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4. Where an offence under this Act is committed, then — 



(a.) If the same is committed by the fault or with the connivance ^ . , ., . , 



of the master of any ship, that master, and- owner and mas- 



202 (b.) If the same is committed by the fault or with the con- terofshipiucer- 



nivance of the owner of any ship, that owner — tain cases. 



shall be liable to the like penalty to which the person committing 

 such offence is liable under this Act. 



5. Wliere the owner or master of a ship is adjudged to pay a pen- Liability of 

 alty for an otfence under this Act, the Court may, in addition to any '^^^P *'" penalty, 

 other power they may have for the purpose of compelling payment of 



such penalty, direct tlie same to be levied by distress or arrestment 

 and sale of the said sliip and her tackle. 



6. In this Act the expression " seal" means the harp or saddleback 



seal, the bladdernosed or hooded seal, the ground or bearded seal, and ,, ^efimtlon of 

 the tloe seal or floe rat, and includes any animal of the seal kind which 

 may be specified in that behalf by an Order in Council under this Act. 



7. This Act may be cited as " the Seal Fishery Act, 1875." Short title. 



Schedule. 

 Area to which Act applies. 



The area included between the parallels of 67"^ and 7.5° of north latitude, an~li 

 between the meridiaus of 5° east and 17'^ west longitude, reckoned from the meridian 

 of Greenwich. 



Norwegian Laiv for the establishment of a Close Time for Seal Fishery in the Arctic Seas. — 



Stockholm, May 18, 1S76. 



[Translation.] 



We, Oscar, by the grace of God King of Norway and Sweden, the Wends and 

 Goths, hereby notify that a Resolution passed by the Ordinary Storthing now in 

 session, on tlie 25th April of this year, of the following tenour, has been submitted 

 to us: 



1. When it shall appear that the foreign States whose ships or subjects are engaged 

 in the seal fishery in the area included between the parallels of 67"^ and 75^^ of north 

 latitude, and between the meridians of 5° east and 17° west longitude, reckoned 

 from the meridian of Greenwich, have made or may hereafter make the like provi- 

 sion, it shall be lawful for the King to fix a time of year during which it is forbidden 

 either for the crew of a Norwegian vessel or for a Norwegian subject within the area 

 aforesaid to kill or capture seals, including Cystophora cristata. 



2. Any one guilty of a breach of the prohibition enacted by section 1, or who shall 

 in any way aid or abet such breach, shall be liable to a fine of from 200 to 10,000 

 kronor. But none of the crew shall be held liable except the master in case the said 

 breach took place either by his order or with his knowledge, and without his having 

 done everything in his power to prevent the same. 



The provision in the Criminal Law of the 3rd June, 1874, 2nd chapter, section 40, 

 last sentence, is not applicable. 



3. In the event of a breach of the present Law taking place, it will be dealt with 

 by the Police Court. The vessel will be liable for any fine that may be incurred by 

 either the master or owner. One-half of the fines shall go to the informer. 



We have, therefore, accej)ted and sanctioned, as we hereby accept and sanction, 

 this Resolution as law. 



Given at our Palace at Stockholm, the 18th May, 1876, under our hand and seal of 

 the realm. 



(Signed) [l. s.] Oscar. 



Ordinance of the King of Siveden and Norway to establish a Close Time for the Seal 

 Fishery by Swedish Vessels in the Arctic Seas. — Stockholm, November 30, 1876. 



[Translation.] 



We, Oscar, by the grace of God King of Sweden and Norway, of the Goths and 

 the Wends, make known that, considering that the seal fisheries in the Arctic Seas, 

 especially in the neighbourhood of Jan Mayen's Island, are conducted in such a man- 

 ner as to threaten the extermination of the seal in those waters, and the total destruo- 



