WHALE FISHERIES ACT 1937LONG TITLEAN ACT TO ENABLE EFFECT TO BE GIVEN, SO FAR AS SAORSTÁT EIREANNIS CONCERNED, TO AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE REGULATION OFWHALING, SIGNED AT GENEVA ON THE 24TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1931, TOPROHIBIT THE TAKING OR TREATING OF WHALES WITHIN THE EXCLUSIVEFISHERY LIMITS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN, AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR DIVERSMATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID.[26th February, 1937.]BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—SECT 1Definitions.1.—In this Act:—the expression "the Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture;the word "ship" has the same meaning as in the Merchant ShippingAct, 1894;the expression "Saorstát Eireann ship" means a ship registered inSaorstát Eireann under the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1933;the word "master" in relation to any ship, includes the person incommand or in charge of the ship at the, relevant time and, in...