Foyle Fisheries Act, 1952

Powers in relation to fishing engines, etc.

63.—Where an authorised person finds—

(a) during the annual close season or the weekly close time—

(i) any passage in any fishing engine or contrivance closed or obstructed, or

(ii) any fishing engine or other contrivance whatsoever placed or used in contravention of this Act or any instrument made thereunder, or

(b) at any time, any obstruction in a fish pass, or

(c) at any time, any obstruction in the waste gate appurtenant to any mill or factory when such waste gate is required by law to be open,

he may open such passages and remove such obstructions, doing no unnecessary damage, and seize and remove all things so found or used contrary to the provisions of the Fisheries Acts or this Act or any instrument made thereunder.