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Apprehension of offenders.
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62.—(1) If, within the Foyle Area, any person (in this section referred to as the offender) is found offending against the provisions of the Fisheries Acts or this Act or the corresponding law of Northern Ireland, the following provisions shall have effect:—
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(a) an authorised person may require the offender to do either or both of the following things—
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(i) desist from such offence;
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(ii) give his name and address;
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(b) if the offender, after being so required, wilfully continues such offence or fails or refuses to give his name and address, the authorised person and any persons acting under his directions may apprehend the offender;
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(c) where the offender is apprehended under this section by an authorised person who is not a member of the Garda Síochána, that person shall, subject to subsection (2) of this section, forthwith deliver the offender into the custody of a member of the Garda Síochána to be dealt with according to law.
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(2) If the authorised person who apprehended the offender or a member of the Garda Síochána into whose custody he has been delivered has reason to believe that—
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(a) the offender is resident in Northern Ireland, and
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(b) the offence is an offence under the said corresponding law of Northern Ireland,
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he may forthwith deliver the offender into the custody of a member of the police forces of Northern Ireland to be dealt with according to that law.
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(3) Where a person is delivered into the custody of a member of the Garda Síochána in purported compliance with a provision of the law of Northern Ireland corresponding to this section, the member shall take him into custody to be dealt with according to law.
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