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VI. Applications for licences under this Act shall be made to a 

 stipendiary Magistrate or a Customs' Officer, who shall require the 

 applicant in each case to make, before him, an affidavit stating the 

 facts and particulars, as required under Section Five to be set forth 

 in the licence; and it shall be the duty of the said stipendiary Magis- 

 trate or Customs' Officer to report to the Governor in Council any 

 refusal on the part of the applicant to make such affidavit, on any 

 bona fide doubt on the part of such stipendiary Magistrate or Cus- 

 toms' Officer of the truth of any of the statements set forth in such 

 affidavit, or of a belief on his part that such licence is applied for for 

 the purpose of evading or defeating, or assisting in evading or defeat- 

 ing, the provisions of this Act. In such case it shall be the duty of 

 t-uch stipendiary Magistrate or other officer to to [Sic.] withhold such 

 licence and await further instructions. 



VII. In every case in which a licence is granted under this Act, 

 the person to Avhom the same is granted shall also give bond to the 

 Receiver General of this Colony, with two sufficient securities in the 

 sum of not less than one thousand dollars or more than two thousand 

 dollars each, containing the condition that the terms of the licence 

 shall, in all respects, be complied with; and in the case of a licence 

 to export to a foreign country, that satisfactory proof of the landing 

 of the cargo in such foreign country will be furnished within a 

 stated period, and the forfeiture of the penal sum under such bond 

 shall be in addition to any other penalty, forfeiture or punishment 



which may be imposed for the same offence under this Act. 

 715 VIII. The forms of the licences, affidavits and bonds, above 



provided, shall be prescribed by the Governor in Council. 

 IX. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of Sec- 

 tion One of this Act, or any of the Sub-Sections thereof; or, 



(1.) Use, dispose of, or deal with, any bait fishes, otherwise than in 

 accordance with the terms of the affidavit made upon ap- 

 plication for a licence, or with the terms of such licence ; or, 

 (2.) Make any untrue statement in any affidavit upon application 



for a licence under this Act ; or, 



(3.) Obtain a licence under this Act by means of any false state- 

 ment or misrepresentation, or by the suppression or con- 

 cealment of any material fact, shall be liable for every first 

 offence to a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars or 

 imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelve months, 

 (4.) Any person convicted of a second or subsequent offence under 

 this Act shall, on conviction, be subject to imprisonment, 

 with hard labour, for a period of not less than twelve 

 months, 



X. In addition to the punishment prescribed by the foregoing 

 Section, the convicting Magistrate may order the confiscation and 

 sales of the herring, caplin, squid, or other bait fishes, which have 

 been sold, purchased, hauled, taken, conveyed or exported in violation 

 of the provisions of this Act, or the terms of any licence thereunder, 

 or of the boat or vessel on board of which such bait fishes shall be 

 found to have been unlawfully shipped, conveyed or exported, and 

 the forfeiture of any licence held by the offender. 



XI. Any person who shall sell any herring, caplin, squid, or 

 other bait fishes, for the purpose of shipping or putting on board of 

 any ship or vessel, or for the purpose of exportation to any person 



