Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Division II.

Prohibition of export of salmon caught at certain times.

Prohibition of export of salmon caught at certain times.

135.—(1) If any person exports or attempts to export any salmon caught during the time at which the capture of salmon is prohibited by law in the waters where such first-mentioned salmon was caught, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds for each salmon so exported or attempted to be exported.

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