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SEAL FISHERIES (NORTH PACIFIC) ACT 1912 - SECT 3

Prohibition of using ports for purposes of pelagic sealing contrary to Order.

3.(1) If any person uses any port within the United Kingdom for the purpose of
equipping any ship intended to be used or employed in killing, taking, or
hunting seals in contravention of any such Order as aforesaid, he shall be
guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to be dealt with as if such offence
were an offence declared to be a misdemeanour by the
Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and the ship and her equipment and everything on
board thereof shall be subject to forfeiture to His Majesty.

(2) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that there is reasonable cause for
believing that a ship has been or is being equipped contrary to this section,
the Secretary of State may authorise the Board of Trade, or any officer of the
Board, to seize and detain the ship. Where such an authority is given, the
ship may be seized and detained in like manner as if it were liable to seizure
and detention under the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1907.

(3) For the purposes of this section, "equipping" in relation to a ship shall
include the furnishing of a ship with any tackle, apparel, furniture,
provisions, munitions, fuel or stores, or any other thing which is used in or
about a ship for the purpose of fitting or adapting her for the sea or for
killing, taking, or hunting seals.

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