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Fisheries Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Offences and Penalties
Fisheries Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Offences and Penalties
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The Director and Deputy Director of Fisheries and any police officer not below the rank of Superintendent may compound any offence against this Act, except an offence under section 17(1) or 18, by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed that offence a sum of money not exceeding $1,000.
[S 81/2010]
Where a fishing appliance and any fish caught is the subject matter of any offence compounded under subsection (1), such fishing appliance and any fish caught may be confiscated and disposed of as directed by the Director.
fishing appliance
“fishing appliance” includes a fishing net, fishing trap, fishing stakes and any gear, with or without floats, buoys or sinkers, designed for capturing fish and includes any such gear of hook-and-line type;
Fisheries
fish
“fish” means any aquatic animal or plant life, whether sedentary or not, and includes all species of fin fish, crustacean, molluscs, aquatic mammals or their eggs or spawn, fry, fingerling, spat or young, but does not include any species of otters, turtles or their eggs;
fishing appliance
“fishing appliance” includes a fishing net, fishing trap, fishing stakes and any gear, with or without floats, buoys or sinkers, designed for capturing fish and includes any such gear of hook-and-line type;
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