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North Sea Fisheries Act 1893

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3Penalty for purchasing spirits by exchange or otherwise

If within the North Sea limits but outside territorial waters any person on board or belonging to a British sea fishing boat purchases spirituous liquors, he shall be liable—

(a)if he gives any article not belonging to him in exchange for the liquors, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or, in the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour; and

(b)if he purchases the liquors otherwise than by way of exchange for any such article, to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

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