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Alteration of certain penalties under Principal Act.
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3.—(1) A person convicted by the District Court of an offence for which a penalty is provided in any section of the Principal Act specified in column (2) of the Table to this section at any reference number shall, in lieu of so much of the penalty so provided as consists of a fine, imprisonment, a fine or imprisonment, or a fine and imprisonment, be liable to the appropriate penalty specified in column (3) of the said Table at that reference number, and that section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.
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(2) A person convicted on indictment of an offence under section 41 (inserted by section 3 of the Act of 1961) of the Principal Act shall, in lieu of the penalty specified in subsection (4) (b) of that section, be liable to a fine not exceeding £2,000, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years or both such fine and such imprisonment, and the said section 41 shall be construed and have effect accordingly.
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(3) A person convicted on indictment of an offence under section 52A (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1961) of the Principal Actshall, in lieu of the penalty specified in subsection (2) (b) of that section, be liable to a fine not exceeding £2,000, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years or both such fine and such imprisonment, and the said section 52A shall be construed and have effect accordingly.
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(4) This section shall have effect as respects offences committed after the commencement of this Act.
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TABLE
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Ref. No.
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Section of Principal Act
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Penalty
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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1.
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35, 49.
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A fine (not exceeding in all £600) of an amount not exceeding £500 together with an amount not exceeding £50 for each salmon and £10 for each trout in respect of which the offence under the section is committed or imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or both such fine and such imprisonment.
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2.
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41, 43, 52A, 67.
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A fine not exceeding £500 or imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or both such fine and such imprisonment.
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3.
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56(4).
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A fine not exceeding £200.
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4.
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69.
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A fine not exceeding £500 and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine (not exceeding in all £600) not exceeding £50 for each day during which the offence continues after conviction thereof.
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5.
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83(3).
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A fine not exceeding £200 or imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months or both such fine and such imprisonment.
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