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Penalty for use on the sea coast or within estuary of nets covered with canvas, etc.
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237.—(1) If, on the sea coast or within any estuary, any person, except for the purpose of dredging for shell fish, uses any fishing engine, covered with canvas, hide or other material, by which undersized fish may be taken or destroyed, 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, any fishing engine in respect of which the offence was committed shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.
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