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PART VII.
Regulations as to Nets.
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Restrictions on use of nets.
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91.—(1) If any person—
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(a) makes use of or fishes with any net formed with a false bottom (except nets for the taking of eels), or
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(b) places two or more nets one behind the other, or
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(c) uses any nets covered with canvas, hide, or other substance for the purpose of taking undersized fish, or
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(d) affixes or keeps up continued nets stretched across any river,
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such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
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(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the net in respect of which the offence was committed shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.
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