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Restrictions on taking oysters.
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277.—(1) If any person takes in a fishery district any oysters from an oyster fishery otherwise than by means of an oyster fishing engine in respect of which there is for the time being in force an oyster fishing licence authorising the use of such oyster fishing engine in that fishery district, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine of not less than double and not more than treble the licence duty for the time being payable in respect of an oyster fishing licence.
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(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section and an oyster fishing engine was used in the commission of such offence, such oyster fishing engine shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.
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