ANNEX .sx Agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and .sx the Government of Finland for the Submission to Arbitration of a .sx Question connected with a Claim in respect of certain Finnish Vessels .sx used during the War .sx - London , September 30 , 1932 .sx THE Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Finland ; .sx Whereas the Government of Finland have made a claim against the Government of the United Kingdom in respect of certain Finnish vessels used during the war ; and .sx Whereas the Government of the United Kingdom consider that they are under no liability in respect of the said vessels and have so informed the Government of Finland ; and .sx Whereas on the 30th July , 1931 , the Government of Finland submitted the said claim to the Council of the League of Nations as a dispute between the two Governments ; and .sx Whereas the Council of the League of Nations appointed a Committee to consider the question whether the claim was one which the Council should take into consideration ; and .sx Whereas the said Committee on the 30th January , 1932 , at the seventh meeting of the sixty-sixth session of the Council of the League of Nations presented a report to the Council which is annexed as Annex I to the present agreement ; and .sx Whereas by an exchange of notes , dated the 10th May , 1932 , which are annexed as Annex II to the present agreement , the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Finland have agreed that the first of the two questions set out in Part IV of the said Report should be submitted forthwith for decision to a person possessing the qualifications described in the first of the said notes ; and .sx Whereas the two Governments have agreed to invite Dr. Algot Bagge , Judge of the Supreme Court of Sweden , to decide the said question in accordance with the conditions and procedure hereinafter set forth ; and .sx Whereas the said Dr. Algot Bagge has expressed his willingness to under-take to give a decision accordingly ; .sx Considering that it is now desirable to conclude an agreement for the submission of the first question for decision , .sx Have appointed as their plenipotentiaries :sx - The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland :sx The Right Honourable Sir John Allsebrook Simon , G.C.S.I. , K.C.V.O. , O.B.F. , K.C. , M.P. , His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; .sx The Government of Finland :sx M. Eino Walikangas , Finnish Charge d'Affaires ad interim in London ; .sx Who , having communicated their full powers , found in good and due form , have agreed as follows :sx - .sx ARTICLE I. .sx The Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Finland agree to submit to the decision of Dr. Algot Bagge ( hereinafter referred to as the Arbitrator ) the first of the two questions set out in Part IV of the Report of the Committee of the Council of the League of Nations ( Annex I ) , that is to say :sx " Have the Finnish shipowners or have they not exhausted the means of recourse placed at their disposal by British law ?sx " .sx ARTICLE 2 .sx Within one month from the date of the signature of the present Agreement , the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Finland shall be entitled to transmit to the Arbitrator a memorial setting out their contentions .sx A certified true copy of the memorial as transmitted to the Arbitrator shall be furnished to the other Government within the same period .sx ARTICLE 3 .sx Within three months from the date of the signature of the present Agreement either of the two Governments shall be entitled , if it should so desire , to submit to the Arbitrator a countermemorial .sx A certified true copy of the countermemorial as transmitted to the Arbitrator shall be furnished to the other Government within the same period .sx The countermemorials shall be confined to dealing with arguments and points raised in the memorial of the opposing Government , and should not introduce any new matter other than such as is necessary for this purpose .sx ARTICLE 4 .sx Memorials and countermemorials shall be transmitted to the Arbitrator at his ordinary residence .sx ARTICLE 5 .sx Within one month from the date of the expiry of the period for the delivery of countermemorials either Government may notify the Arbitrator of its desire to submit oral arguments .sx A copy of any such notification shall be sent simultaneously to the other Government .sx Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 7 , if no demand for an oral hearing is made , the pleadings shall be deemed to be closed at the expiry of the said period of one month .sx ARTICLE 6 .sx If a demand for oral hearing is made , the date of the hearing shall be fixed by the Arbitrator in consultation with the two Governments .sx The hearing shall take place in London and the pleadings shall be deemed to be closed at the end of the oral hearing .sx ARTICLE 7 .sx The Arbitrator shall have power at any time after the expiry of the period for the delivery of countermemorials to indicate by communications addressed to both parties any points , upon which he desires further information and to make such orders as are necessary with regard to the manner and the time-limits in which the parties may present to the Arbitrator their observations upon any points so indicated by him .sx ARTICLE 8 .sx The Arbitrator shall have the power , if he deems necessary , to extend any of the time-limits laid down in the preceding Articles .sx The Arbitrator shall have power to decide any question that may arise as to the interpretation of the provisions of this agreement .sx Subject to the provisions of the preceding Articles , the Arbitrator shall have power to lay down any rules that may be necessary for the conduct of the proceedings .sx ARTICLE 9 .sx As soon as possible after the close of the pleadings , the Arbitrator shall give his reasoned decision in writing , signed copies of his decision being transmitted by him to the two Governments simultaneously .sx ARTICLE 10 .sx The memorials and countermemorials and oral arguments , if any , and the decision of the Arbitrator shall be in English .sx ARTICLE 11 .sx The Arbitrator shall be entitled to receive a fee of three hundred ( 300 ) guineas , if there is no oral hearing , and a fee of six hundred ( 600 ) guineas , if an oral hearing takes place , as remuneration , including all his expenses in respect of his services as Arbitrator .sx The Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Finland shall each pay to the Arbitrator one-half of the fee due to him as soon as the pleadings are closed .sx ARTICLE 12 .sx The present agreement shall come into force on the date of signature .sx Done in duplicate , in London , in the English language , the 30th day of September , 1932 .sx ( L.S. ) JOHN SIMON .sx ( L.S. ) EINO WALIKANGAS .sx 2 .sx - ( 1 ) On application being made in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time , or such further time as the Minister may in any case allow , and on payment of such fee ( not exceeding five shillings ) as may be prescribed , the Minister shall , subject to the provisions of this section and if satisfied that the prescribed conditions as to inspection and marking have been complied with , grant in the prescribed form to the owner of any bull - .sx a licence to keep the bull for breeding purposes or .sx a permit to keep the bull for any other purpose .sx ( 2 ) The Minister may refuse to grant or may revoke a licence in respect of a bull , if the bull appears to him to be - .sx of defective or inferior conformation and likely to beget defective or inferior progeny ; or .sx permanently affected with any contagious or infectious disease ; or .sx permanently affected with any other disease rendering the bull unsuitable for breeding purposes ; .sx and may revoke a licence in respect of a bull , if any condition of the licence is contravened or not complied with .sx ( 3 ) The Minister may refuse to grant or may revoke a permit on any grounds which appear to him sufficient .sx ( 4 ) If the Minister refuses to grant or revoke licence or permit , he shall give notice to that effect , in the case of a refusal of a licence or permit , to the applicant therefor , and , in the case of a revocation of a licence or permit , to the owner or the person stated therein to be the owner of the bull , and any such notice given in respect of a licence shall state the grounds for the refusal or revocation .sx ( 5 ) If notice is duly given in accordance with the last foregoing subsection to a person who is not the owner of the bull , it shall be the duty of that person forthwith .sx to take all reasonable steps to inform the owner accordingly and , if he fails to do so , he shall be liable to .sx indemnify the owner against any loss the owner may suffer by reason of the failure .sx It shall be a good defence for a person charged with the offence of keeping a bull in contravention of this Act to prove that , at the date when the offence is alleged to have been committed , application had been duly made for a licence or permit in respect of the bull and the Minister had not given notice of his decision on that application .sx Where the Minister is satisfied that a licence or permit granted under this Act has been lost or destroyed , he may , on application made in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee , issue to the holder of that licence or permit a duplicate thereof , and there-upon all the provisions of this Act with respect to a licence or permit shall apply to the duplicate as if it were the original licence or permit .sx 3 .sx - ( 1 ) Upon any change in the ownership of a bull in respect of which a licence or permit is in force under this Act ( other than a change in consequence of the death of the holder ) , the holder of the licence or permit shall forthwith deliver it to the new owner together with any notice of suspension received by him in respect of the bull the terms of which have not already been endorsed thereon , and shall send by post to the Minister written notice of the name and address of the new owner , and the new owner , upon delivery to him of the licence or permit , shall become the holder thereof for the purposes of this Act .sx Upon the death of the holder of a licence or permit in force under this Act , his personal representative shall become the holder thereof for the purposes of this Act .sx Any person becoming the holder of a licence or permit under the foregoing provisions of this section shall , within one month thereafter , send the licence or permit by post to the Minister , together with a request for the transfer thereof , and the Minister shall thereupon transfer the licence or permit to that person by endorsement or otherwise .sx If any licence or permit is not sent to the Minister in accordance with the last foregoing subsection , it shall .sx become void at the expiration of the said period of one month , but without prejudice to an application for a new licence or permit , as the case may be , .sx ( 5 ) A licence or permit granted under this Act in respect of a bull shall remain in force until one of the following events occurs , that is to say , until - .sx the licence or permit is revoked or becomes void under this Act ; or .sx the bull dies or is castrated ; or .sx the bull has been outside Great Britain for a consecutive period of fourteen days or such longer consecutive period as the Minister may allow ; or .sx in the ease of a permit , the period specified therein expires .sx In computing for the purposes of this subsection how long a bull has been outside Great Britain , the period of its absence shall be deemed to begin at the time when it is put on board any ship for the purpose of being carried out of Great Britain and to end at the time when it is landed in Great Britain on its return .sx