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PART XI.
Miscellaneous Provisions Inrelation to Salmon and Fresh-Water Fisheries.
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Chapter I.
Prohibition of Certain Methods of Fishing for, and of Practices Liable to Destroy Salmon and Other Fish.
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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.
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164.—(1) Any person who—
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(a) uses in any waters any deleterious matter for the capture, destruction or injury of fish, or
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(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,
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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.
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(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.
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