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Amendment of section 182 of Principal Act.
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13.—Section 182 of the Principal Act is hereby amended in paragraph (e) of subsection (2) by the substitution of the following sub-paragraph for subparagraph (iii) of that paragraph:
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“(iii) he proves that the trout was captured by the holder of a licence to fish with rod and line for trout or that it was captured by a person to whom subsection (2) of section 66 (as amended by the Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1987) related at the time of the capture, and”,
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and the said paragraph (e), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.
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TABLE
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(e) Where—
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(i) a person is charged with an offence under this subsection in relation to a trout, and
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(ii) he proves that the trout was captured by rod and line at a particular place during a period other than the annual close season for angling for trout at that place, and
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(iii) he proves that the trout was captured by the holder of a licence to fish with rod and line for trout or that it was captured by a person to whom subsection (2) of section 66 (as amended by the Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1987) related at the time of the capture, and
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(iv) he proves that otherwise the trout was lawfully captured,
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the charge against him shall be dismissed.
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