97-1- OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



himself or by any legal adviser acting on his behalf) shall 

 be entitled to put such questions as he may .think fit to the 

 witness making the Statement, and shall be told that he is 

 so entitled by the Consul ; and such questions, with the 

 answers thereto, shall be put into writing, and such answers 

 shall be read, and where necessary interpreted, to the per- 

 son charged as aforesaid ; and all such Depositions shall 

 be read over to and signed respectively by the witnesses 

 who shall have been so examined, and shall be signed also 

 by the Consul, who shall certify that the same were taken 

 on oath, in the presence of and read over to the person 

 charged, and, where not taken in English, interpreted to 

 him. 



V. Every such Deposition shall be admissible in evi- 

 dence, in any proceeding against the person charged as 

 aforesaid with any Offence against the said Articles, or 

 against any Rule or By-law made in pursuance of the said 

 Act, unless it be shown that the witness making such Depo- 

 sition is within the United Kingdom ; and it shall not be 

 necessary in any case to prove the signature or official 

 character of the Consul appearing to have signed any 

 such Deposition, or the signature of the witnesses signing 

 the same ; and in any such Proceeding such Certificate as 

 aforesaid shall, unless the contrary be proved, be sufficient 

 evidence of the matters thereby certified. 



VI. All Penalties, Fines, and Forfeitures, and the 

 Proceeds of any Sale of Dredges or other Implements 

 under this Act, or under the said Act of the Sixth and 

 Seventh Years of Her Majesty, shall be paid into the 

 receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer, in such manner as the 

 Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may direct, and 

 shall be carried to and form part of the Consolidated Fund 

 of the United Kingdom. 



