134 LEGISLATIVE ACTS, PROCLAMATIONS, ETC., 



hours of Canada, not included within the above mentioned limits, 

 without a license, or after the expiration of the period named in the 

 last license granted to Mich ship, vessel or boat and the tackle, rigging, 

 apparel, furniture, stores and cargo thereof shall he forfeited. 



4. All goods, ships, vessels and boats and the tackle, rigging, 

 apparel, furniture, stores and cargo liable to forfeiture under this 

 Art, may be seized ami secured by any officers or persons mentioned 

 in the second section of this Act: and every person opposing any 

 officer or person in the execution of his duty under this Act, or 

 aiding or abetting any other person in any opposition, shall forfeit 

 eight hundred dollars, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 upon conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 

 two years. 



5. Goods, ships, vessels and boats and the tackle, rigging, apparel, 

 furniture, stores and cargo seized as liable to forfeiture under this 

 Act, shall be forthwith delivered into the custody of the Collector or 

 other principal officer of the Customs at the port nearest to the place 

 where seized, to be secured and kept as other goods, ships, vessels 

 and boats and the tackle, rigging, apparel, furniture, stores and cargo 

 seized are directed by the laws in force in the Province in which such 

 port is situate to be secured and kept, or into such other custody 

 and keeping as the Governor in Council, or a court of Vice-Admiralty 

 shall order. 



G. All goods, vessels and boats and the tackle, rigging, apparel, 

 furniture, stores and cargo, condemned as forfeited under this Act 

 shall, by direction of the Collector or other principal officer of the 

 Customs at the port where the seizure has been secured, be sold at 



fmblic auction; and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied as fol- 

 ows: The amount chargeable for the custody of the property seized 

 shall first be deducted and paid over for that service; one-half of the 

 remainder shall be paid without deduction to the officer or person 

 seizing the same; and the other half, after first deducting therefrom 

 all costs incurred, shall be paid to the Receiver General of Canada 

 through the Department of Marine and Fisheries; but the Governor 

 in Council may, nevertheless, direct that any ship, vessel, boat or 

 goods and the tackle, rigging, apparel, furniture, stores and cargo 

 seized and forfeited shall be destroyed, or be reserved for the public 

 service. 



7. Any penalty or forfeiture under this Act may be prosecuted and 

 recovered in any court of Vice-Admiralty within ( Janada. 



8. The Judge of the court of Vice-Admir ilty may. with the consent 

 of the person seizing any goods, ship, vessel or boat and the tackle, 

 rigging, apparel, furniture, stores and cargo, as forfeited under this 

 Act, order the re-delivery thereof, on security by bond to be given by 

 the party, with two sureties, to the use of Her Majesty: and in case 

 any goods, ship, vessel or boat or the tackle, rigging, apparel, fur- 

 niture, stores and cargo so redelivered is condemned as forfeited, the 

 value thereof shall be paid into court and distributed as above 

 directed. 



9. Her Majesty's Attorney General for Canada may sue for and 

 recover in Her Majesty's name any penalty or forfeiture incurred 

 under this Act. 



