Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

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Chapter II.

Licences for Fishing in Special Tidal Waters.

Penalty for fishing in special tidal waters by unlicensed person.

73.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to use in any special tidal waters any kind of fishing engine for the taking of salmon or trout, unless such person is the holder of a special local licence for the time being in force authorising such person to use in such tidal waters a fishing engine of that particular kind.

(2) If any person uses in contravention of this section in any special tidal waters any fishing engine for the taking of salmon or trout, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to, in case the Minister has authorised the issue of special local licences to use in such tidal waters a fishing engine for the taking of salmon or trout of the kind so used by such persons, a fine not exceeding three times the appropriate special local licence duty in respect of such special local licences and, in any other case, a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.

(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section the fishing engine in respect of which the offence was committed shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.