Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Forfeitures.

Non-obligation of Court to pronounce or record forfeit are where forfeiture falls as a statutory consequence of conviction.

316.—Where—

(a) a person is convicted by a District Justice of an offence under any provision of this Act, and

(b) the said provision provides that a particular thing shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited,

then, notwithstanding any rule of law, it shall not be necessary for the said Justice—

(i) to pronounce the fact of such forfeiture at the time of adjudication, or

(ii) to record the fact of such forfeiture in the Justice's Minute Book or the Charge Sheet or in the order of conviction.