STATUTES, PKOCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 1061 



No. 83. 1868, May 22: Statutes of Canada, 31 Viet. Cap. 61 (1868, 



Part II}. 



An Act respecting Fishing by Foreign Vessels. 



[Assented to 22nd May, 1868.] 



Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate 

 and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows : 



1. The Governor may, from time to time, grant to any foreign ship, 

 vessel or boat, or to any ship, vessel or boat not navigated according 

 to the laws of the United Kingdom, or of Canada, at such rate, and 

 for such period not exceeding one year, as he may deem expedient, 

 a license to fish for or take, dry or cure any fish of any kind what- 

 ever, in British waters, within three marine miles of any of the coasts, 

 bays, creeks or harbours whatever, of Canada, not included within 



the limits specified and described in the first article of the con- 

 629 vention between His late Majesty King George the Third and 



the United States of America, made and signed at London on 

 the twentieth day of October, 1818. 



2. Any commissioned officer of Her Majesty's Navy serving on 

 board of any vessel of Her Majesty's Navy cruising and being in the 

 waters of Canada for purpose of affording protection to Her Majes- 

 ty's Subjects engaged in the fisheries, or any commissioned officer of 

 Her Majesty's Navy, Fishery officer, or Stipendiary Magistrate on 

 board of any vessel belonging to or in the service of the Government 

 of Canada and employed in the service of protecting the fisheries, or. 

 any officer of the Customs of Canada, Sheriff, Magistrate or other 

 person duly commissioned for that purpose, may go on board of any 

 ship, vessel or boat within any harbour in Canada or hovering (in 

 British waters) within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, 

 creeks or harbors in Canada, and stay on board so long as she may 

 remain within such place or distance. 



3. If such ship, vessel or boat be bound elsewhere, and shall con- 

 tinue within such harbour or so hovering for twenty-four hours after 

 the Master shall have been required to depart, any one of such 

 officers or persons as are above mentioned may bring such ship, vessel 

 or boat into port and search her cargo, and may also examine the 

 Master upon oath touching the cargo and voyage ; and if the Master 

 or person in command shall not truly answer the questions put to 

 him in snch examination, he shall forfeit four hundred dollars; and 

 if such ship, vessel or boat be foreign, or not navigated according to 

 the laws of the United Kingdom or of Canada, and have been found 

 fishing, or preparing to fish, or to have been fishing (in British 

 waters) within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks 

 or harbours 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 such ship, vessel or boat under the first 

 section of this Act, such ship, vessel or boat and the tackle, rigging, 

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



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

 parel, furniture, stores and cargo liable to forfeiture under this Act, 

 may be seized and 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 



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