Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

PART XVII.

Penalties for Miscellaneous Offences.

Penalty for three or more persons using violence, etc. towards persons lawfully prosecuting a fishery.

286.—If three or more persons, by violence, intimidation or menace, impede or obstruct or attempt to impede or obstruct any person in the lawful prosecution of a fishery the offenders and every person then and there aiding or abetting them shall each be guilty of an offence under this section and shall each be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.