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his boat any oyster dredge within any seas and during any time within 

 and during which oyster fishing is prohibited by law, or by any conven- 

 tion, treaty, or arrangement to which this act may be hereafter applied, 

 such person shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceed- 

 ing £50, or, in the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term 

 not exceeding three months, with or without hard labor. 



5. If within the exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands, any 

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

 fishing boat, (a) uses any instrument for the purpose of damaging or de- 

 stroying, by cutting or otherwise, any fishing implements belonging to 

 another sea-fishing boat, except in the cases provided for by articles 20 

 and 21 of the first schedule to this act ; or (b) takes on board or has on 

 board such boat any instrument serving only or intended to damage or 

 destroy fishing implements, by cutting or otherwise, such person shall be 

 liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 or in the 

 discretion of the court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three 

 months, with or without hard labor, and the instrument shall be liable 

 to be forfeited. 



6. The regulations respecting lights for the time being in force under 

 the acts relating to merchant shipping shall, so far as they relate to 

 sea-fishing boats, be deemed to be provisions of this act and may be en- 

 forced accordingly, and a sea-fishery officer shall for that purpose, in 

 addition to his powers under this act, have the same powers as are given 

 to any officer by the said acts relating to merchant shipping. 



Exclusive fishery limits. 



7. (1) A foreign sea-fishing boat shall not enter within the exclusive 

 fishery limits of the British Islands, except for purposes recognized by 

 international law, or by any convention, treaty, or arrangement for the 

 time being in force between Her Majesty and any foreign state, or for 

 any lawful purpose. 



(2) If a foreign sea-fishing boat enters the exclusive fishery limits of 

 the British Islands, {a) the boat shall return outside of the said limits 

 so soon as the purpose for which it entered has been answered ; (6) no 

 person on board the boat shall fish or attempt to fish while the boat 

 remains within the said limits; (c) such regulations as Her Majesty may 

 from time to time prescribe by order in council shall be duly observed. 



(3) In the event of any contravention of this section on the part of 

 any foreign sea-fishing boat, or of any person belonging thereto, the 

 master or person for the time being in charge of such boat shall be lia- 

 ble on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding, in the case of the 

 first offense, £10, and in the case of a second or any subsequent offense, 

 £20. 



Registry of British sea-fishing boats. 



8. (1) Section 22, 23, 24, and 26 of the sea fisheries act, 1868 (which 

 relate to the registry of British sea-fishing boats), shall have effect as 



