464 FOREIGN STATUTES. 



iuformatiou the olt'ender is convicted. Provided, always, that in the 

 event of the inability of any defendant to x'^y the fines 

 ^™^'"^°' above directed, and sentence of imprisonment being- 



awarded in consequence tliereof, the agent of tlie province shall never- 

 theless pay to snch informer the amount to which he would have been 

 entitled if snch tine had been paid. 



Passed in Council the Twenty-ninth day of August, One thousand 

 Eight huiulred and Forty-two. 



Kenneth Mackenzie, 

 Acting Cleric to the Council. 



Published by order of His Excellency the Governor. 



P. Anstruthee., 



Colonial Secretary. 



No. 18.— 1843. 



an ordinance to declare illegal the possession of certain 

 nets and instruments within certain limits. 



(3. Campbell. 



Whereas it is expedient to prohibit the possession within certain limits 



of certain nets and instruments which might otherwise 



Preamble. ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^j^^ detriment of Her Majesty's pearl banks : 



1. It is therefore hereby enacted by the Governor of Ceylon, with the 

 Possession of certain advicc aud couseut of the Legislative Council thereof, 



nets, dredges, aud that froiu and after the passing of this Ordinance the 



other mstrnmeiits . i i x- i ■i.l- x j.i t j. 



within certain limits posscssiou Oil land ot auy driitiiig net or otiier net not 

 '^'^eai- being such as are used by men walking in the sea, or of 



any dredge or similar instrument, at any place within twelve miles of 

 Tallaville or Talmanar, or at auy place within twelve miles of any part 

 of the shore at low water mark between Tallaville and Talmanar, shall 

 be unlawful, and every such net, dredge, or instrument that shall at any 

 time be found within such limits shall be forfeited, and every person 

 who shall at any time have had any such net, dredge, 

 ^' or instrument in his possession, or shall have moved or 



concealed or assisted in or procured the movement or concealment of 

 any such net, dredge, or instrument within such limits, shall be guilty 

 of an oftence, and be liable on conviction thereof to a fine not ex(;eed- 

 ing ten pounds, or to imprisoiimeut with or without hard labour for any 

 [leriod not exceeding six months. 



2. And it is further enacted that it shall be lawful for every ofticer 



of the Customs and every jieace ofticer to search any 

 nuik^s^ea *rfi?r neK housc or prciuises witliiu any such limits as aforesaid 

 &c., and seize oiieud- ^vllere he sliall have good reason to beheve any sucli 

 net, dredge, or instrument as aforesaid to be kept or 

 concealed, and to take the same into his charge, and to seize and take 

 every person offending against this Ordinance before any competent 

 court or justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to law. 



Passed in Council the Thirtiethday of November, One Thousand Eight 

 Hundred and Eorty-three. 



Kenneth Mackenzie, 

 Acting Cleric to the Council. 



Published by order of His Excellency the Governor. 



P. Anstkutiier, 

 Colonia{ J^eqrqtaxy. 



