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Penalty on persons refusing to depart from such bays, &c. when required so to do, or disobeying regulations made under this Act.
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4. If any person or persons, upon requisition made by the governor of Newfoundland, or the person exercising the office of governor, or by any governor or person exercising the office of governor in any other parts of his Majesty's dominions in America as aforesaid, or by any officer or officers acting under such governor, or person exercising the office of governor, in the execution of any orders or instructions from his Majesty in council, shall refuse to depart from such bays or harbours; or if any person or persons shall refuse or neglect to conform to any regulations or directions which shall be made or given for the execution of any of the purposes of this Act; every such person so refusing or otherwise offending against this Act shall forfeit the sum of two hundred pounds, to be recovered in the superior court of judicature of the island of Newfoundland, or in the superior court of judicature of the colony or settlement within or near to which such offence shall be committed, or by bill, plaint, or information in any of his Majesties courts of record at Westminster; one moiety of such penalty to belong to his Majesty, and the other moiety to such person or persons as shall sue or prosecute for the same: Provided always, that any such suit or prosecution, if the same be committed in Newfoundland, or in any other colony or settlement, shall be commenced within three calendar months, and, if commenced in any of his Majesty's courts at Westminster, within twelve calendar months from the time of the commission of such offence.
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