Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959
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Other offences in relation to sea-fishing boats within the exclusive fishery limits of the State. |
224.—(1) If— | |
(a) any sea-fishing boat to which Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 , applies is found within the exclusive fishery limits of the State without having on board the official papers issued in pursuance of the said Act in respect of such boat, or | ||
(b) any other sea-fishing boat is found within the exclusive fishery limits of the State without having on board official papers evidencing the nationality of such boat, | ||
the master of such boat shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be punishable accordingly. | ||
(2) If any sea-fishing boat to which Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 , applies which is not lettered and numbered in accordance with regulations for lettering and numbering sea-fishing boats made under the said Act and applicable to such boat enters within the exclusive fishery limits of the State, the master of such sea-fishing boat shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be punishable accordingly. | ||
(3) If any sea-fishing boat within the exclusive fishery limits of the State fails to observe the provisions, relating to lights to be carried and exhibited, of the regulations for the prevention of collisions at sea made under section 418 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 , and applicable to such boat, the master of such boat shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be punishable accordingly. | ||
(4) Where an act or omission constitutes an offence under this section and also under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 , the offender may be prosecuted and punished under this section or under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 . | ||
(5) Every person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds. |