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Power of Superintendant in regulating Fisheries.
Obstructing Superintendant.
Penalty 10l.
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LVI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Superintendant of the said Fisheries, or any Person or Persons acting by his Orders, at all times whenever he shall think fit, either at Sea or in any Loch or Bay, or on the Coast during the Continuance of the Fishery, or after the Return from the Fishery, to go on board any of the Vessels employed in the Fishery, under his Superintendence, to inspect the Licence and Certificate of Registry of such Vessel, and the Journal kept by the Master, pursuant to the Directions of this Act (all which the Master of every such Buss or Vessel, on being thereunto required, shall forthwith produce and deliver to such Superintendant, for his Inspection and Examination, and such Superintendant is hereby empowered to detain any such Buss or Vessel, till all or any of the said Documents demanded by him shall be so produced or delivered to him), and to examine whether the Master and other Persons on board the same are in all respects carrying on and prosecuting the said Fishery in the manner hereby required; and if any Person or Persons shall impede or obstruct, or attempt to impede or obstruct, any other Person or Persons in the lawful Prosecution of the said Fishery, such Superintendant shall require such Person or Persons so impeding or obstructing, or attempting to impede or obstruct, any other Person or Persons, to desist from so doing; and if such Person or Persons so required to desist shall disregard such Requisition, it shall be lawful for such Superintendant to employ such Force as shall be necessary to compel him or them to preserve Order, if the Master or any Part of the Crew are or shall not be in all respects carrying on and prosecuting the Fishery in the Manner hereby required, or had impeded or obstructed, or attempted to impede or obstruct any other Person or Persons in the lawful Prosecution of the said Fishery, such Superintendant shall report the same fully and particularly to the said Commissioners for the Irish Fisheries, and shall deliver one Copy of such Report under his Hand to the Master of such Buss or Vessel, and shall transmit another Copy to the said Commissioners by the first Opportunity; and if any Person or Persons shall resist or obstruct any such Superintendant, or any Person or Persons acting under him in the Execution of any of the Powers to him or them given by this Act, every Person so offending shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Ten Pounds.
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