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Penalty for certain fishing with rod and line by unlicensed person.
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4.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following section for section 66:
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“66. (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, if any person fishes for or takes or kills any salmon, trout and coarse fish or any of them with rod and line in any fishery district and such person is not the holder of—
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(a) in the case of such salmon, a salmon rod ordinary licence or a composite freshwater angling ordinary licence,
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(b) in the case of such trout, a trout rod ordinary licence or a composite freshwater angling ordinary licence,
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(c) in the case of such coarse fish, a coarse fish rod ordinary licence or a composite freshwater angling ordinary licence,
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which is for the time being in force, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
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(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply in respect of the fishing for or taking or killing, by a person who has not reached his eighteenth birthday or has reached his sixty-sixth birthday, of any trout with one rod and line or of any coarse fish with one or two rods and lines.
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(3) A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
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(a) on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding £500,
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(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding £2,000 or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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(4) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, any rod and line in respect of which the offence was committed shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.”.
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