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III. The provisions of Section 1, of Chapter 102, of the Consoli- 

 dated Statutes, entitled " Of the Coast Fisheries," so far as the .;ame 

 leiate to the Coast of Labrador, are hereby repealed. 



IV. Any person acting in contravention of this Act shall be sub- 

 ject to the penalties provided by Section 12, Chapter 102, of the Con- 

 solidated Statutes, to be recovered and enforced in the manner pro- 

 vided for such penalties by the said Chapter. 



No. 124. 1884, 



Extract from Newfoundland Statute, 47 

 Viet., Cap. 8. 



An Act to amend the Law relating to the Coast Fisheries. 



Section. 



1. Herring may be taken at any time 



by certain vessels fitted out for 

 Bank fishery. 



2. Penalty for disposing of herring 



except in prosecution of Bank 

 fishery. 



3. Construction of term " Bank Fish- 



ery." 



4. Nets, &c., to capture trout or sal- 



mon in rivers or lakes, prohib- 

 ited ; Proviso. 



5. Governor in Council may declare 



bounds of rivers' mouths; Proc- 

 lamation. 



6. 45th Vic., Cap. 21, Sec. 2, repealed. 



[Passed 22nd April, 1884.'] 



Section. 



7. Space to be left between cod-traps 



and cod-nets. 



8. Space to be left between cod-nets 



and cod-traps. 



9. The setting out of moorings to se- 



cure place for cod-traps, &c. 

 Proviso ; Proviso. 



10. Penalty for violation of this Act; 



Nets, &c., used contrary to 3rd 

 section may be seized and for- 

 feited. 



11. Mode of recovery of penalties. 



12. Application of penalties, &c. 



13. Proceedings not to be quashed for 



want of form. 



Be it enacted by the Administrator of the Government, Legislative 

 Council and Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows : 



I. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, it shall be lawful for 



the owner of any vessel owned and registered in this Colony, which 



shall be fully fitted out, supplied and ready to prosecute the 



710 Bank fishery, and shall have obtained a Custom's Clearance 



for the said fishery, to haul, catch, and take herring, at any 



time and by any means, except by in barring or enclosing such herring 



in a cove, inlet or other place, to an extent not exceeding sixty barrels 



for any one voyage, to be used as bait in prosecuting the said Bank 



fishery in the said vessel. 



II. The owner or master of any vessel who shall avail of the first 

 section of this Act, and having procured herring for bait as therein 

 provided, after clearing for the Bank fishery, enter any port before 

 the nineteenth day of April thence next following, except compelled 

 by stress of weather, accident, or in case of sickness, or who shall 

 dispose of the herring so taken for bait in any way except for prose- 

 cuting the Bank fishery in said vessel, shall be subject to a fine not 

 exceeding two hundred dollars. 



III. The term " Bank fishery " in this Act shall be construed to 

 mean a fishery prosecuted at a distance of at least forty miles from 

 the coast of this Colony. 



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VII. From and after the passing of this Act, no cod-trap shall be 

 set on any of the fishing grounds of this Colony or its dependencies, 





