Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Penalty for preventing fish from passing through boxes during weekly close time.

141.—If any person, during the weekly close time,—

(a) uses any means or contrivance to prevent the free passage of fish through any box, gap or sluice gate in a fishing weir or fishing mill dam or through any fixed engine, or

(b) in any way wilfully frightens or scares or attempts to frighten or scare any fish from passing through such box, gap or sluice gate, or through the traps or eyes of such fixed engine,

such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine of not less than ten pounds and not more than fifty pounds.