# Sea Fisheries Act 1883 (repealed 19.11.1998), Section 18: Jurisdiction of courts.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purpose of giving jurisdiction to courts under this Act, a sea-fishing boat shall be deemed to be a ship within the meaning of any Act relating to offences committed on board a ship, and every court shall have the same jurisdiction over a foreign sea-fishing boat within the British fishery limits, and persons belonging thereto, as such court would have if such boat were a British sea-fishing boat.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/46-47/22/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fisheries-act-1883-repealed-19111998/section-18
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