74 LEGISLATIVE ACTS, PROCLAMATIONS, ETC. 



Fishery Regulations. 



11. If any person obstructs any sea-fishery officer in acting under 

 the powers conferred by this Act, or refuses or neglects to comply 

 with any requisition or direction lawfully made or given by, or to 

 answer 'any question lawfully asked by, any sea-fishery officer in 

 pursuance of this Act, such person shall be deemed to have committed 

 an offence against the fishery regulations of this Act. 



PART V. MISCELLANEOUS. 



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66. Whereas, by a Convention concluded between the United King- 

 dom and France on the 26th day of January, 1826, it was amongst 

 other matters agreed that sea-fishing boats of either country, when 

 forced by stress of weather to seek shelter in the ports or on the 

 coasts of the other country, should, on certain conditions, be exempted 

 from all dues to which they would otherwise be liable, and doubts 

 have arisen whether that part of the said Convention has ever been 

 confirmed by the authority of Parliament, and it is expedient to 

 remove such doubts, and to enable Her Majesty to provide for the 

 due execution of the said Convention and of any other like Conven- 

 tion or Treaty which may be made by Her Majesty: Be it enacted 

 that, where any such Convention or Treaty as mentioned in this sec- 

 tion has been or may hereafter be concluded with any foreign coun- 

 try, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that every sea- 

 fishing boat belonging to such foreign country, when forced by stress 

 of weather to seek shelter in any port or place in the British Islands, 

 shall, if it does not discharge or receive on board any cargo, and 

 complies with the other conditions, if any, specified in such order, 

 be exempt from all dues, tolls, rates, taxes, duties, imposts, and other 

 charges to which it would otherwise be liable in such port or place, 

 and every such boat shall be exempt accordingly. 



