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possession or on board of such boat or vessel, the purpose for which 

 such bait fishes are intended to be used or as to the place to which 

 such bait fishes [the same] are intended to be conveyed or exported, 

 and upon his refusing to answer, or answering untruly, or failing to 



Eroduce a license under this chapter [act], or having such license, 

 eing found to have violated or failed to comply with the provisions 

 thereof, such Justice, Sub-collector, Preventive officer, fishery warden 

 or commissioner may seize the boat or vessel on board of which such 

 bait fishes shall have been hauled or caught, or put, kept, shipped, 

 carried, conveyed or exported, or on board of which the same may 

 have been found, her tackle, apparel, furniture and outfit, and the 

 said bait fishes so found as aforesaid, and may hold the same until an 

 adjudication shall have been had, upon a complaint in relation to such 

 alleged offence. 



16. In any such case as mentioned in the next preceding section, 

 any officer therein authorized to seize any boat or vessel and any 

 constable or peace officer then present, shall have power, by direction 

 of any such officer authorized as aforesaid, and without any warrant 

 or complaint upon oath, to arrest any person found committing or 

 omitting to do any of the acts for or on account of which such boat or 

 vessel may be seized, and to detain him in custody until an adjudica- 

 tion shall have taken place as before provided. 



17. In any prosecution under this chapter [act], the fact of shipping, 

 putting or having bait fishes on board of any boat or vessel, shall be 

 prima facie evidence of the same having been so shipped, put, had or 

 conveyed for the purpose of exportation and the refusal or failure to 

 produce a license upon being called upon so to do, shall be prima facie 

 evidence of such bait fishes having been shipped, put, conveyed or 

 exported without a license; and any exportation, or intended expor- 

 tation of bait fishes shall in the absence of proof to the contrary, be 

 held to be an exportation or intention to export for bait purposes. 



18. All offenders against the provisions of this chapter [act] may 

 be prosecuted and convicted, and all fines, forfeitures, penalties, 

 orders for confiscation, and other punishments imposed, recovered, 

 and made in a summary manner before a stipendiary Magistrate. 

 In the event of the prosecution of an offender who would not be liable 

 to or ordered to pay a fine, then the reasonable expenses of the pros- 

 ecutor, including a fair amount for his time and labor expended in 

 and about such prosecution shall, on the certificate of the Magistrate 

 who heard the case, be paid to the prosecutor by the Receiver General. 



19. If any person convicted under this chapter [act] shall feel him- 

 self aggrieved by such conviction, he may appeal therefrom to the 

 then next sitting of Her Majesty's Supreme Court holden in or nearest 

 to the place where such conviction shall have been had: Provided 

 notice of such appeal and of the cause and matter thereof be given 

 to the convicting Magistrate, in writing, within seven days next after 

 such conviction, and the party desiring to appeal shall also, within 

 fourteen days after such notice, give and enter into recognizance, 

 with two approved sureties, before the convicting Magistrate, con- 

 ditioned for the appearance of the person convicted at such next 

 sitting of the Supreme Court on the first day of such sitting, for the 

 prosecution of the appeal with effect and without delay, to abide the 

 judgment of the Court thereon and for the delivery and surrender of 



