260 KEPOKT OF COMMISSIONEE OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [2] 



Application of act. 



Page. 



23. Exten8ion of act by order in council 8 



24. Application of act to seas between British Islands and France, and con- 



tinuance of 6 and 7 Vict. , c. 79, as to French convention 9 



25. General application ofact.._. 9 



Supplemental. 



26. Publication of orders in council 9 



27. Amendment of 31 and 32 Vict., c. 45, s. 18 „ 9 



28. Definitions 10 



29. Commencement of act 10 



30. Eepeals 103 



31. Continuance of act — H| 



Schedules ll 



AN ACT to carry into effect an International ConTcntion concerning the fisheries in 

 the North Sea, and to amend the laws relating to British sea fisheries. [August 2, 

 1883.] 



Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with 

 the advice and consent of the lord's spiritual and temporal, and com- 

 mons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the 



same, as follows : 



Preliminary. 



1. This act may be cited as the Sea Fisheries Act, 1883. 



Confirmation of convention. 



2. The convention set out in the first schedule to this act (referred to 

 in this act as the convention) is hereby confirmed, and the articles thereof 

 shall be of the same force as if they were enacted in the body of this 



act. 



Fishery regulations. 



3. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to timCj by order ii 

 council, to make, alter, and revoke regulations for carrying into exi 

 ecution this act, and the intent and object thereof, and for the mainte-i 

 nance of good order among sea-fishing boats, and the persons belonging 

 thereto, and to impose fines not exceeding £10 for the breach of suohl 

 regulations. 



4. If within the exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands any^i 

 person, or if outside those limits any person belonging to a British sea-i 

 fishing boat, (a) acts in contravention of articles 13 to 22 (both inclu- ii 

 sive) of the first schedule to this act, or any of them ; or (b) causes in- 1 

 jury to any person in any one or more of the following ways, namely,! 

 by assaulting any one belonging to another sea-fishing boat, or by ; 

 causing damage to another sea-fishing boat, or to any property on board i 

 thereof, or belonging thereto; or (c) fishes for oysters or has on board 



