Whale Fisheries Act, 1937
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Factories and ships used for treating whales to be properly operated and equipped. |
16.—(1) There shall be extracted by boiling or otherwise from every whale treated in any factory licensed under this Act the oil from all blubber, and from the head and the tongue and in addition from the tail as far forward as the outer opening of the lower intestine. | |
(2) The immediately preceding sub-section shall not apply in respect of any part of a whale intended to be used as food for human beings. | ||
(3) Every factory licensed under this Act shall be equipped with plant of a kind approved by the Minister for extracting oil from the carcases of whales and, in the case of a shore factory, for utilising the residues after the oil has been extracted so that the fullest possible use can be made of such carcases, and such plant shall be maintained in proper working condition and operated efficiently. | ||
(4) 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 ship shall be guilty of an offence under this section. | ||
(5) 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. | ||
(6) 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. | ||
(7) If the Minister is satisfied in relation to any factory that the provisions of sub-section (3) of this section have not been or are not being complied with, the Minister may (whether a person has or has not been convicted of an offence under this section in relation to such non-compliance) revoke the licence in respect of such factory. |