Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000

Amendment of section 58 (right to hunt on or over territorial seas of State vested in State) of Principal Act.

61.—Section 58 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following for subsection (3):

“(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) of this section shall—

(a) commit a trespass, and

(b) be guilty of an offence.”,

and

(b) by the substitution of the following for subsection (4):

“(4) Nothing in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section shall operate to prejudice any legal proceedings which may be instituted apart from that paragraph and a person who contravenes subsection (2) of this section may, if the Minister thinks fit, be sued by the Minister for trespass in any court of competent jurisdiction and for the purpose of giving jurisdiction under this Act the trespass shall be deemed to have been committed where the person complained against may be.”.