1Extension of area within which pelagic sealing may be prohibited.

The seas with respect to which an Order in Council may be made under the [58 & 59 Vict. c. 21.] Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act, 1895, prohibiting the killing, taking, and hunting of seals therein shall include the seas within such part of the Pacific Ocean as is north of the thirtieth parallel of north latitude, including the seas of Behring, Kamchatka, Okhotsk and Japan, and accordingly that Act shall have effect as if in subsection (2) of section seven thereof for the words " within that part of the " Pacific Ocean known as Behring's Sea and within such other " parts of the Pacific Ocean as are north of the forty-second " parallel of north latitude " there were substituted the words " within such part of the Pacific Ocean as is north of the " thirtieth parallel of north latitude, including the seas of " Behring, Kamchatka, Okhotsk and Japan."

2Power to prohibit killing and hunting of sea otters.

His Majesty in Council shall have the like power of making Orders in Council under the said Act as amended by this Act with respect to the killing,- taking, and hunting of sea otters within such part of the Pacific Ocean as aforesaid as with respect to the killing, taking, and hunting of seals, and that Act as so amended, shall apply accordingly.

3Prohibition of using ports for purposes of pelagic sealing contrary to Order.

(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 [57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.] 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.

4Prohibition, of importation of skins of seals captured in contravention of Order.

Skins of seals taken in contravention of any such Order as aforesaid, and skins of seals identified as being of the species known as Callorhinus alascanus, Callorhinus ursinus, and Callorhinus kurilensis, and belonging to the American, Russian, or Japanese herds, except such as are taken under the authority of the respective Powers to which the breeding grounds of such herds belong and have been officially marked and certified as having been so taken, shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be deemed to be included in the table of prohibitions and restrictions contained in section forty-two of the [39 & 40 Vict. c. 36.] Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, and that section shall apply accordingly.

5Power to extend certain provisions outside the United Kingdom,

(1)His Majesty may by Order in Council extend the provisions of the last two foregoing sections to any part of His Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom to any British protectorate and to Cyprus, subject to such modifications 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 " means the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, and Newfoundland.

6Short title and construction.

This Act may he cited as the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act, 1912, and shall he construed with the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act, 1895 ; and that Act and this Act may he cited together as the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Acts, 1895 and 1912.