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Chapter II.
Protection of Fishing Waters from Poisoning and Pollution.
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Penalty for steeping flax or hemp in waters or throwing, etc. deleterious matter into waters.
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171.—(1) Any person who—
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(a) steeps in any waters any flax or hemp, or
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(b) throws, empties, permits or causes to fall into any waters any deleterious matter,
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shall, unless such act is done under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Minister under this section, be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or at the discretion of the court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section any flax or hemp found in waters in respect of which the offence was committed shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.
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(3) The Minister, after consultation with the Minister for Industry and Commerce or (in the case of a licence to be granted to a sanitary authority in relation to a sewerage scheme) with the Minister for Local Government, may grant licences for the purposes of this section, may attach conditions to any licence, and may after like consultation revoke any licence.
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