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

 been hauled or caught, or put, kept, shipped, carried, conveyed or 

 exported, or on board of which the same may have been found, her 

 tackle, apparel, furniture, and outfit, and the said bait fishes so found 

 as aforesaid, and may hold the same until an adjudication shall have 

 been had upon a complaint in relation to such alleged offence. 



XVI. In any such case as mentioned in the next preceding Sec- 

 tion, any officer therein authorized to seize any boat or vessel, and 

 any Constable or Peace Officer then present, shall have power, by 

 direction of any such officer authorized as aforesaid, and without any 

 warrant or complaint upon oath, to arrest any person found commit- 

 ting or omitting to do any of the acts for or on accunt of which such 

 boat or vessel may be seized, and to detain him in custody until an 

 adjudication shall have taken place as before provided. 



XVII. In any prosecution under this Act, the fact of shipping, 

 putting or having bait fishes on board of any boat or vessel, shall be 

 prima facie evidence of the same having been so shipped, put, 

 716 had, or conveyed, for the purpose of exportation, and the re- 

 fusal or failure to produce a licence upon being called upon so 

 to do, shall be prima facie evidence of such bait fishes having been 

 shipped, put, conveyed or exported without a licence; and any expor- 

 tation, or intended exportation of bait fishes shall, in the absence of 

 proof to the contrary, be held to be an exportation or intention to 

 export for bait purposes. 



XVIII. All offenders against the provisions of this Act may be 

 prosecuted and convicted, and all fines, forfeitures, penalties, orders 

 for confiscation, and other punishments imposed, recovered, and 

 made in a summary manner before a stipendiary magistrate. In the 

 event of the prosecution of an offender who would not be liable to or 

 ordered to pay a fine, then the reasonable expenses of the prosecutor, 

 including a fair amount for his time and labor expended in and about 

 such prosecution shall, on the certificate of the Magistrate who heard 

 the case, be paid to the prosecutor by the Receiver General. 



XIX. If any person convicted under this Act shall feel himself 

 aggrieved by such conviction, he may appeal therefrom to the then 

 next sitting of Her Majesty's Supreme Court holden in or nearest 

 to the place where such conviction shall have been had: Provided 

 notice of such appeal and of the cause and matter thereof be given 

 to the convicting Magistrate, in writing, within seven days next 

 after such conviction, and the party desiring to appeal shall also, 

 within fourteen days after such notice give and enter into recog- 

 nizance, with two approved sureties, before the convicting Magis- 

 trate, conditioned for the appearance of the person convicted at such 

 next sitting of the Supreme Court on the first day of such sitting, 

 for the prosecution of the appeal with effect and without delay, to 

 abide the judgment of the Court thereon and for the delivery and 

 surrender of any vessel or other property ordered to be confiscated, 

 and to pay such costs as the Court shall award. Any person who 

 shall be convicted and imprisoned by any such Magistrate for an 

 offence against this Act. and who shall have given such notice of 

 appeal, and shall have entered into such recognizance with approved 

 sureties, may be discharged from prison, in which case the recog- 

 nizance shall be further conditioned for the surrender of the con- 



