North Sea Fisheries Act 1893

2. Introductory Text

1. Confirmation of Convention.

3. 2. Penalty for supplying, exchanging, or otherwise selling spirits.

4. 3. Penalty for purchasing spirits by exchange or otherwise.

5. 4. Penalty for breach of licence.

6. 5. Power to make regulations as to licences and other matters.

7. 6. Enforcement of Act.

8. 7. Legal proceedings.

9. 8. Evidence.

10. 9. Definitions.

11. 10. Commencement and continuance of Act.

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13. 12. Short title.

14. 1. SCHEDULE

       Convention respecting the Liquor Traffic in the North Sea

       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 German Emperor, King of Prussia, Baron Jean...

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

       5. His Majesty the King of Denmark, M. Corneille Marius Viruly,...

       6. The President of the French Republic, M. Louis Desire Legrand,...

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

       8. Who, after having communicated their full powers, found in good...

       9. Article I

          1. The provisions of the present Convention shall apply to the...

       10. Article II

           1. The sale of spirituous liquors to persons on board or...

           2. The purchase of those liquors by such persons is forbidden....

           3. The exchange of spirituous liquors for any article, and especially...

           4. Every liquid obtained by distillation, and containing more than five...

       11. Article III

           1. The liberty to deal with fishermen in provisions and other...

           2. This licence must specify the following amongst other conditions:—

           3. 1. The vessel may not have on board a quantity of...

           4. 2. All exchange of the articles above indicated for products of...

       12. Article IV

           1. The High Contracting Parties engaged to take, or to propose...

       13. Article V

           1. The Tribunals competent to take cognizance of infractions of Articles...

       14. Article VI

           1. Prosecutions for infractions shall be instituted by the State, or...

           2. Infractions may be verified by all means of proof allowed...

       15. Article VII

           1. The superintendence shall be exercised by the cruizers of the...

           2. When the officers commanding these cruizers have reason to believe...

           3. Further, formal statements of the facts may be drawn up...

           4. Resistance to the directions of Commanders of cruizers, or of...

           5. The Commander of the cruizer may, if the case appears...

       16. Article VIII

           1. The proceedings in respect of infractions of the provisions of...

       17. Article IX

           1. The High Contracting Parties will communicate to each other, at...

       18. Article X

           1. States which have not signed the present Convention may adhere...

       19. Article XI

           1. The present Convention shall be brought into operation from and...

           2. It shall remain in force for five years from that...

           3. If the Convention of the Hague of the 6th May...

       20. Article XII

           1. The present Convention shall be ratified; the ratifications shall be...

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

           3. Done at the Hague, in six copies, the 16th November,...

       21. PROTOCOL

           1. Whereas it appears from the communications which have been received...

           2. 1. The above-mentioned Convention shall be brought into force by the...

           3. 2. The power of adhesion accorded by Article X. of the...

           4. 3. In modification of Article XI. of the Convention the periods...

           5. 4. The present protocol, which shall be ratified at the same...