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Payments to boards of conservators and (in certain cases) Garda Síochána Reward Fund in respect of proceeds of certain forfeitures.
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318.—(1) Where in—
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(a) any thing is forfeited under any section of this Act (other than one contained in Part XIII, XV or XVI or under any bye-law made under section 9 and relating to salmon, trout or eels, or any thing (being a fishing engine for the capture of salmon, trout or eels) is forfeited under paragraph (b) of section 302, and
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(b) such thing is sold by direction of the Minister under section 317,
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the following provisions shall apply—
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(i) in case it appears to the Minister that a member of the Garda Síochána seized such thing or was the means of bringing to justice the person committing the offence which resulted in such forfeiture, there shall be paid—
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(I) to the board of conservators of the fishery district in which the offence was committed a sum equal to two-thirds of the net proceeds of such sale, and
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(II) into the Garda Síochána Reward Fund a sum equal to one-third of the said net proceeds,
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(ii) in any other case there shall be paid to the said board of conservators a sum equal to the said net proceeds.
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(2) All moneys payable under subsection (1) of this section shall be paid by the Minister out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas at such times as he thinks fit.
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