Behring Sea Award Act 1894

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Enactment of articles of arbitrators' award respecting the fur seal

3. 2. Provision as to ship's papers

4. 3. Orders in Council

5. 4. Liability of master to punishment

6. 5. Definitions

7. 6. Short title

8. 7. Commencement of Act

9. 8. Duration of Act

10. SCHEDULES.

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

       PROVISIONS in AWARD of the TRIBUNAL of ARBITRATION constituted under the Treaty concluded at Washington on the 29th of February 1892, between HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

       ENACTMENTS OF MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT (17 & 18 Vict. c. 104.) APPLIED

       1. SECTION 103

       2. SECTION 104

          1. Officer not liable for any seizure made on reasonable grounds.

       3. PART X LEGAL PROCEDURE

          1. Application

             1. SECTION 517

                1. Application of Part X. of the Act.

          2. Legal Procedure (General)

             1. SECTION 518

                1. Punishment of offences, and recovery of penalties.

             2. SECTION 519

                1. Stipendiary magistrate to have same power as two justices.

             3. SECTION 520

                1. Offence where deemed to have been committed.

             4. SECTION 521

                1. Jurisdiction over ships lying off the coasts.

             5. SECTION 522

                1. Service to be good if made personally, or on board ship.

             6. SECTION 523

                1. Sums ordered to be paid leviable by distress on ship.

             7. SECTION 524

                1. Application of penalties

             8. SECTION 525

                1. Limitation of time in summary proceedings.

             9. SECTION 526

                1. Any document required by this Act to be executed in the presence of or to be attested by any witness or witnesses, may be proved by the evidence of any person who is able to hear witness to the requisite facts, without calling the attesting witness or witnesses or any of them.

             10. SECTION 527

                 1. Power to judge of court of record or Admiralty to arrest foreign ship that has occasioned damage.

             11. SECTION 528

                 1. Power in certain cases to detain ship before application made to judge.

             12. SECTION 529

                 1. Who to be defendant to suit in such cases.

          3. Legal Procedure (Scotland)

             1. SECTION 530

                1. Offences punishable as misdemeanors.

             2. SECTION 531

                1. Summary proceedings.

             3. SECTION 532

                1. Form of complaint.

             4. SECTION 533

                1. Mode of requiring appearance of defender and witnesses,

             5. SECTION 534

                1. Backing arrestments.

             6. SECTION 535

                1. Compelling attendance of witnesses.

             7. SECTION 536

                1. Proceedings to be vivȃ voce.

             8. SECTION 537

                1. Power to adjourn.

             9. SECTION 538

                1. Sentence to be in writing. Imprisonment to be inflicted in default of payment.

             10. SECTION 539

                 1. Sentence and penalties in default of defender's appearance.

             11. SECTION 540

                 1. Warrant to apprehend in default of appearance.

             12. SECTION 541

                 1. Backing sentences or decrees.

             13. SECTION 542

                 1. Orders not to be quashed for want of form; and to be final.

             14. SECTION 543

                 1. General rules, so far as applicable, to extend to penalties and proceedings in Scotland.

          4. ENACTMENT OF MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 80), APPLIED

             1. SECTION 34

                1. Enforcing detention of ship.