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(1)This Act shall apply to the animal known as the fur seal, and to any marine animal specified in that behalf by an Order in Council under this Act, and the expression " seal" in this Act shall be construed accordingly.
(2)This Act shall apply to the seas 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, and shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of the [57 & 58 Vict. c. 2.] Behring Sea Award Act, 1894.
(3)The expression " equipment" in this Act includes any boat, tackle, fishing or shooting instruments, and other things belonging to a ship.
(4)This Act may be cited as the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act, 1895.
(5)The [56 & 57 Vict. c. 23.] Seal Fishery (North Pacific) Act, 1893, is hereby repealed as from the passing of this Act, but shall be deemed until that passing to have continued in force, and any Order in Council in force under that Act shall continue as if it had been made in pursuance of this Act.
(6)This Act shall remain in force until the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven and no longer unless continued by Parliament.
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