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Sea Fisheries Act 1883 (repealed 19.11.1998)

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  2. PreliminaryPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 1. Short title.Previous MatchNext Match

  3. Confirmation of ConventionPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 2. Confirmation of Convention.Previous MatchNext Match

  4. Fishery RegulationsPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 3. Power to Her Majesty, by Orders in Council, to make, etc. regulations for execution of Act and maintenance of order. Previous MatchNext Match

    2. 4. Punishment for violation of Articles 13 to 22 of Convention, and for other offences.Previous MatchNext Match

    3. 5. Punishment for violation of Article 23 of Convention.Previous MatchNext Match

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  5. Enforcement of ActPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 11. Who are to be British and foreign sea-fishery officers.Previous MatchNext Match

    2. 12. Powers of British sea-fishery officers.Previous MatchNext Match

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    4. 14. Protection of and punishment for obstructing sea-fishery officers.Previous MatchNext Match

  6. Legal ProceedingsPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 15. Compensation for damage caused by offence.Previous MatchNext Match

    2. 16. Summary prosecution of offences and recovery of fines. Previous MatchNext Match

    3. 17. Evidence.Previous MatchNext Match

    4. 18. Jurisdiction of courts.Previous MatchNext Match

    5. 19. Service to be good if made personally or on board ship.Previous MatchNext Match

    6. 20. Masters of boats liable to fines imposed.Previous MatchNext Match

    7. 21. Application of fines. Previous MatchNext Match

    8. 22. Saving of liability and rights.Previous MatchNext Match

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    3. 25. General application of Act.Previous MatchNext Match

  8. SupplementalPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 26. Publication of Orders in Council. Previous MatchNext Match

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    3. 28. Definitions. “sea-fishing:” “sea-fishing boat:” “Fishing implements:” “British Islands:” “Person:” “Court.”Previous MatchNext Match

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    6. 31. Continuance of Act.Previous MatchNext Match

  9. SCHEDULES

    1. FIRST SCHEDULEPrevious MatchNext Match

      International Convention for the purpose of regulating the Police of the Fisheries in the North Sea outside Territorial WatersPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great...

      2. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great...

      3. His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia, Veit...

      4. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Baron d’Anethan,...

      5. His Majesty the King of Denmark, Carl Adolph Bruun, Knight...

      6. The President of the French Republic, the Count Lefebvre de...

      7. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the Jonkheer Willem...

      8. Who, after having communicated the one to the other their...

      9. Articles I—XII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Previous MatchNext Match

      10. Article XIII Previous MatchNext Match

        1. The nationality of a boat must not be concealed in...

      11. Article XIV Previous MatchNext Match

        1. No fishing boat shall anchor, between sunset and sunrise, on...

        2. This prohibition shall not, however, apply to anchorings which may...

      12. Article XV Previous MatchNext Match

        1. Boats arriving on the fishing grounds shall not either place...

      13. Article XVI Previous MatchNext Match

        1. Whenever, with a view of drift-net fishing, decked boats and...

        2. The decked boats, on their part, shall shoot their nets...

        3. As a rule, if decked boats shoot their nets to...

      14. Article XVII Previous MatchNext Match

        1. No net or any other fishing engine shall be set...

      15. Article XVIII Previous MatchNext Match

        1. No fisherman shall make fast or hold on his boat...

      16. Article XIX Previous MatchNext Match

        1. When trawl fishermen are in sight of drift-net or of...

      17. Article XX Previous MatchNext Match

        1. When nets belonging to different fishermen get foul of each...

        2. All responsibility shall cease if the impossibility of disengaging the...

      18. Article XXI Previous MatchNext Match

        1. When a boat fishing with long lines entangles her lines...

      19. Article XXII Previous MatchNext Match

        1. Except in cases of salvage and the cases to which...

      20. Article XXIII Previous MatchNext Match

        1. The use of any instrument or engine which serves only...

        2. The presence of any such engine on board a boat...

        3. The high contracting parties engage to take the necessary measures...

      21. Articles XXIV—XXIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Previous MatchNext Match

      22. Article XXX Previous MatchNext Match

        1. The commanders of the cruizers of the Signatory Powers shall...

        2. They shall draw up, if there is occasion for it,...

        3. The commander of the cruizer may, if the case appears...

      23. Article XXXI Previous MatchNext Match

        1. The formal statement referred to in the preceding Article shall...

        2. The accused and the witnesses shall be entitled to add,...

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      25. Article XXXIII Previous MatchNext Match

        1. When the act alleged is not of a serious character,...

        2. Where one of the parties is not in a position...

        3. One copy of this document shall remain on board the...

        4. Where, on the contrary, the parties do not consent to...

      26. Articles XXXIV—XXXIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Previous MatchNext Match

      27. Additional Article Previous MatchNext Match

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        2. In witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention,...

        3. Done at the Hague, in six copies, the 6th May...

    2. SECOND SCHEDULEPrevious MatchNext Match

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