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Penalty for use of nets during annual close season for salmon and trout.
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132.—(1) If any person, during the annual close season for salmon and trout, does any of the following things—
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(a) places, affixes or attaches any net to any stake, bridge, sluice or lock gates of a canal or other such fixed erections, or
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(b) lays, draws or fishes with any net whatsoever, except a net being lawfully used for the taking of eels,
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such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction 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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