# Fisheries Act 1891, Part ARTICLE I


Whenever a complaint involving a claim for damages shall be preferred by a fisherman of one of the two countries against a fisherman of the other country, it shall be referred for preliminary inquiry—in Belgium, to a Commission composed of, at least, two officers appointed by the Minister of Railways, Posts, and Telegraphs; in the United Kingdom, to a Commission also composed of, at least, two officers appointed by the Board of Trade; these officers shall hold their inquiry at the place where the allegations of the complainants can most easily be verified.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/54-55/37/schedule/part/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-1891/schedule/part-1
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