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Chapter III.
Protection of Young and Breeding Fish.
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Penalty for taking, etc., spawn, smolts or fry of salmon, trout or eels.
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173.—(1) If any person—
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(a) wilfully takes, sells, purchases, or has in his possession the spawn, smolts or fry of salmon, trout, or eels, or
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(b) wilfully obstructs the passage of the smolts or fry of salmon, trout or eels, or
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(c) injures or disturbs the spawn or fry of salmon, trout or eels, or
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(d) injures or disturbs any spawning bed, bank or shallow where the spawn or fry of salmon, trout or eels may be,
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such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
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(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section any fishing engine or device used in the commission of the offence shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.
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