444 FOKEIGN STATUTES. 



Act of the Governmout of Newfoundland to Regulate the Prosecution of the Seal 



Fishery. 



[05 Vict. April, 1892.] 



Be it enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council, and House of As- 

 sembly 171 Legislative Session convened, as follows: 



(1) JSTo steamer sliall leave any port of Newfoundlaud or its Depend- 

 encies for the prosecution of the Seal Fishery l)efore the hour of six 

 o'clock iu the forenoon of the twelfth day of March in any year under 

 a penalty of five thousand dollars, to be recovered from the master, 

 OAvners, or other person on whose account such steamer sliall have been 

 sent to such fishery; provided, that in the event of the twelfth day of 

 March falling on Sunday, any steamer may leave port for snch fishery 

 at any time after four o'clock in the afternoon of the previous day. 



(2) No seals shall be killed by any crew of any steamer or by any 

 member thereof before the fourteenth day of March or after the twen- 

 tieth day of April in any year, nor shall seals so killed be brought into 

 any port of this colony or its dependencies, as aforesaid, in any year 

 under penalty of four thousand dollars, to be recovered from the mas- 

 ter, owner, or other person on whose account such steamer shall have 

 been sent to such fishery. 



(3) No steamer shall proceed to the seal fishery from any part of this 

 colony or its dependencies on a second or subsequent trip in any year 

 under a penalty of four thousand dollars, to be recovered from the 

 master, owner, or other person on whose account such steamer shall 

 have been sent to such fishery; provided, that if it be shown to the 

 satisfaction of the collector, subcollector, or other customs officer of the 

 IDort from which such steamer sails that she has been forced by any ac- 

 cident to return to jiort during the first trip she shall not be deemed to 

 have gone upon a second subsequent trip if she leaves port before the 

 twenty fifth day of March in any year. 



(4) For the purposes of this Act steamers which have been on a first 

 trip shall be deemed to be on a second or subsequent trip if they shall 

 engage at any time during the same year in killing seals at any j)lace 

 within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland after 

 returning from such first trip. And the master and owners shall be 

 liable to the same penalties as provided in the third section of this 

 Act. Any complaint or information under this section shall be made 

 within three months next after the return of the said steamer to a port 

 of this Island. 



(5) Sealing masters violating any of the preceding sections of this 

 act shall be incomi^etent for two years after commission of any offense 

 thereunder to be employed to command steamers at the seal fishery 

 or to be cleared at the custom-house as master of such steamers. 



(6) No officer of Her Majesty's customs in this colony shall clear 

 any steamer for a sealing voyage before the eleventh day of March 

 in any year, provided that in the event of the said eleventh day of 

 March falling on a Sunday such steamers may be cleared on the pre- 

 ceding Saturday. 



(7) No action shall be taken for the penalties provided by the fourth 

 section after twelve months from the time such penalty shall have been 

 incurred. 



