Whale Fisheries Act, 1937
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Records to be kept at factories. |
15.—(1) There shall be kept at or in every factory licensed under this Act a record, in such form as the Minister may require, of— | |
(a) the date and place of capture, the species, sex and length measured in the prescribed manner of each whale treated at such factory and such other measurements and information (including information as to the contents of the internal organs) in relation to each such whale as the Minister may require; and | ||
(b) the number of whales treated at such factory and the amounts of oil of each grade and of meal, guano and other products derived from such whales. | ||
(2) Records kept under this section shall be transmitted to the Minister at such times as the Minister may require. | ||
(3) If, in relation to a factory ship licensed under this Act, the provisions of this section are not complied with, each of the following persons, that is to say, the master and (subject to the provisions of this Act relating to statutory defences) the owner and the charterer (if any) of such factory ship shall be guilty of an offence under this section. | ||
(4) If, in relation to any shore factory licensed under this Act, the provisions of this section are not complied with, each of the following persons, namely, the manager and (subject to the provisions of this Act relating to statutory defences) the occupier of such factory shall be guilty of an offence under this section. | ||
(5) Every person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to the penalties mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act. |