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4. Skins of seals taken in contravention of any such Order as aforesaid, and Prohibition skins of seals identified as being of the species known as Callorhinus alascanus, tion of skins Callorhinus ursinus, and Culler hmus kurilensis, and belonging to the American, of seals Russian, or Japanese herds, except such as are taken under the authority of the pined in respective Powers to which the breeding grounds of such herds belong and have been tion of officially marked and certified as having been so taken, shall, subject to the provi- Order. sions of this section, be deemed to be included in the table of prohibitions and restrictions contained in section forty-two of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, 39 & 40 and that section shall apply accordingly.
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5.-(1.) His Majesty may by Order in Council extend the provisions of the Power to last two foregoing sections to any part of His Majesty's dominions outside the exteni cer- United Kingdom to any British protectorate and to Cyprus, subject to such modi- sious outside fications and adaptations as may appear to him to be necessary:
Provided that those provisions shall not be so extended to a self-governing dominion except with the consent of the Governor General in Council or Governor in Council of the dominion.
(2.) For the purposes of this section, "self-governing dominion" Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zea- means the land, the Union of South Africa, and Newfoundland.
the United Kingdom.
6. This Act may be cited as the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act, 1912, Short title and shall be construed with the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act, 1895; and and con-
that Act and this Act may be cited together as the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) struction.
Acts, 1895 and 1912.
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS, 1913.
No. 485.
FISHERY.
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SEA FISHERIES.
THE SEAL FISHERIES (NORTH PACIFIC) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1913.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 1913.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
LORD PRESIDENT
VISCOUNT ALLENDALE
LORD CHAMBERLAIN MR. J. A. PEASE.
HEREAS by the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act, 1895 (hereinafter called the Act of 1895), it is enacted that His Majesty in Council may by Order in Council prohibit, during the period specified by the Order, the catching of seals by British ships in such parts of the seas to which that Act applies as are specified in the Order;
And whereas by the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act, 1912 (hereinafter called the Act of 1912), it is enacted that His Majesty in Council shall have the like power to prohibit the killing, taking, and hunting of sea otters within the waters to which the Act of 1895 applies;
And whereas it is further provided by the Act of 1895 that for carrying into effect an arrangement with any foreign State an Order in Council may provide that the powers under the Act of any commissioned officer on full pay in the naval service of His Majesty may, subject to any limitations, conditions, modifications, and exemptions specified in the Order, be exercised in relation to a British ship, and the equipment, crew, and certificate thereof, by such officers of the said foreign State as are specified in the Order;
And whereas it is further provided by the Act of 1895 that any such Order may contain any limitations, conditions, modifications, and exceptions which appear to His Ma- esty in Council expedient for carrying into effect, the object of the Act;