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Marking of packages containing salmon or trout.
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183.—(1) Every package containing salmon or trout in course of transit in the State shall be marked conspicuously on the outside with the words “salmon and trout”, or the word “salmon” or the word “trout”, as the case may require, and shall also have marked thereon or on a label affixed thereto the name and address of the consignor.
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(2) Every person who sends or consigns for transit in the State any package containing salmon or trout which is not marked in the manner required by this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
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(3) Every person who carries for reward by land in the State or by sea from any port in the State any package containing salmon or trout which is not marked in the manner required by this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section unless he proves that he did not know and could not reasonably have known that such package contained salmon or trout.
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(4) Every person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction thereof in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceding ten pounds and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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(5) For the purpose of this section a package shall be deemed to be in course of transit in the State when the same is being carried by any means whatsoever from any premises or place in the State to any other premises or place within or outside the State or is in any place, public or private, in the course of or for the purpose of such carriage.
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