[19] THE BRITISH SEA FISHERIES ACT. 277 



One copy of this document shall remain on board the cruiser, and the 

 other shall be handed to the master of the boat to which the compensa- 

 tion is due, in order that he may, if necessary, be able to make use of 

 il before the courts of the country to which the debtor belongs. 



Where, on the contrary, the parties do not consent to arbitration, the 

 commanders shall act in accordance with the provisions of Article XXX. 



Akticle XXXIV. 



The i)ro8ecutions for offenses against or contraventions of the pres- 

 ent convention shall be instituted by or in the name of the state. 



Article XXXV. 



The high contracting parties engage to propose to their respective 

 legislatures the necessary measures for insuring the execution of the 

 present convention, and particularly for the punishment hy either fine 

 or imprisonment, or by both, of persons who may contravene the provis- 

 ions of Articles VI to XXIII, inclusive. 



Article XXXVI. 



In all cases of assault committed or of wilful damage or loss inflicted 

 by fishermen of one of the contracting countries upon fishermen of an- 

 other nationality, the courts of the country to which the boats of the 

 offenders belong shall be empowered to try them. 



The same rule shall apply with regard to offenses against and con- 

 traventions of the present convention. 



Article XXXVII. 



The proceedings and trial in cases of infraction of the provisions of 

 the present convention shall take place as summarily as the laws and 

 regulations 'in force will permit. 



Article XXXVIII. 



The present convention shall be ratified. The ratifications shall be 

 exchanged at the Hague as soon as possible. 



Article XXXIX. 



The present convention shall be brought into force from and after a 

 day to Be agreed upon by the high contracting yarties. 



The convention shall continue in operation for five years from the 

 above day; and, unless one of the high contracting parties shall, twelve 

 months before the exx)iratiou of the said i)eriod of five years, give notice 

 of intention to terminate its oi)eration, shall continue in force one year 

 longer, and so on from year to year. If, however, one of the signatory 

 powers should give notice to terminate the convention, the same shall 

 be maintained between the other contracting parties, unless they give 

 a similar notice. 



