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FISHERY LAWS IN FORCE IN THE PROVINCE OF 

 ONTARIO AT THE TIME THE COMMISSION WAS 

 ISSUED. 



REVISED STATUTES OF ONTARIO. 



CHAPTER 32. 



An Act to reo^ulate the Fisheries of this Province. 



Short title, s. 1. 

 Application of Act, s. 2. 

 Interpretation, s. 3. 

 Leases and licenses, ss. 4-8. 

 Penalty for trespass, s. 9. 

 Rights of passage, s. 10. 

 Fishery overseers, ss. 11, 12, 14. 

 Regulations by Governor in 



Council, s. 13. 

 Guardians for protection of 



FISHERIES, s. 15. 



Returns by Lessees, s. 16. 

 Control OF Fishing Rights PERTAIN- 

 ING to GRANTED LANDS MAY BE 



assumed by commissioner, s. 17- 

 Permits, s. 18. 



Cancellation of leases, etc., s. 9L 



Rights and liabilities of lessees, 

 ss. 20, 21. 



Reservation from lease, s. 22. 



Lease of waters in which Indians, 

 allowed to fish, s. 23. 



Setting apart waters for propa- 

 gation OF FISH, s. 24. 



Permission to obtain fish, s. 25. 



Penalties, ss. 26-29. 



Application of fines and penal- 

 ties, s. 30. 



Certain Acts to apply to prose- 

 cutions, s. 31. 



Reports to be laid before Legis- 

 lature, s. 32. 



HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of 

 the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario 

 enacts as follows : — 



Short title. I. This Act may be Cited as "The Ontario Fisheries Act." 



48 V. c. 9, s. 1. 



Application of 3. This Act and its respective provisions apply to all fisher- 

 ^^*- ies and rights of fishing in respect of which the Legishiture 



of Ontario has authority to legislate. 48 V. c. 9, s. 2. 



Interpreta- 

 tion. 



' ' Crown 

 Lands." 



" Fish. 



Waters." 



3. Where the following words occur in this Act they shall 

 be construed in the manner hereinafter mentioned, unless a 

 contrary intention appears:^ — 



1. " Crown Lands'" shall be held to mean and include such 

 ungranted Crown or Public lands or Crown domain as are 

 within and belong to the Province of Ontario, and whether 

 or not any waters flow over or cover the same. 



2. "Fish" shall mean and include every kind, variety and 

 description of fish in i-espect of the catching or killing of 

 which within the Province the Legislature of Ontario iias 

 authority to legislate. 



3. " Waters " shall be held to mean and include such of 

 the waters of any lake, river, stream or water-course wholly 

 or partly within said Province, as flow over or cover any 

 Crown Lands. 



