Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Penalty for dredging, etc. during the close season for oysters or during period specified in bye-law made under section 272.

273.—(1) If any person in any locality dredges for, takes, catches, destroys, has in his possession or custody, sells or buys any oyster or oyster brood during the period which is in relation to that locality the close season for oysters or during any period specified in a bye-law relating to that locality made under section 272 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 ten shillings and not more than five pounds.

(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, any oysters or oyster brood in respect of which the offence was committed shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall be construed as rendering unlawful—

(a) the removing, during the close season for oysters, of oyster brood from any oyster bed by the proprietor thereof or any person deriving under him, or

(b) the laying down, during the close season for oysters, of oyster brood in any oyster bed by the proprietor thereof or any person deriving under him.