200 LEGISLATIVE ACTS, PROCLAMATIONS, ETC., 



('). No person, being a British subject, shall fish in, from, or for a 

 foreign fishing vessel in the waters of this Colony, and the master, 

 owner, or agent of any foreign fishing vessel who permits any such 

 British subject to fish in, for, or from such vessel, shall be liable to a 

 penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to the forfeiture of 

 such vessel, as the magistrate shall determine. 



7. No person, being a resident of this Colony, shall leave this Col- 

 ony for the purpose of engaging in foreign fishing vessels which are 

 fishing or intending to iish in the waters of this Colony, under a 

 penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars. 



8. No person, being a resident of this Colony, shall sell, let, hire, 

 lend or remove from this Colony, for the purpose of selling, letting, 

 hiring, or lending to a master, owner or agent of any foreign fishing 

 vessel any boats, nets, or gear, under a penalty not exceeding one 

 hundred dollars; nor shall the master, owner, or agent of any foreign 

 fishing vessel, buy, hire, or borrow, in any port or place in this 

 Colony, or in the waters of this Colony, any boats, nets, or fishing 

 gear, from any person resident in this Colony, under a penalty for 

 each offence not exceeding one hundred dollars. 



9. The master of any vessel who conveys any person resident in 

 the Colony outside the waters of this Colony, for the purpose of 

 enabling such person to be engaged on board any foreign fishing 

 vessel, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars. 



10. All offenders against the provisions of this Act may be prose- 

 cuted and convicted, and all fines, forfeitures, penalties, and other 

 punishments imposed, recovered and made in a summary- manner 

 before a Stipendiary Magistrate; and any vessel, and the tackle, 

 rigging, apparel, furniture, stores and cargo thereof, liable to forfeit- 

 ure under the provisions of this Act, may be sued for, prosecuted, 

 recovered and condemned in a summary manner before a Stipendiary 

 Magistrate in a proceeding against the master or other person in 

 charge of such vessel. For the purposes of this Act all Stipendiary 

 Magistrates shall be deemed to be Stipendiary Magistrates for the 

 Colony, and may exercise the jurisdiction given by this Act in any 

 part of the Colony. 



11. If any person convicted under this Act shall feel himself 

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

 next sitting of His Majesty's Supreme Court holden in or nearest the 

 place where such conviction shall have been had, or in St. John's: 

 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 recogniz- 

 ance, with two approved sureties, before the convicting magistrate, 

 conditioned 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 

 any vessel or other property ordered to be confiscated, and to pay 

 such costs as the Court may award. 



12. Xo proceeding or conviction by, nor order of, any Magistrate 

 or other officer, under this Act shall be quashed or set aside for any 

 informality; provided the same shall be substantially in accordance 

 with the intent and meaning of this Act. 



