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of the Province, and may cause experiments to be made and 

 spawn to be placed in suitable waters, and may re-stock 

 streams with fish suitable for food, and may take and employ 

 such means for the purposes aforesaid as may be required 

 by such general regulations, and as shall be approved by the- 

 Lieutenant-Governor. 



Commission- 17. Such Commissioners shall also examine into the work- 

 prosecutwn* ^°o^ ^^ ^^^ fishery laws and direct prosecutions of offences 

 aud to report, against the same and report annually to the Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor and perform any other duties which may be prescribed 

 by law or regulations. 



Property in 18. Fisli artificially propagated or maintained shall be th& 



propagatecf'^^ property of the person propagating or maintaining them, and 



sections 5 to 10 inclusive of this Act shall not apply thereto. 



Fishing in 

 private waters 

 without per- 

 mission 



19. Whoever without permission of the proprietor fishes in 

 that portion of a pond, stream or other waters in which fish are 

 lawfully cultivated, owned and maintained by a private owner,, 

 or lessee shall render himself liable to a fine of not less than 

 So and not more than $20, and to a further penalty in each 

 case of $1 for each fish so taken. 



Fish taken for 20. The Commissioners may take or cause to be taken fish 

 DosM*'^° ^^^^'^' at any time and in any manner for purposes connected with 

 fish culture or scientific observation. 



poses. 



Penalties. 3 1. Any violations of the provi-sions of sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,. 



11 or 14 of this Act, or any other section to which no speci- 

 fic penalty is attached, shall subject the offender to a penalty 

 of not less than $10 or more than %'30, to be recovered upon 

 summary conviction. 



Who may be 33, Any person may be the prosecutor or complainant in 

 prosecutor or prosecutions Under this Act, and it shall be the dutv of every 



complamant f; ,^ ', iii"! 



fishery overseer and fire and wood ranker, constable and peace 

 officer to aid in the observance of the Drovisions of this Act 

 and in bringing oft'enders to justice. 



Committal 23. In default of the j^ayment of any penalty imposed by 



mentof^'fine^ this Act and costs by any person convicted of any offence 

 under this Act, the ofiender may be committed to the common 

 gaol of the district or county where the ofience was committed 

 for a period not exceeding three months, unless the penalty 

 and costs and the costs and charges of the commitment and 

 carrying the defendant to prison are sooner paid, and the 

 amount of such costs and charges of commitment and carrying 

 the ofiender to prison are to be ascertained and stated in the 

 "warrant of commitment. 



Evidence. 34. Upon the hearing of any information or complaint 



exhibited or made under this Act, the person giving or making 

 the information or complaint shall be a competent witness. 



