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cause of complaint under this Act, or any such regulations, shall be deemed to 

 have arisen in the place in which it actually was committed, or the place where 

 it was first discovered by the inspecting officer, or where the defendant resides 

 or is found. 



26. Nothing contained in this Act shall compel any person to present for 

 inspection any fish, or barrels, half-barrels or other packages in which they are 

 contained. 



27. This Act shall come into force on the 1st day of May, 1915, but the 

 officers referred to in this Act may be appointed, and the regulations authorized 

 by this Act may be made, at any time after the passing of this Act. 



28. Except as in this Act otherwise provided, every one who violates any 

 provision of this Act, or any regulations made under it, shall be liable to a 

 penalty of not more than five hundred dollars, and in default of payment to 

 imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both. 



29. Every penalty and forfeiture imposed under this Act or under any regu- 

 lation made under it shall be recoverable and enforceable with costs upon 

 summary conviction under Part XV of the Criminal Code. 



30. Part VII of The Inspection and Sale Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 

 1906, chapter 85, is hereby repealed, except in so far as it relates to the inspection 

 of fish oils. 



Regulations made under The Fish Inspection Act, 1914 



Construction and Capacity of Baeeei,s and Hai,f-Barrels 



1. The staves and heading of every barrel and half-barrel shall be composed 

 of well-seasoned close-grained wood of good quality and capable of retaining 

 pickle. 



2. In course of construction, every barrel and half-barrel shall be well fired 

 so as to admit of the staves being bent to the requisite extent, and the staves 

 shall not be cracked, broken or patched. 



3. The staves of every barrel, when completed, shall be not less than five- 

 eighths of an inch, and the heading not less than three-fourths of an inch in 

 thickness; and the staves of every half-barrel when completed, shall be not Jess 

 than nine-sixteenths of an inch and the heading not less than five-eighths of an 

 inch in thickness. 



4. The staves of every barrel and half-barrel shall not exceed five inches, 

 and shall not be less than two inches and one-half inch in breadth at the bilge. 



5. The heads of barrels and half-barrels shall be composed of not less than 

 three pieces and shall be securely fastened with either hardwood or iron dowels. 

 All heads shall be bevelled one-third outside and two-thirds inside, and shaH 

 fit properly in a clean-cut croze, one-eighth of an inch deep. 



6. The chimes shall be one inch in length from the top to the croze. 



7. Every barrel and half-barrel shall be hooped in one of the three following 

 ways, viz. : 



(a) entirely with wooden hoops; 



(6) partly with wooden hoops and partly with iron hoops; 



(c) entirely with iron hoops. 



