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the terms of any convention, treaty, or arrangement for the time 

 being in force between Her Majesty and any Foreign State, in- 

 cludes, as regards the sea-fishing boats and officers and subjects 

 of that State, the portion so defined: 



The expression "the Admiralty" means the Lord High Admiral 

 for the time being of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, or any two or more of the commissioners for executing 

 the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom: 



The expression " Consular officer " includes Consul-General, Consul 

 and Vice-Consul, and any person for the time being discharging 

 the duties of Consul-General, Consul, or Vice-Consul: 



The expression " person " includes a body of persons corporate or 

 unincorporate : 



The expression "Court " includes any tribunal or magistrate exer- 

 cising jurisdiction under this Act. 



29. This Act shall come into force on such day as may be fixed by 

 a notice in that behalf published in the London Gazette, which day is 

 in this Act referred to as the commencement of this Act. 



30. (1.) After the commencement of this Act the Acts specified 

 in the first part of the second Schedule to this Act shall be repealed 

 to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule. 



(2.) After the commencement of this Act, the Acts specified the 

 second part of the second Schedule to this Act shall be repealed to 

 the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule : 



Provided that, until the date herein-after mentioned at which such 

 repeal takes full effect, the repeal of the enactments specified in the 

 said second part shall, except within the North Sea as defined by 

 the first Schedule to this Act, be subject to the following limitations : 



(a.) The repeal shall not extend to section twelve of the Sea Fish- 

 eries Act, 1868 (which section relates to oyster fishing), 

 nor to the recovery of any penalty for a violation of that 

 section ; 



(&.) The repeal shall extend only to officers and boats within the 

 exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands and to British 

 sea-fishing boats when outside the exclusive fishery limits 

 of the British limits; 



(c.) The repeal shall not affect the power of French sea-fishery 

 officers and French Courts over British sea-fishing boats 

 when outside the exclusive fishery limits of the British 

 Islands, or the power of British and French sea-fishery 

 officers and British Courts over French sea-fishing boats 

 brought within the exclusive fisher} 7 limits of the British 

 Islands for offences committed outside those limits; 



(d.) The repeal shall not alter the power of receiving as evidence 

 any depositions, minutes, and other documents which by 

 the said Acts are made receivable as evidence ; 



(e.) If the Convention set forth in the first Schedule to the Sea 

 fisheries A,.ct, 1868, comes into operation, then, upon notice 

 thereof being given in the London Gazette, the said enact- 

 ments shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be in 

 force for the purposes of such Convention. 

 If this Act is applied by Order in Council to French sea- 

 fishery officers and French sea-fishing boats within the seas 



