Fisheries Act, 1939

Prohibition of capture, sale, etc., of trout in January and portion of February.

39.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to take, kill, destroy, buy, sell, expose for sale or have in his possession any trout during the period commencing on the 1st day of January and ending on the 14th day of February in any year.

(2) If any person takes, kills, destroys, buys, sells, exposes for sale or has in his possession any trout in contravention of this section, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not less than two pounds nor more than twenty-five pounds, together with a further fine not exceeding two pounds for each trout so taken, killed, destroyed, bought, sold, exposed for sale or found in his possession.