Article 1 
Article 2 
Article 3 
Article 4 
Article 5 
Article 6 
Article 7 
Article 8 
APPENDIX A 
JAPANESB STATUTES OH FUR SRAL PROTECTION AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS 
Law Regulating Sea Otter and Fur Seal Hunting 
(Law No 21, 22 april 1912) 
(Amended by Law Ho 41, 20 February 1942) 
(Original) 
Wo fur seal hunting shall be carried on in the Bering Sea, Sea of Kamchatka, 
Sea of Okhotsk, the Japan Sea, or the north Pacific, north of 30°N latitude. 
No sea otter hunting shall be carried on in the sea beyond three niles fron 
the shore of the Japanese territory. 
(Present form) 
The government can, in accordance with the provisions of an order, prohibit 
or restrict the hunting of sea ottoere and fur seals. 
(Original ) 
Fur seal hunting on land and sea otter hunting in waters within three miles 
from shore shall be the monoply of the government. 
(Thies article cancelled by amendment of 20 February 1942.) 
(Original ) 
No sea otters, fur seals or thelr skine ehall be imported from foreign coun- 
tries or overseas territories, with the exception of the cases otherwise 
prescribed in the ordinance. 
(Thies article cancelled by amendment of 20 February 1942.) 
Any officer on board a naval vessel, any police constable, any port officer, 
any custome officer, or other officars who are especially appointed, when 
necessary, may conduct raids into any boat, shop or other place to investi~ 
gate books or other things, and may, when it is considered that there is an 
action in violation of the prohibition or restriction under Article 1, re- 
tain a boat, eouipment thereof, hunting gear, certificate of boat registra- 
tion, or the catch, and detain or take crews into custody. 
If any person violates the prohibition or restrictions under Article 1, he 
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ¥5,000 or imprisonment with hard 
labor for a term not excseding one year. 
Any boat, equipment thereof, or hunting gear which is used for the criminal 
action specified in the preceding Article, and the sea otters and fur seals 
or their skins which are caught in violation of the restrictions or prohi- 
bition under Article 1, and are still in possession of the violator shall be 
confiscated. In case where confiscation of the whole or a part thereof is 
impracticable, a penalty equal to the value thereof shall be imposed upon 
. hin. 
If any person refuses, obstructs or evades the exercise of the function under 
Article 4, or makes no answer or false statements, he shall be liabl= to a 
fine not exceeding 4300. 
(Original ) 
The present law ehall not be applied to the Ainus. 
(Thies article cuncelled by amendment of 20 February 1942.) 
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