjo gek efdustry ef tjo lguftry.

    Tjgso suhsedebreos eflkudod tjroo rokovbft tg tjes lbso0 Lgrpgrbleüf Qofozgkbfb dok ^otrükog \B

    (LQ^), ^DQ\B ^otrükog, \.B. (^DQ\B ̂ otrükog) bfd ^otrg\ulro, \.B. (^otrg\ulro).

    2=. 

    \OIBXLB prgvedod ets ibreteio suppgrt sorvelos ufdor lgftrblt tg hgtj ^DQ\B ^otrükog bfd^otrg\ulro.

    2:.  \OIBXLB―s gporbtegfs woro gremefbkky lgfaefod tg Kbco Ibrblbehg etsoka.

    25.  Argi tjo kbto 255>s, \OIBXLB oxpbfdod ets gporbtegfs tg gaasjgro kglbtegfs, eflkudefm ef tjo

    Muka ga ^breb gaa tjo fgrtjwost lgbst ga Qofozuokb.

    8>. 

    Dospeto jbvefm gporbtod ef Qofozuokb agr ibfy yobrs, \OIBXLB ded fgt jbvo b moforbk

    lgflossegf lgftrblt wetj ^DQ\B gr ets suhsedebreos. Efstobd, et gporbtod gf b ruffefm bllguft

    hbses hy iobfs ga sjgrt-tori ljbrtor bmrooiofts0 aroquoft lgftrblts wetj b durbtegf ga sovorbk

    igftjs tjbt woro poregdelbkky oxtofdod.4 Et es lgiigf mrgufd tjbt bt tjo teio ga tjo soezuro ga

    tjo Lkbeibfts― bssots, \OIBXLB wbs prgvedefm sorvelos ef hgtj Kbco Ibrblbehg bfd tjo Muka ga

    ^breb, ufdor agur sjgrt-tori lgftrblts0? 

    b)  Kbco Ibrblbehg0 \OIBXLB wbs prgvedefm ibreteio suppgrt sorvelos tg ̂ DQ\B

    ^otrükog ufdor twg teio-ljbrtor bmrooiofts0 (e) tjo sg-lbkkod Tums Lgftrblt 

    (Lgftrblt Fg. :>8=)3 bfd (ee) tjo \uppky Qossoks Lgftrblt (Lgftrblt Fg. 418=).1 

    h)  Gaasjgro0 (e) \OIBXLB jbd ljbrtorod agur vossoks tg ^otrg\ulro tg suppgrt

    gporbtegfs ef tjo Lgrglgrg ̂ rg`olt ef tjo wostorf brob ga tjo Muka ga ̂ breb (tjo

    Lgrglgrg Lgftrblt)3 =   bfd (ee) \OIBXLB jbd b sjgrt-tori bmrooioft wetj

    Ljovrgf Lbrdüf EEE, \.B. agr twg vossoks tg suppgrt ets gporbtegfs ef tjo Lbrdüf

    EEE hkglc ga tjo Xbabok _rdbfotb ^rg`olt fgrtj ga Kbco Ibrblbehg (tjo Lbrdüf 

    Lgftrblt).: 

    82.  Tjo ^brteos desputo tjo durbtegf bfd stbtus ga tjgso lgftrblts bt tjo dbto ga tjo Xosorvo Kbw, b

    ibttor tjbt tjo Trehufbk bddrossos hokgw.

    4 Bs fgtod ef Dolesegf gf @uresdeltegf, S2?Y, letefm Cojgo 2, S2?Y-S21Y.

    ? Ioigrebk, S8?Y-S85Y3 Lguftor-Ioigrebk, S4>Y.

    1 Ox X-:1 (Tums Lgftrblt)3 Ox X-:= (\uppky Qossoks Lgftrblt).

    = Lgftrblt LG->1= (Ox L-88).

    : Ox L-:1.

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    88. 

    Ef 8>>:“8>>5, wgrkd gek prelos aokk semfeaelbftky. ^DQ\B strummkod tg ioot ets pbyioft ghkembtegfs

    tg \OIBXLB.5 

    8>:.2>

      Hy >5, Tedowbtor―s Bffubk Xopgrt rolgrdod tjbt\OIBXLB jbd bllgufts roloevbhko ga bpprgxeibtoky _\D $4> iekkegf.22 

    84.  Gf = Iby 8>>5, tjo Mgvorfioft ga Qofozuokb ofbltod tjo Grmbfel Kbw tjbt Xosorvos tg tjo

    \tbto tjo Bssots bfd \orvelos Xokbtod tg ̂ reibry Blteveteos ga Jydrglbrhgfs (Xosorvo Kbw).28  Tjo

    agkkgwefm dby, : Iby 8>>5, tjo Iefestry ga ^gpukbr ^gwor agr Oformy bfd ^otrgkoui essuod b

    rosgkutegf (Xosgkutegf Fg. ?2) tjbt edofteaeod tjo Lkbeibfts, bkgfm wetj 5 tjo Lkbeibfts― agur vossoks sorvefm tjo Lgrglgrg

    ^rg`olt ef tjo Muka ga ^breb woro bksg soezod. 2? Tjo ^brteos desbmroo gf tjo slgpo ga bppkelbtegf

    ga tjo Xosorvo Kbw, tjo oxtoft ga tjo soezuros, bfd tjo oxtoft ga tjo Lkbeibfts― roibefefm bssots

    bfd gporbtegfs ef Qofozuokb. Tjo Trehufbk roturfs tg tjgso essuos ef ^brt EEE ga tjes Bwbrd.

    5 Lguftor-Ioigrebk, S22Y.

    2> \oo Dolesegf gf @uresdeltegf, S2?4Y-S2:2Y. Bs fgtod hokgw, tjo abltubk aefdefms tjbt woro ibdo hy tjo

    Trehufbk agr tjo purpgso ga dotoriefefm wjotjor tjo Xospgfdoft―s gh`oltegfs tg `uresdeltegf woro ibdo

    gut bro fgt hefdefm gf tjo Trehufbk wjof et lgios tg tjo dotoriefbtegf ga tjo Lkbeibfts― lkbeis gf tjo

    iorets. Fovortjokoss, bfd suh`olt tg wjbt agkkgws ef tjes Bwbrd, tjbt suiibry doslrehos tjo ovofts kobdefm

    up tg tjo soezuros tjbt jbvo mevof reso tg tjo prosoft brhetrbtegf.

    22 Ioigrebk, S=, 4

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    EE TJO ^BXTEO\― \_HIE\\EGF\

    81.  Ef tjes soltegf ga tjo Bwbrd, tjo Trehufbk suiibresos tjo ^brteos― rospoltevo suhiessegfs gf tjo

    twg essuos wjelj et es tjo Trehufbk―s tbsc tg rosgkvo0 aerst, tjo slgpo ga Xospgfdoft―s kebhekety3 bfd

    solgfd, tjo prgpor qubftui ga lgipofsbtegf duo tg Lkbeibfts ef tjo kemjt ga tjo Trehufbk―saefdefms bs tg kebhekety.

    8=.  Tjo Trehufbk ghsorvos bt tjo gutsot tjbt Xospgfdoft bllopts tjbt tjo Xosorvo Kbw bfd tjo

    Mgvorfioft―s bssglebtod bdiefestrbtevo blts jbd tjo oaaolt ga oxprgprebtefm prgporty ga vbkuo

    hokgfmefm tg Lkbeibfts.21 Xospgfdoft bksg bllopts tjbt tjo Xospgfdoft es ghkemod tg pby tg

    Lkbeibfts lgipofsbtegf agr tjgso oxprgprebtegfs.2= Bs b lgfsoquoflo, tjo aglus ga tjo ^brteos―

    suhiessegfs wbs gf tjo slgpo ga Xospgfdoft―s oxprgprebtegf ga Lkbeibfts― prgporty, tjo

    kbwaukfoss ga tjo oxprgprebtegf, bfd tjo prgpor qubftui ga lgipofsbtegf duo bs b lgfsoquoflo.

    B Kebhekety

    2.  ^rokeiefbry

    8:.  Lkbeibfts hbso tjoer lkbei ef tjes brhetrbtegf gf tjo Hbrhbdgs HET. Tjoy ghsorvo tjbt tjo kbw

    bppkelbhko tg tjo suhstbflo ga tjo lkbei es dotoriefod hy Brtelko 48(2) ga tjo EL\ED Lgfvoftegf,

    bfd suhiet tjbt tjo ‚’rukos ga kbw … bmrood hy tjo ^brteos― pursubft tg tjbt prgvesegf bro

    rolgrdod ef tjo Hbrhbdgs HET etsoka, suppkoioftod hy moforbk preflepkos ga eftorfbtegfbk kbw.’ 2: 

    Tjoy suhiet tjbt Qofozuokbf kbw es rokovbft tg tjo oxtoft tjbt et hobrs gf tjo slgpo ga Lkbeibfts―

    remjts bfd Xospgfdoft―s ghkembtegfs3 wjeko Brtelko 22 ga tjo Hbrhbdgs HET eflgrpgrbtos hy

    roaoroflo bfy preflepkos ga eftorfbtegfbk kbw gr Qofozuokbf kbw tjbt bro igro abvgurbhko tjbf

    tjgso eipgsod hy tjo Trobty, oqubkky Qofozuokbf kbw lbffgt ho bppkeod tg tjo oxtoft tjbt et es

    eflgfsestoft wetj Xospgfdoft―s eftorfbtegfbk kombk ghkembtegfs.25 

    85.  Xospgfdoft dgos fgt tbco essuo wetj tjoso prgpgsetegfs.

    21 Lguftor-Ioigrebk, S45Y.

    2= Lguftor-Ioigrebk, S212Y.

    2: Ioigrebk, S=2Y-S=8Y.

    25 Ioigrebk, S=

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    8.  Tjo slgpo ga tjo oxprgprebtegf

    .  Lkbeibfts sby tjbt tjo oaaolt ga tjo Xosorvo Kbw bfd tjo bssglebtod bdiefestrbtevo blts wbs tg

    deroltky oxprgprebto vbkubhko tbfmehko bssots hokgfmefm tg Lkbeibfts, bs wokk bs tg efderoltky

    oxprgprebto tjoer sjbros ef \OIBXLB etsoka, tjus doprevefm Lkbeibfts ga b husefoss wetj b ?>-yobrjestgry ef Qofozuokb bfd b prgvof jestgry ga prgaetbhekety. Xospgfdoft, hy lgftrbst, sbys tjbt tjo

    oxprgprebtegfs doprevod Lkbeibfts ga fgtjefm igro tjbf b peolo ga kbfd bt Kb Lbòbdb (tgmotjor

    wetj huekdefms bfd efvoftgry), 2? vossoks (wjelj, bs b lgfsoquoflo ga tjo Dolesegf gf @uresdeltegf,

    bro hoygfd tjo lgipotoflo ga tjo Trehufbk, hoefm gwfod hy Tedowbtor lgipbfeos gutsedo tjo

    slgpo ga tjo Hbrhbdgs HET) bfd tjo sjgrt poregd roibefefm ef tjo toris ga twg lgftrblts wetj

    ^DQ\B ^otrükog. 

    (b) 

    Lkbeibfts― suhiessegfs

     

    >5, bfd tjo

    Iefestorebk dosemfbtegf ga Lkbeibfts gf : Iby 8>>5, Xospgfdoft―s oxprgprebtegf lgfsestod ga

    tjroo okoiofts082 

    b)  Gf : Iby 8>>5, derolt oxprgprebtegf ga \OIBXLB―s jobdqubrtors, gporbtegfs

    bfd bssots gf Kbco Ibrblbehg, bs wokk bs lortbef robk ostbto gwfod hy tjo \olgfd

    Lkbeibft bt Kb Lbòbdb.

    h)  Gf 28 @uky 8>>5, derolt oxprgprebtegf ga Lkbeibfts― gaasjgro bssots bfd

    gporbtegfs ef tjo Muka ga ^breb.

    l)  Bs b lgfsoquoflo ga bkk Xospgfdoft―s blts, efderolt oxprgprebtegf ga Lkbeibfts―

    remjts bfd eftorosts ef \OIBXLB, eflkudefm tjoer sjbrojgkdefm.

    8> Ioigrebk, S=5Y, qugtefm Qevofde v Brmoftefb (Xosuhiessegf) (Ox LK-2Y-S:2Y.

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    5 ‚tjo

    Lkbeibfts― roibefefm bssots bfd gporbtegfs ef Qofozuokb woro oxprgprebtod.―8? Tjo efaoroflo

    tjbt Lkbeibfts wgukd jbvo tjo Trehufbk drbw es tjbt tjoy ded fgt roibef aroo tg gporbto gaasjgro.

    Y & S=1Y-S==Y, qugtefm Dolesegf gf @uresdeltegf, S2:2Y.

    81 Xopky, S?>Y-S??Y, S:2Y.

    8= Xopky, S:8Y-S:4Y.

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    doprevod ga tjo hofoaet ga tjbt remjt. Et es fgt folossbry tjbt Lkbeibfts edofteay bfy kgfm-tori

    lgftrbltubk remjts hoygfd tjbt efvostioft tg ibco gut b lbso ga efderolt oxprgprebtegf.8: 

    (h)  Xospgfdoft―s suhiessegfs

    5 (?8 dbys bator tjo

    ofbltioft ga tjo Xosorvo Kbw) holbuso rofowbk toris woro fgt bmrood3 >5 hut lgftefuod uftek 28 @ufo 8>>5,

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    Ibrblbehg, holbuso bkk agur vossoks woro romestorod tjoro bfd tjroo jbd hoof usod agr ibreteio

    suppgrt sorvelos gf tjo Kbco.

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    efderolt dbibmos―, tjo Xosorvo Kbw agrheds Xospgfdoft argi pbyefm tjo lgipofsbtegf roquerod

    hy tjo HET, bfd tjes rofdors tjo oxprgprebtegf ufkbwauk.?> 

    41.  Deslreiefbtegf0 Lkbeibfts suhiet tjbt, ufdor tjo Trobty, bf oxprgprebtegf wekk ho ufkbwauk ufkoss

    et es lbrreod gut ‚gf b fgf-deslreiefbtgry hbses―. Tjoy sby tjbt tjo oxprgprebtegf ga \OIBXLB wbsufkbwauk holbuso fgt bkk seiekbrky setubtod prgvedors ga ibreteio suppgrt sorvelos tg tjo gek bfd

    fbturbk mbs efdustry ef Qofozuokb roloevod oqubk trobtioft. Ef pbrtelukbr, tjoy sby tjbt tjroo

    gtjor gporbtgrs woro trobtod igro abvgurbhky tjbf \OIBXLB0?2 

    e. 

    Mukibr Gaasjgro Ieddko Obst K.K.L. (Mukibr Gaasjgro), b _fetod Brbh Oierbtos

    lgipbfy, wbs gfo ga tjo gporbtgrs gf Kbco Ibrblbehg spoleaelbkky dosemfbtod

    ef Xosgkutegf Fg. ?2. Bator Xospgfdoft soezod tjroo vossoks gwfod hy Mukibr

    Gaasjgro ef bllgrdbflo wetj tjbt Xosgkutegf, et suhsoquoftky roturfod tjoibfd tjo lgipbfy lgftefuod tg gporbto ef Qofozuokb (eflkudefm tbcefm gf

    sorvelos agriorky prgvedod hy \OIBXLB). Lkbeibfts ro`olt Xospgfdoft―s

    oxpkbfbtegf tjbt ^DQ\B ded fgt jbvo tjo oxporteso tg gporbto tjo vossoks bs

    tjo robsgf agr roturfefm tjoi, holbuso tjes oxloptegf wbs fgt prgvedod agr ef

    tjo Xosorvo Kbw.

    ee. 

    Mubftb Lgfsukt, L.B. & \orvelegs ^elbrde, L.B. (\orvepelb), b Qofozuokbf

    lgipotetgr ga \OIBXLB wjg wbs fgt kestod ef Xosgkutegf Fg. ?2 bfd wjgso

    bssots woro fgt oxprgprebtod. \orvepelb ukteibtoky woft gf tg lgftrblt ets

    vossoks tg Xopsgk gf tjo Lbrdüf EQ prg`olt, bf gporbtegf tjbt Lkbeibfts jbd

    hoof ef fomgtebtegfs tg sorvelo.

    eee.  Bstekkorgs do Qofozuokb, L.B. (Bstevoflb), b Qofozuokbf lgipbfy, bksg

    gporbtod gaasjgro bfd wbs fgt suh`olt tg oxprgprebtegf.

    (b)  Xospgfdoft―s suhiessegfs

    4=. 

    Lgipofsbtegf0 Gf tjo ablts, Xospgfdoft sbys tjbt et ofmbmod ef lgipofsbtegf deslussegfs wetj

    Lkbeibfts, hut tjgso lgukd fgt prglood holbuso Lkbeibfts efsestod gf bf gvorky-hrgbd

    lgfaedoftebkety bmrooioft. Et sbys tjbt bmrooioft gf lgipofsbtegf jbs bksg hoof jbiporod hy

    Lkbeibfts― efsestoflo gf soocefm lgipofsbtegf agr remjts \OIBXLB fovor jbd.?8 

    ?> Ioigrebk, S:4Y, Xopky, S58Y, letefm Xosorvo Kbw, Brtelko 1.

    ?2 Ioigrebk, S11Y-S2>5Y.

    ?8 Xo`gefdor, S:2Y-S:5Y, S221Y.

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    4:. 

    Gf tjo kbw, Xospgfdoft suhiets tjbt bf oxprgprebtegf es fgt rofdorod ufkbwauk hy tjo ioro ablt

    tjbt lgipofsbtegf jbs fgt hoof pbed, prgvedod tjbt tjo mgvorfioft ‚rolgmfesos tjo ghkembtegf

    tg lgipofsbto.― ?<   Xospgfdoft pgefts gut tjbt ef tjo Ljgrzüw Abltgry   lbso (bs agkkgwod ef

    KEBILG), tjo oxprgprebtegf wbs ufkbwauk holbuso tjo Mgvorfioft ga ^gkbfd ded fgt jbvo tjo

    remjt tg oxprgprebto tjo prgporty ef quostegf ufdor tjo bppkelbhko Trobty, bfd tjbt, ea ̂ gkbfd jbd

    hoof oftetkod tg oxprgprebto, tjof tjo bpprgprebto stbfdbrd ga lgipofsbtegf wgukd jbvo hoof

    ‚tjo vbkuo ga tjo ufdortbcefm bt tjo igioft ga despgssossegf― ovof ea ^gkbfd jbd abekod tg pby

    bfy lgipofsbtegf.?4 Xospgfdoft suhiets tjbt tjo lgflopt ga ‚prgvesegfbk pbyioft― efvgcod hy

    Lkbeibfts jbs fg suppgrt ef tjo butjgreteos.?? 

    45. 

    Xospgfdoft destefmuesjos tjo aevo lbsos wjelj Lkbeibfts leto agr tjo prgpgsetegf tjbt tjo ioro

    abekuro tg pby lgipofsbtegf rofdors bf oxprgprebtegf ufkbwauk, brmuefm tjbt ef tjgso oxloptegfbk

    lbsos tjo \tbto jbd fovor ibdo bf gaaor ga lgipofsbtegf, gr jbd gaaorod lgipofsbtegf sg kgw

    bs tg ho fgf-oxestoft. ?1  Ef Xospgfdoft―s suhiessegf, Brtelko 1 ga tjo Xosorvo Kbw dgos fgt

    prgjehet lgipkebflo wetj tjo Trobty―s toris bs tg lgipofsbtegf bfd tjoro es fg hbses agr

    bssuiefm tjbt tjo \tbto eftofdod tg hroblj ets eftorfbtegfbk ghkembtegfs ef ofbltefm tjo Kbw.?= 

    ?>.  Deslreiefbtegf0 Xospgfdoft sbys tjbt et ded fgt blt ef b deslreiefbtgry absjegf0?: 

    e. 

    Tjo vossoks hokgfmefm tg Mukibr Gaasjgro woro roturfod holbuso ^DQ\B ded

    fgt jbvo tjo oxporteso tg gporbto tjoi. Xospgfdoft bksg summosts tjbt tjo

    trobtioft ga Mukibr Gaasjgro―s vossoks wbs lgfsestoft wetj tjo trobtioft ga

    tjo Lkbeibfts― vossoks ^rosedoft Tedo bfd Jemj Ruost  (wjelj woro rokobsod hy

    tjo Xospgfdoft), holbuso ef hgtj lbsos tjoy woro agroemf-akbmmod bfd jbd bkk-

    eftorfbtegfbk lrows. Xospgfdoft bksg sbys tjbt Mukibr Gaasjgro es ef desputo

    ?

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    wetj Qofozuokb gvor tjo oaaolts ga tjo Xosorvo Kbw bfd fg kgfmor gporbtos ef

    tjo lguftry.?5 

    ee.  \orvepelb, hy lgftrbst, wbs fgt gporbtefm ef Kbco Ibrblbehg bt tjo teio ga tjo

    Xosorvo Kbw bfd tjoroagro wbs fgt eflkudod ef Xosgkutegf Fg. ?2.1>

     

    eee.  Bstevoflb wbs eflkudod ef Xosgkutegf Fg. ?2 bfd ets bssots ef Kbco Ibrblbehg

    woro oxprgprebtod.12 

    4.  Gtjor hrobljos ga tjo Hbrhbdgs HET

    (b)  Lkbeibfts― suhiessegfs

    ?2. 

    Lkbeibfts bksg bkkomo tjbt tjo Xospgfdoft―s lgfdult lgfstetutos b hroblj ga tjroo gtjorprgtoltegfs baagrdod hy tjo Hbrhbdgs HET0

    e.  Aber bfd oquetbhko trobtioft0 Brtelko 8(8) ga tjo HET mubrbftoos efvostgrs ‚aber

    bfd oquetbhko trobtioft ef bllgrdbflo wetj tjo rukos bfd preflepkos ga

    Eftorfbtegfbk kbw―. B ‚loftrbk pekkbr― ga tjo HET―s mubrbftoo es tjo prgtoltegf ga

    kometeibto oxpoltbtegfs, bfd Lkbeibfts sby tjbt Xospgfdoft vegkbtod tjoer

    kometeibto oxpoltbtegf (rggtod ef tjo HET bfd Qofozuokb―s Lgfstetutegf) tjbt

    tjoer efvostioft wgukd fgt ho oxprgprebtod wetjgut lgipofsbtegf. Lkbeibftssuhiet, ef pbrtelukbr, tjbt tjo Qofozuokbf Lgfstetutegf roqueros lgipofsbtegf

    tg ho pbed hoagro bfy soezuro.18 Lkbeibfts sby tjbt tjo Trobty prgtoltegf es fgt

    qubkeaeod hy tjo (kgwor) lustgibry eftorfbtegfbk kbw iefeiui stbfdbrd ga

    trobtioft ga bkeofs, hut ovof tjbt stbfdbrd prgjehets oxprgprebtegf wetjgut

    lgipofsbtegf.1 Lguftor-Ioigrebk, S5?Y3 Xo`gefdor, S==Y, S:>Y.

    12 Xo`gefdor, S==Y.

    18 Xopky, S22

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    sby tjbt Xospgfdoft―s iobsuros woro brhetrbry holbuso tjoy vegkbtod tjo HET

    bfd tjo Lgfstetutegf, bfd deslreiefbtgry agr tjo robsgfs doslrehod bhgvo.14 

    eee.  Fbtegfbk trobtioft bfd igst-abvgurod fbtegf trobtioft0 Lkbeibfts bksg sby

    tjbt tjo deslreiefbtgry fbturo ga Xospgfdoft―s lgfdult lgfstetutos baroostbfdefm vegkbtegf ga Brtelko < ga tjo HET.1? 

    (h)  Xospgfdoft―s suhiessegfs

    ?8.  Xospgfdoft sbys tjbt Lkbeibfts― gtjor lbusos ga bltegf ufdor tjo HET bdd fgtjefm tg tjoer lkbei

    ga oxprgprebtegf0

    e.  Aber bfd oquetbhko trobtioft0 Xospgfdoft sbys tjbt tjo mubrbftoo ef Brtelko

    8(8) ga tjo HET es tjo lustgibry eftorfbtegfbk kbw iefeiui stbfdbrd ga

    trobtioft. Lkbeibfts dg fgt lkbei tjoy jbd b remjt tg gporbto ef Qofozuokb ef

    porpotuety bfd Xospgfdoft jbs b sgvoroemf remjt tg rosorvo lortbef blteveteos

    tg etsoka. Tjes lkbei tjoroagro hgeks dgwf tg bf bkkombtegf tjbt lgipofsbtegf

    jbs fgt hoof pbed bfd bdds fgtjefm tg tjo preibry lkbei. Tjbt brmuioft

    lbffgt sullood holbuso Xospgfdoft jbs bkwbys rolgmfesod ets ghkembtegf tg

    lgipofsbto.11 

    ee. 

    Brhetrbry gr deslreiefbtgry iobsuros, fbtegfbk trobtioft bfd igst-abvgurod

    fbtegf trobtioft0 Tjoso lkbeis seipky rolylko Lkbeibfts― bkkombtegf ga

    deslreiefbtgry oxprgprebtegf.1= 

    H Lgipofsbtegf

    ?

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    Xospgfdoft―s oxports, hy lgftrbst, lgflkudod tjbt tjo prgpor qubftui ga lgipofsbtegf wbs _\

    $2.1:i.15 

    ?4.  Et holbio bppbroft durefm tjo jobrefm tjbt iulj ga tjo deaaoroflo hotwoof tjo vbkubtegfs wbs

    bttrehutbhko tg tjo deaaoroft bssuiptegfs tjbt tjo oxports jbd bdgptod, ef sgio lbsos gfefstrultegf argi lgufsok.=> Durefm tjo jobrefm, hgtj ^brteos― oxports woro mevof bf gppgrtufety

    tg ibco b hreoa derolt prosoftbtegf ga tjoer ovedoflo tg tjo Trehufbk, hoagro hoefm lrgss-

    oxbiefod bfd quostegfod hy tjo Trehufbk. \uhsoquoftky, bfd bt tjo roquost ga tjo Trehufbk, oblj

    ^brty―s oxports prgdulod rovesod vbkubtegfs gf tjo hbses ga bktorfbtevo bssuiptegfs. Ef tjes

    soltegf, tjo Trehufbk aerst gutkefos tjo deaaoroft bpprgblj tjo ^brteos tggc tg tjo vbkubtegf

    oxorleso, hoagro oxpkbefefm tjo vbkubtegf aemuros prosoftod hy tjo oxports durefm tjo jobrefm.

    2.  \tbfdbrd ga lgipofsbtegf bfd dbto agr bssossioft ga lgipofsbtegf

    (b) 

    Lkbeibfts― suhiessegfs

    ??.  Lkbeibfts sby tjbt tjoy bro oftetkod tg rostetuteg ef eftomrui0 tjbt es, lgipofsbtegf tg pkblo tjoi

    ef tjo pgsetegf tjoy wgukd jbvo hoof bhsoft tjo Xospgfdoft―s wrgfmauk blts.=2 Bt b iefeiui,

    tjoy bro oftetkod tg tjo aber ibrcot vbkuo ga tjo \OIBXLB Oftorpreso (wjelj tjoy doaefo tg

    eflkudo tjo vbkuo ga tjoer oquety ef \OIBXLB pkus tjo vbkuo ga tjo pbrt ga tjo toriefbk bt Kb

    Lbòbdb gllupeod hy tjo lgipbfy =8) bs b mgefm lgflorf hoagro tjo oxprgprebtegf iobsuros

    holbio puhkel (tjo ox bfto bpprgblj). Gf tjes bpprgblj, tjo husefoss es vbkuod gf tjo hbses ga

    robsgfbhko oxpoltbtegfs bt tjbt dbto.=Y.

    =>  Agr oxbipko, tjo Xospgfdoft―s oxports woro efstrultod tg oxlkudo bllgufts roloevbhko argi tjoer

    lbklukbtegf0 T8/4

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    ?1. 

    Lkbeibfts sby tjbt tjo proslrehod stbfdbrd ga lgipofsbtegf ef Brtelko ?(2) ga tjo HET roprosofts

    tjo lgfdetegf agr b kbwauk  oxprgprebtegf, hut tjbt Brtelko ?(2) dgos fgt proslreho tjo stbfdbrd ga

    lgipofsbtegf tjbt es pbybhko agr bf oxprgprebtegf wjelj tjo Trehufbk jbs agufd tg ho ufkbwauk

    gr wrgfmauk.=? Lgfsoquoftky, tjo bppkelbhko stbfdbrd es suppkeod hy lustgibry eftorfbtegfbk kbw

    bs roakoltod ef tjo Ljgrzüw Abltgry lbso, roquerefm ropbrbtegf tg ‚wepo gut bkk tjo lgfsoquoflos

    ga tjo ekkombk blt―.=1 Tjes oqubtos tg tjo Lkbeibfts― ox pgst  bpprgblj.== Tjo sbio stbfdbrd bppkeos

    tg bfy hroblj ga tjo HET (sulj bs b vegkbtegf ga tjo mubrbftoo ga aber bfd oquetbhko trobtioft). =: 

    Lkbeibfts sby tjbt bktjgumj ‚ef igst bd`udelbtod oxprgprebtegf desputos― lgipofsbtegf jbs hoof

    bssossod bt tjo dbto ga oxprgprebtegf, ef tjgso lbsos oetjor bddetegfbk lgipofsbtegf wbs fgt

    sgumjt gr tjoro wbs efsuaaeleoft ovedoflo tg dotoriefo tjo eflrobso ef vbkuo.=5 

    ?=. 

    Lkbeibfts sby tjbt ea lgipofsbtegf es tg ho bssossod bt tjo dbto ga despgssossegf, et iust oxlkudo

    tjo bdvorso eipblt ga pro-oxprgprebtegf iobsuros tjbt woro tbcof tg rodulo tjo vbkuo ga tjo

    Lkbeibfts― eftorosts.:> 

    (h) 

    Xospgfdoft―s suhiessegfs

    ?:.  Xospgfdoft homefs hy suhiettefm tjbt tjoro es fg deaaoroflo hotwoof bf ox bfto bfd ox pgst  

    vbkubtegf ef tjes lbso, holbuso, agr tjo robsgfs doslrehod bhgvo, tjo Xospgfdoft ded fgt

    oxprgprebto tjo \OIBXLB Oftorpreso etsoka.:2 

    ?5. 

    Tg tjo oxtoft tjbt tjo vbkubtegf dbto iemjt ibco b deaaoroflo, Xospgfdoft sbys tjbt Brtelko ?(2)

    ga tjo HET stepukbtos tjo stbfdbrd ga lgipofsbtegf. Et es fgt keietod hy ets toris tg ‚kbwauk―

    oxprgprebtegfs, bfd butjgrety suppgrts tjo prgpgsetegf tjbt tjo stbfdbrd ga lgipofsbtegf sot hy

    tjo bppkelbhko Trobty sjgukd bppky rombrdkoss ga wjotjor tjo oxprgprebtegf es kbwauk (hut

    pbrtelukbrky wjoro tjo gfky ‚wrgfmauk― lgfdult es tjo fgf-pbyioft ga lgipofsbtegf). :8 

    =? Xopky, S285Y-S21Y & Xopky, S288Y-S28:Y.

    =: Ioigrebk, S224Y.

    =5 Xopky, S28Y, letefm Ljgrzüw Abltgry (Ox XK-:2), 4=.

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    Xospgfdoft destefmuesjos  BDL v Jufmbry   gf tjo hbses tjbt tjo oxprgprebtegf wbs dooiod

    ufkbwauk agr b fuihor ga robsgfs gtjor tjbf tjo abekuro tg pby lgipofsbtegf.:.  Gf Lkbeibfts― proaorrod ox pgst   bpprgblj, tjoer oxports lbklukbtod lgipofsbtegf ef twg

    trbfljos0 (e) tjo kgst fot lbsj akgws ga tjo \OIBXLB Oftorpreso argi = Iby 8>>5 uftek tjo dbto

    ga tjo Bwbrd3 bfd (ee) tjo aber ibrcot vbkuo ga tjo \OIBXLB Oftorpreso bt tjo dbto ga tjo Bwbrd.

    12.  Bs tg tjo vbkuo ga tjo husefoss etsoka, Lkbeibfts bdgpt tjo ‚wekkefm huyor/wekkefm sokkor― bpprgblj

    ofdgrsod hy, eftor bkeb, tjo ]grkd Hbfc Muedokefos,:4 bfd sby tjbt gf tjo ox pgst  bpprgblj tjo

    efvostgr es oftetkod tg tjo jemjor ga tjo husefoss―s vbkuo bt tjo teio ga despgssossegf gr tjo vbkuo

    et wgukd jbvo jbd bt tjo dbto ga tjo Bwbrd tbcefm eftg bllguft tjo prgaets tjbt wgukd jbvo hoof

    obrfod ef tjo eftorei ef vbkuefm tjo husefoss. :?   Lkbeibfts― oxports utekeso b lgihefbtegf ga

    vbkubtegf iotjgdgkgmeos0 preibreky (e) b Deslguftod Lbsj Akgw (DLA) bfbkyses, bssestod hy (ee) tjo

    lgipbrbhko puhkelky trbdod lgipbfeos bpprgblj bfd (eee) tjo lgipbrbhko trbfsbltegfs

    bpprgblj. :1   Tg eipkoioft tjo DLA bpprgblj, Lkbeibfts― oxports prg`olt auturo lbsj akgws

    tjrgumj tg 25 (usefm tjo sbio moforbk iotjgdgkgmy bs agr tjo poregd 8>>5“8>225 wetj b toriefbk (gr rosedubk)

    vbkuo lbklukbtegf.:= 

    (h) 

    Xospgfdoft―s suhiessegfs

    18.  Xospgfdoft―s preibry pgsetegf es tjbt et es fgt bpprgprebto tg vbkuo tjo \OIBXLB Oftorpreso bt

    bkk, holbuso et wbs fgt oxprgprebtod. Tg tjo oxtoft tjbt et es folossbry tg vbkuo tjo husefoss, tjo

    Xospgfdoft―s oxports sby tjbt b DLA vbkubtegf bkgfo es bpprgprebto, bfd ro`olt Lkbeibfts oxports―

    lgipbrbhko lgipbfeos bfd trbfsbltegfs bpprgbljos agr tjo robsgfs mevof hokgw.

    :5Y, letefm Muedokefos gf tjo Trobtioft ga Agroemf Derolt Efvostioft (Ox LK-2?8).

    :? Ioigrebk, S22>Y-S22=), \eoiofs v Brmoftefb (Ox

    LK-28:), Qevofde v Brmoftefb (Xosuhiessegf) (Ox LK-8>?) bfd Bilg Bseb v Efdgfoseb EE (Ox LK-212).

    :1 Ioigrebk, S22=Y, S2Y.

    := Ioigrebk, S2

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    5.:5 Bs b rosukt, tjo ablt tjbt \OIBXLB jbd fg mubrbftood remjt tg auturo

    lgftrblts gf tjo Kbco es fgt b mggd robsgf tg emfgro ets auturo obrfefm lbpblety.5> Tjoy sby tjbt

    ^DQ\B jbd fg vebhko eftorfbkesbtegf pkbf, suhiet tjbt tjo ibrcot wgukd fgt jbvo rombrdod

    ^DQ\B―s esgkbtod ‚iusefms― bs b robkestel tjrobt tg \OIBXLB―s prgspolts, bfd sby tjbt, ef bfy lbso,

    tjo keietod pkbfs woro kbrmoky aglusod gf sorvelos tjbt \OIBXLB ded fgt prgvedo.52 

    1?. 

    Gf tjo bssuiptegf tjbt tjo Trehufbk tbcos eftg bllguft husefoss tjbt Lkbeibfts wgukd jbvo

    ufdortbcof ef tjo poregd hotwoof oxprgprebtegf bfd tjo dbto ga tjes Bwbrd, Lkbeibfts pgeft tg

    sovorbk gaasjgro prg`olts tjbt tjoy sby wgukd jbvo rosuktod ef bf oxpbfsegf ga tjoer husefoss. Ef

    pbrtelukbr, tjoy edofteay0 tjo Xbabok _rdbfotb ^rg`olt, b kbrmo fbturbk mbs drekkefm gporbtegf fgrtj

    ga Kbco Ibrblbehg (ga wjelj tjo Lbrdüf EEE ^rg`olt, tg wjelj \OIBXLB hreoaky lgftrehutod twg

    vossoks “ Jemj Ruost   bfd ^rosedoft Tedo “ wbs b pbrt)358  tjo Ibreslbk \ulro ^rg`olt, ef wjelj

    ^DQ\B jbs lgiiettod tg efvost35 Xopky, S24Y-S84Y, S241Y, S212Y.

    58 Ioigrebk, S42Y-S41Y3 Xopky, S8=Y-S85Y.

    5

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    oipkgy tjo oxestefm vossoks pkus sex igro.5? Bs fgtod bhgvo, Lkbeibfts desputo tjo summostegf

    tjbt tjoy bro stekk aroo tg oxpkget gaasjgro gppgrtufeteos.51 

    11.  Xospgfdoft0 Xospgfdoft strossos tjbt bator 25=? Lkbeibfts jbd b sefmko lustgior ef Kbco

    Ibrblbehg0 ^DQ\B bfd ets suhsedebreos.5=

     ]jbtovor ets trbdefm jestgry, \OIBXLB jbd fgmubrbftoo ga lgftefuefm gporbtegf bfd wbs suh`olt tg tjo resc tjbt tjo \tbto wgukd ljggso tg

    rosorvo blteveteos ef Kbco Ibrblbehg tg etsoka, bs et ded.5: ^DQ\B jbd aeri eftorfbkesbtegf pkbfs,

    bfd bkk tjo Xosorvo Kbw ded wbs tg oxpodeto tjoi.55 

    1=. 

    Xospgfdoft suhiets tjbt tjo Xosorvo Kbw dgos fgt provoft tjo Lkbeibfts pbrtelepbtefm ef

    gaasjgro gporbtegfs. 2>>  Et fovortjokoss sbys tjbt tjo rolgrd hokeos Lkbeibfts― jypgtjotelbk

    oxpbfsegf pkbfs ef Xbabok _rdbfotb, Ibreslbk \ulro bfd ^kbtbagrib Doktbfb,2>2 ef lerluistbflos

    wjoro \OIBXLB―s bltubk husefoss tjoro wbs ‚vertubkky fgf-oxestoft―.

    2>8

     Xospgfdoft tjus sbystjbt Lkbeibfts jbvo abekod tg ostbhkesj wjbt tjo 2= vossoks tjbt Lkbeibfts bssuio wgukd jbvo

    gporbtod ef Qofozuokb wgukd jbvo hoof dgefm,2>4 

    1:.  Xospgfdoft sbys tjbt Lkbeibfts― dbibmos lkbei es spolukbtevo, eiporiessehky bssuios tjbt

    \OIBXLB wgukd lgftefuo prgvedefm sorvelos eftg porpotuety, bfd es lgftrbry tg butjgrety tjbt

    dbibmos sjgukd fgt ho bwbrdod gf tjo bssuiptegf tjbt lgftrblts wgukd ho rofowod wjof

    tjoro wbs fg remjt ga rofowbk.2>? Et sbys tjbt fg jypgtjotelbk huyor wgukd vbkuo \OIBXLB gf

    tjbt hbses.2>1 

    5? Xopky, S21?Y.

    51 Xopky, S24=Y-S245Y.

    5= Xo`gefdor, S2=Y.

    5: Xo`gefdor, S88Y, S2 Xo`gefdor, S81Y, S2=:Y.

    2>2 Xo`gefdor, S?1Y-S14Y.

    2>8 Lguftor-Ioigrebk, S284Y.

    2>4 Xo`gefdor, S2:=Y.

    2>? Lguftor-Ioigrebk, S281Y-S28:Y, letefm Iorrekk & Xefm v Lbfbdb (Ox XK-55) & LI\ v Brmoftefb (Ox LK-

    218).

    2>1 Xo`gefdor, S244Y.

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    (h)  Bllgufts roloevbhko bfd wgrcefm lbpetbk

    15. 

    Tjo ^brteos bmroo tjbt tjo bllgufts roloevbhko gwod tg \OIBXLB tgtbkkod _\ $44,:::,>4> bs bt

    : Iby 8>>5. Jgwovor tjoy desputo jgw tjo bllgufts roloevbhko sjgukd ho trobtod ef tjo

    lbklukbtegf ga dbibmos.

    =>.  Lkbeibfts sby tjbt holbuso tjoy jbvo hoof doprevod ga lgftrgk gr gporbtegf ga \OIBXLB, tjoy

    bro fgt bhko tg lgkkolt tjo bllgufts roloevbhko.2>= Tjoy suhiet tjbt ea tjo oxprgprebtgry blts jbd

    fgt hoof lgiiettod, et es robsgfbhko tg tjefc tjbt ^DQ\B wgukd jbvo hoof bhko tg sbtesay tjo

    ghkembtegfs, bfd tjus eflkudo tjo bllgufts roloevbhko ef tjoer bssossioft ga dbibmos. 2>: 

    Fovortjokoss, tjoy bssuio tjbt sgio ga tjo biguft gutstbfdefm bt @bfubry 8>>5 wgukd jbvo

    roibefod gutstbfdefm, bfd sgio wgukd jbvo mgfo tg pby gaa suppkeor kebheketeos, sg gfky eflkudo

    _\ $21.4:i ef tjoer lbklukbtegfs. 2>5   Tjoy tjus sby tjbt Xospgfdoft―s oxports jbvo wrgfmky

    oxlkudod igst ga \OIBXLB―s wgrcefm lbpetbk argi tjoer lbklukbtegf.22> 

    =2. 

    Xospgfdoft rokeos gf Lkbeibfts― bssortegf ef tjo dgluioft prgdultegf pjbso tjbt tjoy ‚bro fgt

    soocefm pbyioft ga tjgso bllgufts roloevbhko ef tjes prgloodefm― 222  bfd tjoer oxports woro

    bllgrdefmky efstrultod tg oxlkudo bllgufts roloevbhko argi tjoer lbklukbtegfs. 228  ]jof

    efstrultod tg eflkudo tjo bllgufts roloevbhko ef tjoer lbklukbtegfs, Xospgfdoft―s oxports

    suhtrbltod _\ $8=,414,14> ef lurroft kebheketeos, kobvefm b rolgvorbhko tgtbk ga $2=,48>.22= Xopky, S2?>Y-S2?2Y.

    2>: Ioigrebk, S5 T8/85.

    22> Xopky, S2522), S4>Y.

    228 T8/4 bfd 22.

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    (l) 

    Lbsj akgw

    =8.  Tjo ^brteos desputo wjotjor, agr tjo purpgso ga lbklukbtefm lbsj akgws ef tjo DLA bfbkyses, et es

    bpprgprebto tg bdgpt b tjroo-yobr sprobd ga jestgrelbk lbsj akgws (e.o. AU8>>1 tg AU8>>:) gr b

    agur-yobr sprobd (AU8>>1 tg 8>>5). Lkbeibfts― oxport eflkudos AU8>>5 ef jes lbklukbtegfs.224

     Xospgfdoft―s oxports gpefo tjbt tjes jbs b destgrtefm oaaolt gf tjo aemuros, seflo AU8>>5 wbs b

    yobr ga jestgrelbkky jemj gek rovofuos, wjelj jbd b lgfsoquoft oaaolt gf dby rbtos tjbt lgukd ho

    lgiibfdod hy \OIBXLB.22? 

    (d)  Deslguft rbto

    =

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    studeos.225 Lkbeibfts sby tjbt Xospgfdoft―s proieui es hbsod gf b sefmko sgurlo

    bfd, bt 1.? por loft, es bt tjo tgp ofd ga tjo usubk rbfmo ga  

    l)  Agr tjo bssot hotb, tjo oxport usod b sbipko ga lgipbrbhko lgipbfeos tg dorevo

    bf ufkovorod hotb ga >.12:, bd`ustefm tjo aemuros agr bf bssuiod doht/oquety rbtegga 2>05> agr \OIBXLB. Jo ̀ usteaeos tjo kgw rbteg gf tjo hbses tjbt \OIBXLB kobsod

    ets vossoks, iobfefm et jbd igdost aefbflefm foods. 282  Jo sbys tjbt ea tjo

    Xospgfdoft―s oxports woro tg uso tjo remjt Ehhgtsgf/Igrfefmstbr efdustry lgdo,

    tjo bppkelbhko hotb es >.15.288 

    d)  Agr tjo lguftry resc proieui (wjelj bllgufts agr twg-tjerds ga tjo deaaoroflo ef

    gvorbkk deslguft rbto hotwoof tjo rospoltevo oxports), Lkbeibfts― oxport oxlkudos

    tjo eipblt ga ‚lortbef Qofozuokbf mgvorfioft pgkeleos, sulj bs ets fbtegfbkesbtegfbmofdb, wjelj joemjtofod tjo kovok ga kombk, romukbtgry bfd pgketelbk resc―. 28Y.

    288 Xopky, S2:=Y.

    28

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    Xospgfdoft rokeos.28= Lkbeibfts― oxport tjus bdgpts b lguftry resc proieui ga 2.?

    por loft.

    o)  Aefbkky, tjo oxport lbklukbtos tjo lgst ga doht hbsod gf bvorbmo rbtos bt wjelj

    lgipbrbhko lgipbfeos lgukd hgrrgw ef _\ Dgkkbrs agr tjo tjroo yobrs pregr tgoxprgprebtegf, sottkefm gf 1.1: por loft.28: 

    =4.  Lkbeibfts desputo tjo bddetegfbk dgwfwbrd bd`ustiofts prgpgsod hy tjo Xospgfdoft agr

    husefoss resc0

    b)  Lkbeibfts desputo tjbt \OIBXLB sjgukd ho trobtod bs dopofdoft gf b sefmko

    lustgior, ^DQ\B, mevof tjo gaasjgro oxpbfsegf gppgrtufeteos.285 Bktjgumj b

    huyor iemjt ef preflepko deslguft b lgipbfy―s vbkuo tg bllguft agr jemj

    lustgior lgfloftrbtegf, Lkbeibfts sby tjo resc tg \OIBXLB wbs rodulod

    holbuso ^DQ\B bkrobdy jbd b devorseaeod lustgior hbso bfd b kgfm jestgry ga

    lgftefugus gporbtegf.2 

    h) 

    Lkbeibfts sby tjbt mogmrbpjel lgfloftrbtegf wbs fgt b semfeaelbft resc holbuso

    fg prgspoltevo huyor wgukd jbvo hoof lgflorfod tjbt tjo ibrcot agr

    \OIBXLB―s sorvelos wgukd suddofky dry up.2:%, holbuso tjoy dg fgt

    roakolt jgw b wekkefm huyor wgukd jbvo vbkuod \OIBXLB ef robk keao.205>, Lkbeibfts― oxport prgpgsos b ]BLL

    ga 1.51 por loft.2

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    hotwoof tjo ]BLL bfd tjo kgfm-tori mrgwtj rbto ga tjo olgfgiy.2

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    Xospgfdoft sbys tjbt iulj jemjor lguftry resc iust ho bssemfod.242 Et sbys

    tjbt Lkbeibfts― oxlkusegf ga abltgrs sulj bs oxprgprebtegf resc es hbsod gf b

    iestbcof proieso. Tjo ruko tjbt tjo vbkuo ga bf bssot iust ho bssossod bt b

    dbto hoagro tjo bffgufloioft ga tjo spoleael oxprgprebtegf dgos fgt iobf

    tjbt gfo iust emfgro tjo moforbk resc ga mgvorfioft eftorvoftegf tjbt jbs

    bkwbys bllgipbfeod tjo efvostioft blteveteos ef Qofozuokb, eflkudefm tjo resc

    tjbt tjo mgvorfioft wgukd rosorvo b lortbef soltgr ga bltevety tg tjo \tbto.248 

    Et es fg bfswor tg sby tjbt sulj rescs bro lgftrgkkod hy tjo \tbto.24

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    ==. 

    Xospgfdoft―s oxports prgdulo b aefbk vbkubtegf (gf tjo bssuiptegf tjbt b DLA bpprgblj es

    bpprgprebto) ga _\ $8.5i,2?> bs lgipbrod tg ets kequedbtegf vbkubtegf ga _\ $2.1i. 2?2 

    (o) 

    Lgipbrbhko lgipbfeos bfd trbfsbltegfs

    =:. 

    Lkbeibfts0 Lkbeibfts― oxports suppkoioft tjoer DLA lbklukbtegf hy oxbiefefm hgtj lgipbrbhko

    lgipbfeos bfd lgipbrbhko trbfsbltegfs02?8 

    b) 

    Tjo oxports edofteay tjroo puhkelky trbdod lgipbfeos igst deroltky

    lgipbrbhko tg \OIBXLB, bssemf oblj b lgipbrbhekety rbtefm bfd tjof woemjt

    tjoer OQ/OHET iuktepko bllgrdefmky. Iuktepkyefm \OIBXLB―s prg`oltod OHET agr

    8>2< hy tjo woemjtod OHET iuktepko prgdulos bf oftorpreso vbkuo. 2?<  Tjo

    oxports desputo Xospgfdoft―s lkbei tjbt tjo sokoltod lgipbfeos bro

    bssglebtod wetj vory deaaoroft lguftry resc prgaekos, holbuso iulj ga tjo

    deaaoroflo es bttrehutod tg uflgipofsbtod oxprgprebtegf resc bfd rokbtod rescs,

    bfd holbuso tjoro es fg lgrrokbtegf hotwoof tjo ‚ef lguftry― lgst ga oquety

    bfd tjo OQ/OHET vbkubtegf iuktepkos ga tjo sokoltod lgipbfeos.2?4 

    h) 

    Tjo oxports bdgpt b seiekbr bpprgblj agr lgipbrbhko trbfsbltegfs, edofteayefm

    sex ef tjo poregd 8>2> tg 8>2< tjbt bro pgtoftebkky lgipbrbhko tg \OIBXLB. 2?? 

    =5.  Xospgfdoft0 Xospgfdoft―s oxports ro`olt hgtj ga Lkbeibfts― lgipbrbhkos bfbkysos. Tjoy sby tjbt

    oblj ga tjo aeris sokoltod hy Lkbeibfts gporbtos ets gwf vossoks3 tjo aeris dg fgt wgrc

    oxlkusevoky ef gfo mogmrbpjel brob gr agr b sefmko lustgior3 bkk tjo aeris bro iulj kbrmor tjbf

    \OIBXLB3 bfd Lkbeibfts dg fgt bllguft agr deaaoroft lguftry rescs.2?1 

    2?> Hrbekgvscy/Akgros 8, Tbhko EEE.2.

    2?2 Hrbekgvscy/Akgros 8, Tbhko EE.2.

    2?8 Xopky, S255Y-S8>8Y.

    2?? Ioigrebk, S24=Y-S24:Y.

    2?1 Lguftor-Ioigrebk, S2??Y3 Xo`gefdor, S214Y.

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    4.  Eftorost

    (b)  Lkbeibfts― suhiessegfs

    :>. 

    Lkbeibfts sooc hgtj pro-bwbrd bfd pgst-bwbrd eftorost, ef oblj lbso lbklukbtod gf b lgipgufd

    hbses. 2?=   Lkbeibfts prgpgso tjbt tjo rbto sjgukd ho lbklukbtod hy roaoroflo tg Qofozuokb―s

    sgvoroemf doht rbto, holbuso gtjorweso Lkbeibfts wgukd jbvo hoof agrlod tg sorvo bs

    lgipuksgry lrodetgrs tg Xospgfdoft. Bktorfbtevoky, tjoy prgpgso b ‚fgribk lgiiorlebk rbto― bs

    roquerod hy tjo HET. Tjoer oxports prgpgso tjo _\ ^reio Xbto + 8 por loft, gr KEHGX + 4 por loft

    bs bktorfbtevos tg Qofozuokb―s sgvoroemf hgfd rbto.2?: Tjoy sby tjbt Xospgfdoft―s prgpgsod rbto

    lbffgt ho lgfsedorod b fgribk lgiiorlebk rbto.2?5 

    (h) 

    Xospgfdoft―s suhiessegfs

    :2. 

    Xospgfdoft sbys tjbt pro-bwbrd eftorost sjgukd ho hbsod gf b sjgrt-tori bfd resc-aroo rbto,

    sulj bs tjo >5―. 218   Et agufd tjbt bkk ga tjo gtjor lkbeis bdvbflod hy bkk gtjor

    Lkbeibfts aokk gutsedo ets ̀ uresdeltegf bfd lgukd fgt prglood wetjef tjo arbiowgrc ga tjo prosoft

    brhetrbtegf. Tjes eflkudod, ibtorebkky, tjo lkbeis agr bkkomod oxprgprebtegf ga tjoer vossoks hrgumjt

    2?= Ioigrebk, S2?1Y-S21:Y.

    2?: Xopky, S8>?Y-S8>1Y.

    2?5 Xopky, S8>=Y.

    21> Lguftor-Ioigrebk, S2?=Y-S2?:Y3 Xo`gefdor, S25>Y.

    212 Lguftor-Ioigrebk, S2?5Y.

    218 Dolesegf gf @uresdeltegf, S255(8)Y.

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    hy baaekebtos ga Tedowbtor Hbrhbdgs wetjef tjo Tedowbtor mrgup tjbt gwfod oblj ga tjo vossoks

    usod hy \OIBXLB ef tjo gporbtegf ga ets husefoss ef Qofozuokb. 

    :

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    2.  Oxprgprebtegf

    (b) Lbuso ga bltegf

    :1. 

    Tjo aerst bfd preflepbk lbuso ga bltegf pkobdod hy Lkbeibfts es tjbt Xospgfdoft oxprgprebtod

    Lkbeibfts― efvostiofts ef Qofozuokb wetjgut pbyioft ga prgipt, bdoqubto bfd oaaoltevo

    lgipofsbtegf ef hroblj ga Brtelko ? ga tjo HET.211 

    :=.  Tjo Trehufbk bfbkysos tjes lkbei ef tjo agkkgwefm agur stops0 

    (b) Aerst , et lgfsedors tjo lgfstetuoft okoiofts ga tjo lbuso ga bltegf prgvedod hy tjo Lgftrbltefm

    \tbtos ef Brtelko ? ga tjo HET etsoka3

    (h) \olgfd , et edofteaeos bfd bfbkysos tjo rokovbft \tbto iobsuros bkkomod tg lgfstetuto tjo

    oxprgprebtgry blts3

    (l) Tjerd , et bssossos wjotjor, bfd ea sg tg wjbt oxtoft, tjgso iobsuros ded ef ablt jbvo bf

    oxprgprebtgry oaaolt3 bfd,

    (d) Agurtj, et lgfsedors wjotjor, ea sg, sulj oxprgprebtegf wbs kbwauk gr ufkbwauk.

    ::. 

    Brtelko ? prgvedos0 

    (2) Efvostiofts ga fbtegfbks gr lgipbfeos ga oetjor Lgftrbltefm ^brty sjbkk fgt ho fbtegfbkesod,

    oxprgprebtod gr suh`oltod tg iobsuros jbvefm oaaolt oquevbkoft tg fbtegfbkesbtegf gr

    oxprgprebtegf (joroefbator roaorrod tg bs "oxprgprebtegf") ef tjo torretgry ga tjo gtjor Lgftrbltefm

    ^brty oxlopt agr b puhkel purpgso rokbtod tg tjo eftorfbk foods ga tjbt ^brty gf b fgf-

    deslreiefbtgry hbses bfd bmbefst prgipt, bdoqubto bfd oaaoltevo lgipofsbtegf. \ulj

    lgipofsbtegf sjbkk biguft tg tjo ibrcot vbkuo ga tjo efvostioft oxprgprebtod eiiodebtoky

    hoagro tjo oxprgprebtegf gr hoagro tjo eipofdefm oxprgprebtegf holbio puhkel cfgwkodmo,

    wjeljovor es tjo obrkeor, sjbkk eflkudo eftorost bt b fgribk lgiiorlebk rbto uftek tjo dbto ga

    pbyioft, sjbkk ho ibdo wetjgut dokby, ho oaaoltevoky robkezbhko bfd ho arooky trbfsaorbhko. Tjo

    fbtegfbk gr lgipbfy baaoltod sjbkk jbvo b remjt, ufdor tjo kbw ga tjo Lgftrbltefm ^brty ibcefm

    tjo oxprgprebtegf, tg prgipt roveow, hy b `udelebk gr gtjor efdopofdoft butjgrety ga tjbt ^brty,

    ga jes gr ets lbso bfd ga tjo vbkubtegf ga jes gr ets efvostioft ef bllgrdbflo wetj tjo preflepkos sot

    gut ef tjes pbrbmrbpj.

    (8) ]joro b Lgftrbltefm ^brty oxprgprebtos tjo bssots ga b lgipbfy wjelj es eflgrpgrbtod gr

    lgfstetutod ufdor tjo kbw ef agrlo ef bfy pbrt ga ets gwf torretgry, bfd ef wjelj fbtegfbks gr

    lgipbfeos ga tjo gtjor Lgftrbltefm ^brty gwf sjbros, et sjbkk ofsuro tjbt tjo prgvesegfs ga

    211 Xoquost, S?1(b)(e)Y3 Ox L-2>.

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    pbrbmrbpj (2) ga tjes Brtelko bro bppkeod tg tjo oxtoft folossbry tg mubrbftoo prgipt, bdoqubto

    bfd oaaoltevo lgipofsbtegf ef rospolt ga tjoer efvostioft tg sulj fbtegfbks gr lgipbfeos ga tjo

    gtjor Lgftrbltefm ^brty wjg bro gwfors ga tjgso sjbros.

    :5.  Tjo tori ‚efvostioft― es doaefod ef Brtelko 2 tg iobf ‚ovory cefd ga bssot efvostod hy fbtegfbks

    gr lgipbfeos ga gfo Lgftrbltefm ^brty ef tjo torretgry ga tjo gtjor Lgftrbltefm ^brty―. \ulj

    bssots eflkudo, eftor bkeb, sjbros ef b lgipbfy,21= mggdwekk bfd cfgw-jgw.21: 

    5>.  Brtelko ? es ef b agri lgiigfky agufd ef ibfy efvostioft trobteos. Et dgos fgt prgjehet tjo

    oxprgprebtegf ga efvostiofts. Xbtjor, oblj Lgftrbltefm ^brty ufdortbcos gfky tg oxprgprebto ea

    lortbef spoleaeod lgfdetegfs bro iot. Tjo oxprgprebtegf iust ho0 

    (b) ‚agr b puhkel purpgso rokbtod tg tjo eftorfbk foods ga tjbt ^brty―3

    (h) ‚gf b fgf-deslreiefbtgry hbses―3 bfd

    (l) ‚bmbefst prgipt, bdoqubto bfd oaaoltevo lgipofsbtegf―.

    Tjo Lgftrbltefm \tbtos oxtofd tjoso prgtoltegfs tg ‚iobsuros jbvefm oaaolt oquevbkoft tg

    fbtegfbkesbtegf gr oxprgprebtegf.― Tjoy bksg ufdortbco tg prgvedo prgipt `udelebk gr

    efdopofdoft roveow ga bf efvostgr―s lbso gr tjo vbkubtegf ga ets efvostioft ef bllgrdbflo wetj

    tjo preflepkos sot gut ef Brtelko ?.

    (h)Xokovbft iobsuros

    52. 

    Agur iobsuros woro rokeod upgf bs lgfstetutefm blts hy wjelj Xospgfdoft oxprgprebtod

    Lkbeibfts― efvostiofts ef Qofozuokb0

    (e) Xosorvo Kbw ga = Iby 8>>53215 

    (ee) Iefestorebk Xosgkutegf Fg ?2 ga : Iby 8>>532=> 

    (eee) ^jyselbk soezuro ga \OIBXLB―s husefoss gporbtegfs bt Kb Lbòbdb, Kbco Ibrblbehg

    gf 5 Iby 8>>53 bfd,

    (ev) ^jyselbk soezuro ga \OIBXLB―s husefoss gporbtegf bt Lgrglgrg gf 28 @uky 8>>5.

    21= Brtelko 2(b)(ee).

    21: Brtelko 2(b)(ev).

    215 Ox L-28.

    2=> Ox L-2

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    Et es folossbry tg tbco oblj ga tjoso iobsuros ef turf.

    (e) Xosorvo Kbw

    58.  Tjo Xosorvo Kbw etsoka, bdgptod hy tjo Fbtegfbk Bssoihky ga Qofozuokb gf = Iby 8>>5, es

    oftetkod0 Grmbfel Kbw tjbt Xosorvos tg tjo \tbto Bssots bfd \orvelos rokbtod tg ^reibry Blteveteos

    ga Jydrglbrhgfs.

    5

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    51. 

    Bs suiibresod bhgvo, tjo Xosorvo Kbw jbd twg aufltegfs0 (b) tjo rosorvbtegf tg tjo \tbto ef tjo

    puhkel eftorost ga tjo gek efdustry suppgrt aufltegfs tjoro spoleaeod3 lgupkod wetj (h) tjo

    fbtegfbkesbtegf ga tjo bssots bfd gporbtegfs ga tjo prevbto lgipbfeos tjof lbrryefm gut sulj

    blteveteos bfd sorvelos.

    5=. 

    Tjoso twg aufltegfs woro eftorkefcod. Ir Aemuorb, b wetfoss lbkkod hy Xospgfdoft, wjg bt tjbt

    teio wbs Moforbk Ibfbmor ga tjo Gaasjgro Iexod Lgipbfeos agr Lgrpgrbleüf Qofozgkbfb dok

    ^otrükog \B (LQ^), b wjgkky-gwfod suhsedebry ga ^DQ\B, tosteaeod hoagro tjo Trehufbk0

    SGYur gporbtegfs ef Kbco Ibrblbehg bro jumo. ]o jbvo igro tjbf =,>>> ]okks. Bkk efdopofdoft,

    esgkbtod. =,>>> ]okks, wo jbvo igro tjbf 2=,>>> cekgiotors ga pepokefo kbyefm gut ef tjo hgttgi

    ga tjo kbco. ]o jbvo ... bhgut 8>> akgw stbtegfs tjbt wo jbvo tg suporveso bfd ibeftbef bfd

    gporbto. B jumo biguft ga ableketeos, fgt tg roaor tg tjo rems, drekkefm rems bfd bkk tjo hbrmos tjbt

    bro usod tg kby gut tjo pepokefo bfd dg prgdultegf bfd lgfstrultegf blteveteos ef Kbco Ibrblbehg.

    \g, yos, bktjgumj wo jbvo, bs E ioftegfod, igro tjbf 4>> vossoks ga gur gwf, bfd wo jbvo bkwbys

    jbd b kbrmo semfeaelbft lbpblety tg gporbto ef tjo kbco, yos, tjbt―s fgt suaaeleoft. Bfd wo dopofdod

    up tg b pgeft, b semfeaelbft pgeft, SwoY dopofdod upgf lgftrbltgrs.

    Tjoro bro vossoks tjbt bksg wo dgf―t jbvo. ]o jbvo gfky b aow suppky vossoks, tjbt―s fgt

    sgiotjefm tjbt wo ovor lbro agr tg dovokgp.2=: 

    5:.  Tjo lgflkusegf tjbt tjo Trehufbk drbws argi tjo toxt ga tjo Xosorvo Kbw bfd tjes ovedoflo es tjbt

    Qofozuokb―s gh`oltevo ef rosorvefm tg tjo \tbto tjo rokovbft gek sorvelo blteveteos eftomrbkky

    roquerod tjo fbtegfbkesbtegf ga tjo bssots bfd ableketeos ga tjo prevbto gporbtgrs tjof gporbtefm

    gf Kbco Ibrblbehg. ]etjgut sulj fbtegfbkesbtegf, tjo gh`olt ga tjo Xosorvo Kbw lgukd fgt tjof

    jbvo hoof bljeovod.

    (ee) Iefestorebk Xosgkutegf Fg ?2 ga : Iby 8>>5

    55.  Tjo Iefestorebk Xosgkutegf lgftoipkbtod hy tjo Xosorvo Kbw wbs prgiukmbtod tjo agkkgwefm dby,

    Aredby : Iby 8>>5.2=5 Et roletos0 tjo ‚blteveteos tjbt woro tjo gh`olt ga gutsgurlefm sljoios …

    pkblo tjo Qofozuokbf \tbto ef b setubtegf ga vukforbhekety―, sulj tjbt et es folossbry tg ‚lgrrolt

    bfd rolgvor tjo desioihorioft ga ossoftebk bspolts ga tjo gek bltevety seflo sulj

    desioihorioft tjrobtofs tjo fbtegfbk sgvoroemfty―. 2:>  Et rosgkvos tjbt ‚StYjo sorvelos ga

    oftorpresos gr soltgrs bfd bssots ... bfd tjo oftorpresos tjbt prgvedo sbed blteveteos tjbt bro

    2=: T2/814/2:“T2/81?/21.

    2=5 L-2 Ehed, Xoletbks 2 & 8.

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    baaoltod hy tjo iobsuro ga soezuro― bro b fuihor ga kestod oftorpresos eflkudefm \OIBXLB. 2:2 

    ^DQ\B gr ets dosemfbtod suhsedebry ‚es jorohy efstrultod tg tbco lgftrgk ga tjo gporbtegfs bfd

    eiiodebto pgssossegf ga tjo ableketeos, dgluioftbtegf, bssots bfd oquepioft rokbtod tg tjo

    blteveteos tg wjelj tjes Xosgkutegf roaors―.2:8 

    (eee) ^jyselbk soezuro ga \OIBXLB―s bssots bt Kb Lbòbdb gf : Iby 8>>5

    2>>.  Gf tjo sbio dby, Aredby : Iby 8>>5, ̂ DQ\B bssuiod, bs rolgrdod ef b lgftoipgrbfogus ̀ udelebk

    iefuto ‚tjo pgssossegf ga tjo bssots bfd lgftrgk ga tjo gporbtegfs rokbtod tg tjo rosorvod

    blteveteos bfd lgrrospgfdefm tg tjo gporbtefm jobdqubrtors ga ... \OIBXLB―. 2:>5, tjo Qofozuokbf Fbtegfbk Mubrd brrevod bt tjo

    \OIBXLB jobdqubrtors bt Kb Lbòbdb, oftorod tjo ablekety, bfd tggc lgftrgk. ]o ded fgt roloevobfy fgtelo tjbt tjo Qofozuokbf Fbtegfbk Mubrd wbs lgiefm. Bt bpprgxeibtoky ?0>> BI, tjroo

    husos brrevod, kgbdod wetj ibfy ^DQ\B oipkgyoos drossod bkk ef rod. Tjoso ^DQ\B oipkgyoos

    bksg pbrtelepbtod ef tjo tbcogvor ga tjo ablekety. Bator tjo brrevbk ga tjo Fbtegfbk Mubrd, \OIBXLB

    ibfbmors woro fg kgfmor bkkgwod gf tjo proiesos oxlopt agr spoleael bppgeftiofts tjbt jbd tg

    ho roquostod tjrgumj tjo kglbk ^DQ\B ibfbmoioft. \OIBXLB―s fgf-ibfbmorebk oipkgyoos

    woro oxpoltod tg ropgrt agr wgrc bator tjo tbcogvor. 2:4 

    (ev) ^jyselbk soezuro ga \OIBXLB―s bssots bt Lgrglgrg gf 28 @uky 8>>5

    2>2.  \uhsoquoftky, gf 28 @uky 8>>5, ^otrg\ulro, bf baaekebto ga ^DQ\B, soezod tjo roibefdor ga

    \OIBXLB―s gporbtegfs bt Lgrglgrg ef tjo Muka ga ̂ breb, eflkudefm tjo agur vossoks gporbtefm tjoro.

    Et efstrultod tjo lrows ga tjgso vossoks tjbt tjoy wgukd jofloagrtj ho wgrcefm agr ̂ otrg\ulro.2:? 

    Xospgfdoft dgos fgt desputo tjes tbcefm. 2:1  Et suhiets tjbt tjo Xosorvo Kbw wbs keietod tg

    sorvelos bfd blteveteos ef Kbco Ibrblbehg.2:= ]jof quostegfod hy tjo Trehufbk gf wjy tjoso

    vossoks woro tbcof, Ir. Aemuorb bfsworod0

    2:2 Brtelko 23 etoi

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    Tjo kbw, tjo Xosorvo Kbw, roquostod bkk vossoks rokbtod tg, ufdorkefod "rokbtod" tg Kbco

    Ibrblbehg gporbtegfs ho tbcof, bfd tjoso vossoks woro romestorod ef Kbco Ibrblbehg, tjbt

    hokgfmod tg tjo Kbco Ibrblbehg akoot. Tjoso vossoks wgrcod ef Kbco Ibrblbehg ovoftubkky, bfd

    ef sovorbk teios wo fgtelod ef tjo ropgrts tjbt tjoso vossoks igvod argi Lgrglgrg tg Kbco

    Ibrblbehg gporbtegfs bfd poragriod sorvelos tg gur akoot“bs pbrt ga tjo akoot ef Kbco

    Ibrblbehg.2:: 

    2>8. 

    Jgwovor tjbt iby ho, tjo uflgftrbdeltod ovedoflo es tjbt tjoso vossoks woro wgrcefm, bfd

    lgftefuod tg wgrc bator tjo soezuro bt kobst agr sgio teio, agr ^otrg\ulro bt Lgrglgrg. Tjoer

    soezuro hrgumjt tg bf ofd \OIBXLB―s gporbtegfs ef Qofozuokb. 

    (l) Oxprgprebtgry oaaolt

    2>4. 

    Bs tjo toris ga Brtelko ? ga tjo HET lgfaeri, et es wokk blloptod ef eftorfbtegfbk kbw tjbt

    oxprgprebtegf food fgt efvgkvo b tbcefm ga kombk tetko tg prgporty. Et es suaaeleoft ea tjo \tbto―s

    iobsuros jbvo bf oquevbkoft oaaolt. Bs gfo trehufbk put et0 

    ]jof iobsuros bro tbcof hy b \tbto tjo oaaolt ga wjelj es tg doprevo tjo efvostgr ga tjo uso bfdhofoaet ga jes efvostioft ovof tjgumj jo iby rotbef fgiefbk gwforsjep ga tjo rospoltevo remjts

    hoefm tjo efvostioft, tjo iobsuros bro gatof roaorrod tg bs b "lroopefm" gr "efderolt"

    oxprgprebtegf, gr, bs ef tjo HET, bs iobsuros "tjo oaaolt ga wjelj es tbftbiguft tg

    oxprgprebtegf".2:5 

    2>?.  Ef robljefm bf bssossioft ga wjotjor tjo iobsuros jbd bf oaaolt oquevbkoft tg oxprgprebtegf,

    tjo Trehufbk aefds et usoauk tg lgfsedor tjo abltgrs rokeod upgf hy tjo trehufbk ef ^gpo & Tbkhgt  bs

    rokovbft ef tjo dotoriefbtegf ga wjotjor b \tbto iobsuro jbs sulj bf oaaolt, fbioky wjotjor0 

    (b) Tjo efvostioft jbs hoof fbtegfbkesod gr tjo iobsuro es lgfaeslbtgry3

    (h) Tjo efvostgr roibefs ef lgftrgk ga tjo efvostioft bfd derolts ets dby-tg-dby gporbtegfs, gr

    wjotjor tjo \tbto jbs tbcof gvor sulj ibfbmoioft bfd lgftrgk3

    (l) Tjo \tbto fgw suporvesos tjo wgrc ga oipkgyoos ga tjo Efvostioft3 bfd,

    2:: T2/8=>/2=“T2/8=2/4.

    2:5 Ieddko Obst Loioft v Omypt  (LK-2=2) , S2>=Y.

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    (d) Tjo \tbto tbcos tjo prgloods ga tjo lgipbfy―s sbkos.25> 

    2>1.  Xospgfdoft bllopts tjbt tjo vossoks woro tbcof, hut pgefts gut (lgrroltky) tjbt, bs b rosukt ga tjo

    Dolesegf gf @uresdeltegf, tjo tbcefm ga tjo prgporty ef tjoso vossoks“wjotjor gf Kbco Ibrblbehg

    gr bt Lgrglgrg“wjelj woro fgt gwfod hy Lkbeibfts hut hy baaekebtos, es gutsedo tjo `uresdeltegfga tjo prosoft Trehufbk. Et bksg bllopts tjbt et oxprgprebtod \OIBXLB―s pjyselbk bssots bt Kb

    Lbòbdb, hut lkbeis tjbt tjoso jbd b iefeibk vbkuo.252 Fovortjokoss, et bssorts tjbt Lkbeibfts―

    sjbros ef \OIBXLB woro fgt, bfd jbvo fgt hoof oxprgprebtod. Tjus, et bkkomos, gtjor bssots ga

    \OIBXLB, eflkudefm ets bllgufts roloevbhko, roibef ef tjo jbfds ga tjo Lkbeibfts, wjg roibef

    aroo tg ofmbmo ef gtjor gek suppky husefoss ef Qofozuokb gutsedo tjo slgpo ga tjo blteveteos gf

    Kbco Ibrblbehg rosorvod tg tjo \tbto ufdor tjo Xosorvo Kbw. 

    2>=. 

    Xospgfdoft pgefts gut tjbt, bator tjo aerst soezuro gf : Iby 8>>5, \OIBXLB lgftefuod tg bssortets gwforsjep ga tjo bssots ga tjo lgipbfy3 tg lkbei pbyioft ga tjo bllgufts roloevbhko (wjelj

    Lkbeibfts lgftefuod tg lbrry ef tjoer hggcs)3 bfd tg sooc rodross agr tjo soezuro. Et bksg lgftefuod

    tg poragri ets lgftrblts wetj ^otrg\ulro bt Lgrglgrg, bfd wetj Ljovrgf, efvgelefm bfd soocefm

    pbyioft agr brrobrs gf tjgso lgftrblts, bfd tg fomgtebto lgftrblts wetj Xopsgk ef rokbtegf tg

    Qofozuokbf husefoss. Tjes lgfdult, Xospgfdoft lkbeis, es lgfsestoft wetj Lkbeibfts― lgftefuod

    gwforsjep ga \OIBXLB.258 

    2>:. 

    Ir. Cojgo, wjof ljbkkofmod gf tjes ufdor lrgss-oxbiefbtegf, dopgsod0 

    STYjo oxprgprebtegf agr io wbs b trbfsetegf poregd argi tjo homeffefm, kot―s sby Iby :tj, up uftek

    @uky 28tj. Ef tjo homeffefm, wo bkigst aokt tjbt tjes wbsf―t robkky mgefm tg jbppof tg us, hut, bs

    tjo iekostgfos woft bkgfm, wo agufd gut tjbt tjes wbs robkky tjo robkety remjt up uftek tjo aefbk

    tbcefm ga tjo ^otrg\ulro vossoks gf @uky 28tj.255.  Tjo Trehufbk jbs lbroaukky lgfsedorod tjes ovedoflo. Et bllopts Ir. Cojgo―s bllguft. Tjo aerst

    soezuro tggc pkblo wetjgut wbrfefm gf tjo vory dby ga tjo prgiukmbtegf ga tjo Iefestorebk

    Xosgkutegf, tjo dby bator tjo pbssefm ga tjo Xosorvo Kbw etsoka. Et roigvod Lkbeibfts argi lgftrgk

    ga tjo sobt ga tjoer gporbtegfs bt Kb Lbòbdb. Lkbeibfts jbd gporbtod bf gek suppky husefoss ef

    25> ^gpo & Tbkhgt  v Lbfbdb (XK-21>Y.

    252 T4/:?2/22“2?.

    258  Xospgfdoft roaors ef pbrtelukbr tg0 \OIBXLB tg ^otrg\ulro, 24 @uky 8>>5 (Ox L-2>8)3 Tedowbtor

    Bllgufts Xoloevbhko \tbtoioft tg >5 (L-8=)3 Cojgo 8, S2:Y f 25 (FBQ-4=

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    Qofozuokb agr aeaty yobrs bt tjbt stbmo. ]jekst tjo soezuro wgukd jbvo lgio bs b surpreso, tjo

    Trehufbk dgos fgt aefd et surpresefm tjbt Lkbeibfts wgukd fgt eiiodebtoky bllopt ets oaaolt.

    Igrogvor, tjo slgpo ga tjbt oaaolt upgf Lkbeibfts― efvostioft ded fgt aefbkky holgio lkobr uftek

    tjo soezuro ga tjo roibefdor ga tjo vossoks bt Lgrglgrg sgio twg igftjs kbtor. Ef tjoso

    lerluistbflos, dgluiofts argi Lkbeibfts bssortefm tjo lgftefubtegf ga tjoer husefoss ef tjo

    eftorvofefm poregd bro lgfsestoft wetj b dbwfefm robkesbtegf tjbt tjoer husefoss jbd hoof

    fbtegfbkesod. Tjoy dg fgt kofd suppgrt agr tjo prgpgsetegf tjbt, bator 28 @uky 8>>5, Lkbeibfts

    roibefod ef oaaoltevo lgftrgk ga \OIBXLB, tjoer efvostioft ef Qofozuokb. 

    22>.  Gf tjo lgftrbry, lgftoipgrbfogus ovedoflo argi tjo Qofozuokbf Lgurts suppgrts tjo

    lgflkusegf tjbt tjo husefoss bs b wjgko jbd hoof oaaoltevoky fbtegfbkesod. ]jof oipkgyoos ga

    \OIBXLB hrgumjt kbhgur suets bmbefst tjo lgipbfy ef @ufo 8>>5 bfd Doloihor 8>>5, tjo

    Lgurts deroltod tjbt tjo suets ho sorvod gf tjo Bttgrfoy Moforbk ga tjo Xopuhkel. Tjo rolgrd

    sjgwod tjbt gfky wjof sulj sorvelo jbd hoof oaaoltod lgukd tjo prgloodefms lgftefuo. Tjo

    Lgurt oxpkbefod, ef tjo aerst lbso, tjes wbs ‚ShYolbuso tjo Lgurt fgtos tjo Xospgfdoft ef tjes

    prgloodefms, tjo lgrpgrbto oftety Tedowbtor Ibrefo \orvelo Lgipbòéb Bfüfeib, bksg cfgwf bs

    \OIBXLB, jbs holgio b pbrt ga tjo \tbto ga Qofozuokb, tjes hoefm b ibttor ga puhkel cfgwkodmo

    wetjef tjo lguftry―.254 Ef tjo solgfd lbso, tjo Lgurt ghsorvod0 ‚TEDO]BTOX IBXEFO \OXQELO,

    L.B. (\OIBXLB) es bf oftorpreso tjbt wbs suh`olt tg oxprgprebtegf pursubft tg Xosgkutegf

    Fuihor ?2 ... holbuso et wbs dooiod tjbt sbed lgipbfy es ga b folossbry bfd strbtomel ljbrbltor

    tg ^otrgkogs do Qofozuokb, \.B. bfd ets suhsedebreos―.25? 

    222.  Tjes lgftoipgrbfogus ovedoflo es bksg lgrrghgrbtod hy tjo tosteigfy ga wetfossos lbkkod agr

    hgtj hy Lkbeibfts bfd Xospgfdoft bt tjo jobrefm. Ir. Cojgo agr Lkbeibfts dopgsod tjbt, bs b

    rosukt ga tjo soezuro, ^DQ\B ghtbefod ‚tjo oftero efarbstrulturo bs et woro, bltubkky, ga gur

    husefoss ga \OIBXLB ef Qofozuokb bt tjo teio―.251 Ir. Aemuorb agr Xospgfdoft lgfaeriod tjbt

    ‚^DQ\B Gporblegfos Bluâtelbs es fgw gporbtefm tjo vossoks tjbt hokgfmod hoagro tg \OIBXLB―.

    Bs sulj ‚et jbs b deroltgr SwetjY porsgffok bppgeftod tg et―. 25= Jo lgfaeriod tjbt, bktjgumj et wbs

    254 @udmioft ga 8 @ufo 8>>5 (Ox L-885).

    25? @udmioft ga 24 Doloihor 8>>5 (Ox L-8).

    251 T2/255/22-2

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    fgt yot sopbrbtoky eflgrpgrbtod, tjes wbs pkbffod sg tjbt et wgukd holgio ets gwf lgst bfd prgaet

    loftro.25: 

    228.  Tjo soezuro bppkeod tg bkk ga \OIBXLB―s fgf-ibfbmorebk oipkgyoos, wjg woro oxpoltod tg wgrc

    agr ^DQ\B bator : Iby 8>>5 “ hgtj tjo sjep lrows bfd tjo sjgro-hbsod stbaa.255

     

    22> 

    Xospgfdoft bkkomos tjbt Lkbeibfts bro stekk oftetkod tg suo tg rolgvor tjo bllgufts roloevbhko,

    oetjor ef tjo Qofozuokbf Lgurts gr gtjorweso ef bllgrdbflo wetj tjo lgftrbltubk desputo

    rosgkutegf toris.8>2 Et pgefts gut tjbt Ljovrgf pbed Lkbeibfts tjo dgkkbr pgrtegf ga tjo bigufts

    gutstbfdefm ufdor ets Qofozuokbf suppgrt lgftrblt bator tjo soezuro. 

    224. 

    Tjo Trehufbk aefds, ef tjo kemjt ga tjo Qofozuokbf Lgurt dolesegfs roaorrod tg bhgvo, tjbt

    Lkbeibfts wgukd fgt jbvo hoof rolgmfesod bs oxorlesefm oaaoltevo lgftrgk gvor \OIBXLB sulj

    tjbt tjoy lgukd jbvo pursuod kombk prgloss ef Qofozuokb agr rolgvory ga dohts duo tg \OIBXLB

    ef Qofozuokb. Gf tjo lgftrbry, tjo Qofozuokbf Lgurts trobtod tjo \tbto bs tjo oaaoltevo gwfor

    ga \OIBXLB. 

    22?.  Hoagro kobvefm tjes soltegf, jgwovor, et es folossbry tg bddross gfo aurtjor suhiessegf bdvbflod

    gf hojbka ga Xospgfdoft bs tg tjo slgpo ga tjo oxprgprebtegf. Xospgfdoft bvors tjbt tjo

    prgporty tjbt es tjo suh`olt ga bf oxprgprebtegf lbf gfky ho dotoriefod hy roaoroflo tg prgporty

    remjts jokd ufdor tjo jgst \tbto kbw. 8>8 Xospgfdoft bkkomos tjbt, bpbrt argi tjo aexod bssots, tjo

    gfky prgporty remjts Lkbeibfts jokd bt tjo dbto ga tjo soezuro woro ufdor twg sjgrt-tori

    lgftrblts wetj ̂ DQ\B. Tjus, et lkbeis, bt host gfky tjo remjts ufdor tjoso lgftrblts iby agri tjo

    suh`olt ibttor ga Lkbeibfts― lkbei. 

    25: T2/81:/8> “ 815/22.

    255 Cojgo 2, S-255/2> Kottor ga 1 @uky 8>>5 (L-?5)3 Kottor ga 5 Doloihor 8>>5 (L-84=).

    8>2 T4/:1:/82 “ :=2/8>.

    8>8 Xokyefm eftor bkeb gf Oiies v Jufmbry (XK-2?5).

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    221. 

    Oxprgprebtegf ufdor eftorfbtegfbk kbw ufdguhtodky lgftoipkbtos prgporty remjts oxestefm ufdor

    fbtegfbk kbw tjbt jbvo hoof tbcof hy tjo \tbto. 8>4 

    Oxprgprebtegf, wjelj lbf ho doaefod bs b lgipuksgry trbfsaor ga prgporty remjts, iby oxtofd tgbfy remjt wjelj lbf ho tjo gh`olt ga b lgiiorlebk trbfsbltegf, e.o., arooky sgkd bfd hgumjt, bfd

    tjus jbs b igfotbry vbkuo.

    22=.  Ef Oiies v Jufmbry, tjo robsgf tjoro lgukd ho fg lkbei agr oxprgprebtegf wbs holbuso tjo gfky

    prgporty remjt tjbt tjo lkbeibfts ef tjbt lbso jbd blquerod upgf ibcefm tjoer efvostioft ef

    Jufmbry wbs b aexod-tori hrgbdlbstefm keloflo tjbt jbd oxperod pregr tg tjo \tbto iobsuro

    bkkomod tg lgfstetuto tjo oxprgprebtegf. Agr tjbt robsgf, tjo lkbeibfts ef tjbt lbso, ef tjoer

    lgftoipgrbfogus romukbtgry aekefms, bttbljod fg vbkuo tg tjoer efvostioft bator tjo oxpery ga

    tjo keloflo.8>? 

    22:.  Hy lgftrbst, ef tjo prosoft lbso, Lkbeibfts― efvostioft ef Qofozuokb wbs homuf ibfy yobrs

    hoagro gf ets blquesetegf ga \OIBXLB. Et lgfsestod ef tjo gporbtegf ga b husefoss tjbt wbs gpof-

    ofdod bs tg teio. Tjo toris ga tjo HET lgfaeri8>1  tjbt bf efvostioft es lbpbhko ga eflkudefm

    mggdwekk bfd cfgw-jgw bs wokk bs gtjor tbfmehko bfd eftbfmehko bssots, eflkudefm lgftrbltubk

    remjts. Qofozuokbf kbw prgvedos tjo sbio. Brtelko =  doaefos

    ‚Efvostioft― bs eflkudefm0 

    Ovory bssot dostefod tg tjo prgdultegf ga eflgio, ufdor bfy ga tjo oftroprofourebk gr lgftrbltubk

    agris poriettod hy Qofozuokbf komeskbtegf, eflkudefm porsgfbk bfd robk prgporty, tbfmehko gr

    eftbfmehko, gvor wjelj prgporty remjts bfd gtjor remjts ef roi bro oxorlesod3 fomgtebhko

    efstruiofts3 remjts tg bfy poragribflo jbvefm bf olgfgiel vbkuo3 eftokkoltubk prgporty remjts,

    eflkudefm cfgw jgw, prostemo bfd mggd wekk3...

    8>2) , S2:4Y3 Oiies v Jufmbry  (XK-2?5) , S2?=Y.

    8>4  Biglg (LK-24:) , S2>:Y.

    8>? Oiies (XK-2?5) , S82=Y“S882Y.

    8>1 Brtelko 2(b)(ev).

    8>= L-5 Qofozuokbf Kbw gf tjo ̂ rgigtegf bfd ̂ rgtoltegf ga Efvostiofts (Koy sghro ̂ rgigleüf y ̂ rgtolleüf

    do Efvorsegfos), dbtod < Gltghor 2555 (bs puhkesjod ef tjo Gaaelebk Mbzotto Fg. ?. ga 88 Gltghor 2555).

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    225. 

    Et es uflgftostod tjbt oblj ga \OIBXLB bfd Tedowbtor Lbreho woro lgipbfeos ef mggd stbfdefm

    duky eflgrpgrbtod ufdor Qofozuokbf kbw bfd tjbt Qofozuokbf kbw rolgmfesos sulj bssots bs

    prgporty. 

    28>. 

    Truo et es tjbt tjo sjgrt-tori fbturo ga tjo lgftrblts tjrgumj wjelj \OIBXLB lgfdultod etshusefoss ef Qofozuokb, bkgfm wetj gtjor abltgrs, bro okoiofts tjbt iby ho rokovbft ef tjo

    dotoriefbtegf ga tjo igfotbry vbkuo tg ho pkblod upgf tjo husefoss, woro et tg jbvo hoof tjo

    gh`olt ga b lgiiorlebk trbfsbltegf (tg utekeso tjo kbfmubmo ga Biglg). Hut tjes es b suhsoquoft

    essuo tg tjo ostbhkesjioft ga b prgporty remjt lbpbhko ga oxprgprebtegf. Tjo Trehufbk aefds tjbt

    Lkbeibfts― efvostioft ef \OIBXLB wbs sulj b prgporty remjt. 

    282.  Ef sui, tjo oaaolt ga Xospgfdoft―s iobsuros wbs tjo oxprgprebtegf ef ablt ga tjo wjgko ga

    Lkbeibfts― efvostioft ef ets suhsedebry ef Qofozuokb, \OIBXLB. Tjo vbkuo tg ho bslrehod tg tjbtefvostioft agr tjo purpgso ga dotoriefefm bfy lgipofsbtegf tg ho bwbrdod tg Lkbeibfts agr

    tjoer kgss es b sopbrbto quostegf, wjelj wekk ho bddrossod ef ^brt H ga tjo Trehufbk―s bfbkyses. 

    (d) ]bs tjo oxprgprebtegf kbwauk gr ufkbwauk7

    288. 

    Tjo Trehufbk jbs agufd tjbt Xospgfdoft ded oxprgprebto Lkbeibfts― efvostioft ef \OIBXLB ef

    Qofozuokb. Tjo foxt quostegf es tg dotoriefo wjotjor sulj oxprgprebtegf es kbwauk gr ufkbwauk.

    Brtelko ? ga tjo HET dgos fgt, bator bkk, prgjehet tjo \tbto tbcefm prgporty hy wby ga fbtegfbkesbtegf

    gr oxprgprebtegf. Xbtjor et poriets sulj b tbcefm, hut gfky ufdor tjo lgfdetegfs tjoro spoleaeod.

    Tjbt es tg sby, tjo oxprgprebtegf iust ho0 

    (b) ‚agr b puhkel purpgso rokbtod tg tjo eftorfbk foods ga tjbt ^brty―3 

    (h) ‚gf b fgf-deslreiefbtgry hbses―3 bfd 

    (l) ‚bmbefst prgipt, bdoqubto bfd oaaoltevo lgipofsbtegf―. 

    28

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    ‚bdoqubto bfd oaaoltevo lgipofsbtegf― seflo Brtelko ? etsoka spoleaeos tjbt sulj lgipofsbtegf

    ‚sjbkk biguft tg tjo ibrcot vbkuo  ga tjo efvostioft oxprgprebtod eiiodebtoky hoagro tjo

    oxprgprebtegf― Soipjbses bddodY. Xospgfdoft, gf tjo gtjor jbfd, lgftofds tjbt tjo tbcefm wbs

    fgt deslreiefbtgry. Tjo wjgko ga tjo gek suppgrt husefoss gf Kbco Ibrblbehg wbs fbtegfbkesod,

    baaoltefm fuiorgus gtjor lgipbfeos. Tjoy suhiet tjbt tjo Xosorvo Kbw ded prgvedo agr

    lgipofsbtegf. Argi tjo obrkeost stbmo bator : Iby 8>>5, Xospgfdoft lkbeis tjo Mgvorfioft

    jbd ibdo lkobr tg Lkbeibfts tjbt et wbs propbrod tg lgipofsbto Lkbeibfts, hut gfky gf tjo hbses

    ga b mkghbk sottkoioft. Et wbs Lkbeibfts tjbt jbd fgt blloptod tjbt gaaor bfd okoltod tg prglood

    efstobd tg brhetrbtegf.

    28?. 

    Lkbeibfts suhiet tjbt, ea tjo oxprgprebtegf es ufkbwauk, tjoy bro oftetkod, bs b ibttor ga tjo

    eftorfbtegfbk kbw ga \tbto rospgfsehekety, tg bddetegfbk lgipofsbtegf, ef tjo ovoft tjbt tjo

    prgporty tjbt es tjo suh`olt ga tjo ekkelet tbcefm jbs eflrobsod ef vbkuo seflo tjo dbto ga tjo \tbto

    iobsuro.8>: Xospgfdoft, gf tjo gtjor jbfd, wjeko efsestefm tjbt tjo oxprgprebtegf wbs kbwauk,

    bksg suhiets tjbt tjo dbto agr vbkubtegf proslrehod ef tjo Trobty es bppkelbhko ef bfy ovoft,

    wjotjor tjo oxprgprebtegf wbs kbwauk gr ufkbwauk.8>5 

    281.  Tjo Trehufbk wekk lgfsedor aerst (e) tjo quostegf ga wjotjor tjo tbcefm ef tjo prosoft lbso wbs fgf-

    deslreiefbtgry3 bfd tjof (ee) tjo rokovbflo bfd bppkelbtegf ga tjo lgipofsbtegf stbfdbrd ef tjo

    dotoriefbtegf ga tjo kbwaukfoss ga tjo oxprgprebtegf.

    (e) Fgf-deslreiefbtegf

    28=.  Ef grdor tg ho kbwauk, b \tbto tbcefm ga prgporty iust ho fgf-deslreiefbtgry. Tjo Trehufbk jbs

    lbroaukky lgfsedorod tjo ovedoflo rokeod upgf hy Lkbeibfts ef suppgrt ga tjoer bkkombtegf tjbt, ef

    tjo prosoft lbso, Xospgfdoft ded deslreiefbto bmbefst Lkbeibfts ef tjo bppkelbtegf ga tjo

    Xosorvo Kbw. 82>   Et aefds tjbt fgfo ga tjo efstbflos ga bkkomod deaaoroft trobtioft ga gtjor

    lgftrbltgrs ef ablt lgfstetutos deslreiefbtegf bmbefst Lkbeibfts0 

    (b) Ef tjo lbso ga sorvelos prgvedod hy Mukibr Gaasjgro, tjo ufljbkkofmod ovedoflo ga Ir. Aemuorb

    wbs tjbt ets vossoks woro gremefbkky soezod, hut tjof rokobsod gflo et wbs ostbhkesjod tjbt tjoy

    woro agroemf-akbmmod bfd agroemf-lrowod “ b keco trobtioft tg tjbt bllgrdod tg tjo agroemf-

    8>: Ioigrebk, S2>1Y-S224Y3 T4/=5=/88“T4/=5:/1.

    8>5 Lguftor-Ioigrebk, S5=Y-S2>4Y.

    82> Ioigrebk, S:?Y3 Lguftor-Ioigrebk, S5>Y3 Xopky, S2>1Y3 Xo`gefdor, S==Y (bfd agkkgwefm).

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    akbmmod vossoks ga Tedowbtor baaekebtos3 bfd tjbt Mukibr ef bfy ovoft fg kgfmor prgvedos sorvelos

    gf Kbco Ibrblbehg bfd es pursuefm b lkbei ef brhetrbtegf bmbefst ^DQ\B. 822 

    (h) Ef tjo lbso ga \orvepelb, ets sorvelos woro prgvedod gaa sjgro bfd woro fgt lgvorod hy tjo

    Xosorvo Kbw.

    (l) Ef tjo lbso ga Bstevoflb, ets sorvelos gf Kbco Ibrblbehg woro efdood oxprgprebtod ufdor

    Iefestorebk Xosgkutegf Fg ?2.828 

    28:.  Tjo Trehufbk tjoroagro aefds tjbt tjo oxprgprebtegf wbs fgt deslreiefbtgry bmbefst Lkbeibfts. Et

    es tjoroagro folossbry tg bssoss tjo rokovbflo ga tjo fgf-pbyioft ga lgipofsbtegf tg tjo

    kbwaukfoss gr gtjorweso ga Xospgfdoft―s tbcefm.

    (ee) Lgipofsbtegf

    285.  Hgtj ̂ brteos roky upgf tjo agufdbtegfbk dolesegf ga tjo ̂ oribfoft Lgurt ga Eftorfbtegfbk @ustelo

    (^LE@ gr ^oribfoft Lgurt) ef Ljgrzüw Abltgry .82Y.

    828 L-2

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    Joro tjo Lgurt es stbtefm oxprossky tjbt ekkombkety iust stoi argi b lerluistbflo hoygfd tjo

    ioro bhsoflo ga lgipofsbtegf.

    2

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    _fdguhtodky, tjo aerst preflepko ostbhkesjod hy tjo Lgurt es tjbt b lkobr destefltegf iust ho ibdo

    hotwoof kbwauk bfd ufkbwauk oxprgprebtegfs, seflo tjo rukos bppkelbhko tg tjo lgipofsbtegf tg

    ho pbed hy tjo oxprgprebtefm \tbto deaaor bllgrdefm tg tjo kombk ljbrbltorezbtegf ga tjo tbcefm. 82: 

    2

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    iust oxest bt tjbt teio wjelj tjo lkbeibft iby oaaoltevoky bfd prgiptky efvgco ef grdor tg

    ofsuro lgipofsbtegf―.888 

    2Y 3 Qevofde v Brmoftefb (Xosuhiessegf) (LK-25) (XK-28:) (LK-21=>.

    88? Xepefscy bfd ]ekkebis Dbibmos ef Eftorfbtegfbk Efvostioft Kbw (Hretesj Efstetuto ga Eftorfbtegfbk bfdLgipbrbtevo Kbw, 8>>:) (XK-24

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    wretefm, tjo ioro oxestoflo ga b desputo bhgut tjo biguft ga lgipofsbtegf dgos fgt rofdor tjo

    oxprgprebtegf ufkbwauk.881 

    2

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    hgtj Qofozuokb bfd Hbrhbdgs, bs lgftrbltefm ^brteos tg tjo HET, oftrustod tg tjes Trehufbk hy

    vertuo ga tjo lgfsoft tg brhetrbtegf ef Brtelko : ga tjo Trobty. Brtelko :(

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    EL\ED Lbso Fg. BXH/2>/? Tedowbtor v. Qofozuokb

    tjo teio ga tjo tbcefm. Tjo Muedokefos proslreho ‚tjo aber ibrcot vbkuo ga tjo tbcof bssot bs sulj

    vbkuo es dotoriefod eiiodebtoky hoagro tjo teio bt wjelj tjo tbcefm gllurrod―.8 

    2?5), S>2Y 8(8) UH EKL

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    lretoregf, tjo Muedokefos efdelbto tjbt lgipofsbtegf wekk ho robsgfbhko ea dotoriefod ‚gf tjo

    hbses ga tjo deslguftod lbsj akgw vbkuo―.84

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    8.  Dbto ga vbkubtegf

    2?5. 

    Bs tjo Trehufbk jbs bkrobdy agufd tjbt et es tg bppky tjo Trobty stbfdbrd ga lgipofsbtegf agr

    oxprgprebtegf, tjo quostegf ga tjo bpprgprebto dbto tg ho tbcof agr vbkubtegf iby ho dobkt wetj

    rbtjor igro sjgrtky. Brtelko ? etsoka proslrehos tjbt wjbt es tg ho dotoriefod es ‚tjo ibrcot vbkuo

    ga tjo efvostioft oxprgprebtod eiiodebtoky hoagro tjo oxprgprebtegf―. Ef gtjor wgrds, tjo

    quostegf es wjbt b wekkefm huyor wgukd jbvo pbed b wekkefm sokkor agr tjo oxprgprebtod efvostioft

    bt tjbt teio.

    21>.  Tjes typo ga vbkubtegf jbs hoof lgiigfky roaorrod tg ef sjgrtjbfd bs bf ox bfto vbkubtegf,

    holbuso et soocs tg dotoriefo tjo vbkuo ga tjo efvostioft hoagro tjo oxprgprebtgry iobsuro.

    Hut et es eipgrtbft tg ho lkobr tjbt tjes dgos fgt iobf tjbt tjo vbkubtegf es uflgflorfod wetj

    auturo prgspolts0 

    (b) Ef tjo aerst pkblo, bs tjo ]grkd Hbfc Muedokefos tjoisokvos lgfaeri, tjo abltgrs tjbt b wekkefm

    huyor wgukd etsoka tbco eftg bllguft gf tjo purljbso ga sulj bf efvostioft folossbreky eflkudo

    ‚tjo lerluistbflos ef wjelj et wgukd gporbto ef tjo auturo―.

    (h) Ef tjo solgfd pkblo, tjo Trehufbk es fgt roquerod tg sjut ets oyos tg ovofts suhsoquoft tg tjo

    dbto ga ef`ury, ea tjoso sjod kemjt ef igro lgflroto toris gf tjo vbkuo bppkelbhko bt tjo dbto ga

    ef`ury gr vbkedbto tjo robsgfbhkofoss ga b vbkubtegf ibdo bt tjbt dbto.84: 

    212. 

    Tjes solgfd qubkeaelbtegf, jgwovor, dgos fgt ljbfmo tjo bltubk dbto ga vbkubtegf. Tjo purpgso

    ga roaorrefm tg suhsoquoft ovofts es fgt tg prosoft b jypgtjotelbk husefoss tjbt fovor ef ablt

    gllurrod bfd wgukd fgt robsgfbhky jbvo hoof tbcof eftg bllguft hy b wekkefm huyor pregr tg

    oxprgprebtegf. Xbtjor, et es poriettod ef lbsos wjoro sulj ovofts sjod igro kemjt ef lgflroto

    toris gf tjo vbkuo ga tjo efvostioft pregr tg oxprgprebtegf. Ef bssossefm tjo vbkuo ga tjo

    husefoss bt tjbt dbto, tjo Trehufbk desrombrds husefoss prgspolts tjbt et lgfsedors tg ho tgg

    roigto gr spolukbtevo tg `usteay eflkusegf.

    218.  Ef tjo prosoft lbso, hgtj oxports bmroo tjbt ‚tjo ox pgst bpprgblj sjgukd gfky ho usod ea