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5. Nothing in this Act contained shall preclude the granting by 

 the Minister of written permission to obtain fish and fish spawn for 

 purposes of stocking or artificial breeding OB for scientific purposes. 

 R. S., c. 95, s. 21. 



FISHERY OFFICERS. 



6. The Governor in Council may appoint fishery officers whose 

 powers and duties shall be as defined by this Act and the regulations 

 made under it, and by instructions from the Department of Marine 

 and Fisheries. 



2. Every such officer, who is authorized by the Governor in Council 

 to exercise the powers of a justice of the peace, shall for all the pur- 

 poses of this Act and the regulations made under it, be ex officio 

 a justice of the peace, within the district for which he is appointed 

 to act as such fishery officer. R. S., c. 95, s. 2. 



7. Every fishery officer shall take and subscribe an oath in the 

 form following, that is to say: 



" I, A.B., a fishery officer in and for the district described in my 

 appointment, do solemnly swear, that to the best of my judgment, 

 I will faithfully, honestly and impartially fulfil, execute and perform 

 the office and duty of such officer according to the true intent and 

 meaning of the Fisheries Act and regulations, and in accordance with 

 my instructions. So help me God." R. S., c. 95, s. 3. 



FISHERY LEASES AND LICENSES. 



8. The Minister may, wherever the exclusive right of fishing does 

 not already exist by law, issue or authorize to be issued fishery leases 

 and licenses for fisheries and fishing wheresoever situated or carried 

 on; but leases or licenses for any term exceeding nine years shall be 

 issued only under authority of the Governor in Council. R. S., c. 

 95, s. 4. 



WHALE FISHING. 



9. No one shall at any time engage in the manufacture from whales 

 of oil or other commercial product, and no vessel or boat shall be 

 employed in the whale fishery, except under license from the Minister. 



2. The Minister may issue licenses to manufacture oil or other com- 

 mercial product from whales and to employ boats or vessels in whale 

 fishery, but no such license shall issue until, 



(a) the Minister has approved of the site of the factory, which shall 

 not be within fifty miles of any other whale factory, or in 

 such proximity to any inhabited place or places as in the 

 opinion of the Minister may cause danger or detriment to 

 the public health ; 



(Z>) the applicant therefor has given assurances to the Minister, 

 of a satisfactory nature, that he is in a position to convert 

 any whale captured into commercial products within twenty- 

 four hours of the landing of such whale, and that he is also 

 in a position to conduct his whale factory and business in 

 such a manner that no noxious or deleterious matter will be 

 introduced into any public waters, bays, creeks, rivers or 

 harbours ; 



