Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

PART XI.

Miscellaneous Provisions Inrelation to Salmon and Fresh-Water Fisheries.

Chapter I.

Prohibition of Certain Methods of Fishing for, and of Practices Liable to Destroy Salmon and Other Fish.

Penalty for using deleterious matter for capture, etc., of fish or having possession of deleterious matter with intent to use it in capture etc., of fish.

164.—(1) Any person who—

(a) uses in any waters any deleterious matter for the capture, destruction or injury of fish, or

(b) has in his possession or control on the bank of or near any waters any deleterious matter with intent to use it in the capture, destruction or injury of fish,

shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or at the discretion of the court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section any deleterious matter found in his possession or control in respect of which the offence was committed shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.