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XXXVT. The commanders of the cruisers of each of the two coun- 

 tries, and all officers or other agents appointed to superintend fish- 

 eries, shall exercise their judgment as to infractions of the regu- 

 lations with regard to the fishery limits; and when they shall be 

 satisfied of the fact of the infraction, they may detain the boats of 

 the offenders, or cause them to be detained, and may take them, or 

 cause them to be taken, into port, where, upon clear proof of the 

 offence, such boats may be condemned by the competent court or 

 magistrate to a fine not exceeding 10 (250 francs). In default of 

 payment, such boats may be detained for a period not exceeding 3 

 months. 



In case of repetition of the offence, the fine may be doubled. 



XXXVII. The proceedings and trial in cases of infraction of the 

 provisions of the present Convention shall take place as speedily and 

 as summarily as the laws in force will permit. 



XXXVIII. The terms "British Islands" and "United Kingdom," 

 employed in this Convention, shall include the Islands of Jersey, 

 Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, with their dependencies. 



XXXIX. Her Britannic Majesty engages to recommend to Par- 

 liament to pass an Act to enable her to carry into execution such of 

 the arrangements contained in the present Convention as require 

 legislative sanction. When such an Act shall have been passed, the 

 Convention shall come into operation from and after a day to be 

 then fixed upon by the two High Contracting Parties. Due notice 

 shall be given in each country, by the Government of that country, 

 of the day which may be so fixed upon. 



XL. The Convention shall continue in force for 10 years from the 

 day on which it may come into operation, and if neither party shall, 

 12 months before the expiration of the said period of 10 years, give 

 notice of its intention to terminate its operation, the Convention shall 

 continue in force one year longer, and so on from year to year, until 

 the expiration of one year's notice from either party for its 

 termination. 



The High Contracting Parties, however, reserve to themselves the 

 power to make, by mutual consent, any modification in the Conven- 

 tion which experience shall have shown to be desirable, provided it 

 is not inconsistent with the principles on which it is based. 



XLI. The Convention concluded between the High Contracting 

 Parties on the 2nd of August, 1839, and the Regulations of the 23rd 

 of June, 1843. shall continue in force until the day when, as provided 

 in Article XXXIX, the present Convention shall come into opera- 

 tion, and shall then altogether cease and determine. 



XLII. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifica- 

 tions shall be exchanged as soon as possible. 



In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed 

 the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. 



Done at Paris, the llth of November, in the.year of our Lord, 1867. 



[L. s.] LYONS 



[L. s.] MOUSTIER. 



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