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Restriction on carriage of devices for obstructing meshes of net.
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4.—(1) It shall not be lawful to carry, on board any Saorstát Eireann sea-fishing boat anywhere or on board any other sea-fishing boat within the exclusive fishery limits of Saorstát Eireann, any device by means of which the mesh of any part of a net then carried on board such boat could be obstructed or otherwise in effect diminished.
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(2) If any device is carried on board a sea-fishing boat in contravention of this section, each of the following persons, namely, the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) of such boat, shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
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(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section the court shall order the device, the carriage whereof constituted such offence, and any net to which the device is attached, to be forfeited.
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