Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Penalty for fishing for or taking salmon with rod and line by unlicensed person.

66.—(1) If—

(a) any person fishes for or takes or kills salmon with rod and line in a fishery district and

(b) such person is not the holder of a salmon rod ordinary licence which is for the time being in force and is available for use in that fishery district,

such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than double and not more than treble the ordinary licence duty for the time being payable in respect of a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence, other than a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence to which subsection (2) of section 68 applies.

(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the rod and line in respect of which the offence was committed shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.