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7. Por tlic purposes of tlie provisions contained in this Act MinUtdr may direct, 
the Minister may from time to time with respect to any lease 
i.Iicrchy demised make such inquhies and examinations Ity an Inspector ”“<1 30 Vic. c. 97 
of fisheries or othenvise and may require from the lessee thereof such 
information as the Minister may think necessary or proper And the said 
lessee shall aiford all facilities for such inquiries and give true infor¬ 
mation accordingly or such lease may fortlnvith he cancelled. 
8. All oysters being in or on a demised artificial oystcr-hed Property in oysters 
within the limits of the demise or of any oyster-hed belonging to a oyster-beds, 
private owner and which is sufficiently marked or known as such shall 
he the absolute property of the lessee or private owner and in all Courts s. le” 
of Law and Equity tind elsewhere and for all purposes civil and 
criminal or other shall he deemed to he in the actual possession of 
the lessee or private owner. 
9. Any person stealing any oysters from any oyster-hed steaiinR oysters &o. 
being the exclusive property of any other person and sufficiently larceny, 
marked out as such shall he deemed guilty of larceny and being 
convicted thereof shall be punished accordingly. 
10. lYhenever any oysters shall have been I'cmoved by tiny Property in oysters 
person from an oyster-hed which has been demised under the autliority prom^o'^sur 
of this Act or belongs to a private owner and not eitlier sold in an open 
fish market or disposed of by or under the authority of the lessee or so vie. c. is s. 4 . 
private owner shall ho the absolute property of tlie lessee or private 
oivncr and in all Courts of Law and Equity and elsewhere and for all 
puiqioses civil and criminal or otherwise the absolute right to the 
possession thereof shall lie deemed to be in the lessee or private owner. 
11. It shall not be lawful to discharge any sawdust sugar-cane Sawdust aud other 
refuse or other rubbish or any blood or offal or any other filth into "ot to 
oyster-hearing waters or into any ivatercourse wliether dry or not 29 ard so^v^ 
leading into the same or to discharge the same elsewhere m such s. es? 
manner that it is canaed or is likely to be carried into such oyster- 
hearing waters And if any person shall do any act in contravention 
of this section or shall otherwise suffer or permit any of the above 
named matters to he so discharged into any such Avaters he shall be 
liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds nor less than two pounds 
and shall also he liable in addition to make full compensation to the 
lessee of any oyster-hed for any damage sustained by him by reason 
of any .such unlawful act AA'hich compensation may he recovered from 
the person offending in any Comd of competent jurisdiction. 
12. Any person disturbing or injuring in any manner any oyster- 
hed or the oysters brood or spat thereupon or any oyster fishery shall 
on summary conviction l)c liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds 
and not less than one pound for the first offence and not exceeding 
twenty jiounds and not less than five pounds for the second offence and 
to imprisonment for three months for the third and every subsequent 
offence And every person so offending shall in every case also ho 
lial)lc to make lull coTiipcnsation to the lessee for all damage sustained 
by him by reason of such unlawlul act and in default of payment the 
same may he recoA'cred in any Court of comj)ctent jurisdiction Avhether 
the person so offending has or not been prosecuted for or convicted of 
such offence. 
19. Whosoever shall dredge for oysters between sunset and Burning live ojsters 
sunrise or shall gather or hum li\-ing oysters (whether he shall he 
or not the lessee of any oyster-hed) for the purpose of converting 
the shells into lime (and the possession of any living oystem together 
with any dead oyster-shells in the same boat oV hags or hcaj) shall he 
prhnd facie evidence of .such ])urpose) shall on comdetion thereof he 
liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds and not less than ten 
pounds and if such person he a lessee of any oyster-bed the demise of 
the 
