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12. No proceeding or conviction by, nor order of, any Magistrate or other officer 

 under this Act shall be quashed or set aside for any informality; provided the same 

 shall be substantially in accordance with the intent and meaning of this Act. 



13. All foreign fishing vessels exercising rights under any Treaty or Convention 

 shall be amenable to all the laws of the Colony not inconsistent with any such rights 

 under treaty or convention. 



14. Nothing in this Act shall affect the rights and privileges granted by treaty 

 to the subjects of any State in amity with His Majesty; and sections i and 4 hereof 

 shall not be held to apply to any foreign fishing vessels resorting to the waters of this 

 Colony for the exercise of treaty rights. 



15. The Governor in Council may at any time by proclamation suspend or limit 

 the operation of this Act, as to the whole Act or any part thereof, and in relation to 

 the whole Colony, or any district or parts thereof, and as to all or any classes of 

 persons, and for any period as shall be expedient and as -may be declared in such 

 proclamation. 



16. In this Act the word "vessel" shall include any boat or ship, registered or 

 not registered, jack, skiff, punt, or launch, whether propelled by sails, oars or steam. 



17. The Act s Ed. VII., cap. 4, entitled "An Act respecting Foreign Fishing Ves- 

 sels," is hereby repealed. 



18. This Act shall come into operation upon a day to be appointed for that pur- 

 pose, by proclamation of the Governor, to the effect that the same has been approved 

 and confirmed by His Majesty in council. 



