Foyle Fisheries Act, 1952
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Appointment of river watchers by persons interested in fisheries. |
56.—(1) Each of the following persons— | |
(a) any person interested in the preservation of the fish of any river in the Moville Area, | ||
(b) any persons who have united themselves into a society for the preservation of any fishery in any such river, | ||
(c) the owner of any fishery in any such river, | ||
(d) the owner of any salmon fishery on the sea coast, | ||
may, from time to time, by instrument in writing in the form set out in the Fifth Schedule to this Act, appoint any person to be a river watcher for the protection of the fisheries on such part of the sea coast or in any such river or the tributaries thereof. | ||
(2) A person appointed to be a river watcher under this section shall not act in that capacity until his appointment is confirmed (which confirmation shall be effected by endorsing the instrument of appointment) by any District Justice within whose district the river watcher is appointed to act. | ||
(3) A District Justice may upon complaint made to him revoke the appointment of a person appointed under this section to act within his district, and thereupon the appointment shall be determined. | ||
(4) If any person acts as a private river watcher without having his appointment confirmed under subsection (2) of this section or after his appointment has been revoked under subsection (3) of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds. |