11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful to or for any person or persons concerned or employed in carrying on the said fishery, or for any seaman or fisherman hired for the purpose of carrying on the said fishery, to use, or cause to be made use of, on the shores of the said island of _Newfoundland_, any sean or net of any kind or description whatsoever, for the purpose of catching cod fish by hauling such sean or net on shore, or tucking such sean or net into any boat or boats, the scale or mesh of which said sean or net shall be less in dimension than four inches, under the penalty of forfeiting the sum of one hundred pounds for every such offence; which offence may be heard and determined, and the penalty hereby incurred shall and may be recovered in the court of session of the said island, provided that such offence be complained of within the space of three calendar months after the commission of the same. [Sidenote: Preamble. If any _British_ seaman, _&c._ shall desert or agree to desert from _Newfoundland_, with intent to enter into the service of any foreign state, he may be committed, _&c._ and sent home.] 12. And whereas it is essential to the naval strength of _Great Britain_, that the desertion of seamen and fishermen employed in the fishery of _Newfoundland_, and the parts adjacent, should be prevented: And whereas, by reason of their superior skill as seamen and fishermen, and as artificers of the implements and utensils necessary to the carrying on of such fisheries, they are, by great temptations, exposed to be seduced into the service and employ of the subjects of foreign states: And whereas the regulations and provisions made in and by an act, passed in the fifteenth year of his present Majesty’s reign, herein-before mentioned, are not sufficient to prevent the desertion of such seamen and fishermen to the service of the subjects of foreign states; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any seaman or fisherman, hired or employed in the carrying on of the said fishery, shall desert from the said island of _Newfoundland_, or from the said fishery, with intent to enter into the service of any foreign state, or of any of the subjects of any foreign state, or shall have in any wise agreed so to absent himself or desert with such intent, or shall have actually entered into such service as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful to and for the governor of _Newfoundland_, or his surrogates, or for the judge of the vice admiralty court for the time being, or for any justice of the peace in _Newfoundland_ respectively, to issue his or their warrant or warrants to apprehend such person so deserting, or having agreed to desert as aforesaid, and on the oath or oaths of one or more credible witness or witnesses, to commit him to prison, there to remain until the next court of session which shall be holden in pursuance