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14. (1) A sea-fisliery officer shall be entitled to the same protection in 

 respect of any action or suit brought against him for any act done or 

 omitted to be done in the execution of his duty under this act, as is 

 given to any officer of customs by the customs consolidation act, 1876, 

 or any act amending the same, and (with reference to the seizure or 

 detention of any ship) by any act relating to the registry of British ships. 



(2) 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 ansjver any 

 question lawfully asked by any sea-fishery officer in pursuance of this 

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

 exceeding £50, or to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three 

 months, with or without hard labor. 



Legal ^proceedings. 



15. (1) Where on the conviction of any person under this act for an 

 offense it appears to the court that any injury to person or property has 

 been caused by the offense, the court may by such conviction adjudge 

 the ijerson convicted to pay in addition to any fine a reasonable sum as 

 compensation for such injury, and such sum may be recovered as a fine 

 under this act, and when recovered shall be paid to the person injured. 



(2) Any compensation specified in a document signed in accordance 

 with article 38 of the first schedule to this act, or fixed by a sea-fishery 

 officer in accordance with any submission to arbitration, may be recov- 

 ered as a simple contract debt, and in England may also be recovered 

 as a civil debt before a court of summary jurisdiction. 



(3) In a proceeding against any person for the recovery of such last- 

 mentioned compensation, the formal document referred to in the said 

 article, or an award of a sea-fishery officer in pursuance of a submission 

 to arbitration signed by the person liable to pay such compensation, 

 shall be sufficient evidence that such person is liable to pay the com- 

 pensation specified in such document or award. 



16. (1) Offenses under this act may (save as otherwise provided) be 

 prosecuted, and fines under this act may be recovered in a summary 

 manner; that is to say, {a) in England before a justice or justices, in 

 manner provided by the summary jurisdiction (English) acts ; (&) in 

 Scotland in manner provided by the summary jurisdiction (Scotland) 

 acts, 1864 and 1881; (c) in Ireland within the police district of Dublin 

 metropolis in manner provided by the acts regulating the powers and 

 duties of the justices of the peace of such district, or of the police of 

 such district, and elsewhere in Ireland in manner provided by the petty 

 sessions (Ireland) act, 1851, and the acts amending the same ; [d) in the 

 Isle of Man, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, 

 respectively, before any court, governor, deputy governor, deemster, 

 jurat, or other magistrate, in the manner in which the like offense and 

 fines are by law prosecuted and recovered, or as near thereto as circum- 

 stances admit. 



