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14 1959

FISHERIES (CONSOLIDATION) ACT, 1959

PART XVI.

Crabs.

Penalty for taking, etc. certain edible crabs.

285. —(1) If any person takes, has in his possession, sells, exposes for sale, consigns for sale or buys for sale—

(a) any edible crab by whatever name known, carrying any spawn attached to the tail or other exterior part of the crab, or

(b) any edible crab by whatever name known which has recently cast its shell,

such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to, in the case of a first offence under this section, a fine not exceeding two pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence under this section, a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, any crab in respect of which the offence was committed shall as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.

(3) Where a person is charged with an offence under this section in relation to any edible crab, it shall be a good defence to prove that the crab was intended for bait for fishing.