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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 committing or 

 omitting to do any of the acts for or on account of which such boat 

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

 judication shall have taken place as before provided. 



17. In any prosecution under this chapter 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, 

 had or conveyed for the purpose of exportation, and the refusal or 

 failure to produce a license 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 license; and any exportation, 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. 



18. All offenders against the provisions of this chapter 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 or- 

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

 including a fair amount for his time and labour 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. 



19. If any person convicted under this chapter 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 recognizance, 

 with two approved sureties, before the convicting Magistrate, condi- 

 tioned for the appearance of the person convicted at such next sit- 

 ting of the Supreme Court on the first dav 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 con- 

 victed and imprisoned by any such Magistrate for an offence against 

 this chapter, 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 recognizance shall 

 be further conditioned for the surrender of the convicted party, on 

 the first day of such next sitting of the Supreme Court, to the sheriff 

 of the district in which such appeal may be heard. 



20. No proceeding or conviction by, or order of any Justice or 

 other officer tinder this chapter, shall be quashed or set aside for any 

 informality, provided the same shall be substantially in accordance 

 with the intent and meaning of this chapter. 



21. In this chapter the word "vessel" shall include any boat or 

 ship registered or not registered, jack, skiff, punt or launch, whether 

 propelled by sails, oars or steam. 



