Sea Fisheries Act 1883 (repealed 19.11.1998)
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4 Punishment for violation of Articles 13 to 22 of Convention, and for other offences.
If within British fishery limits any person, or if outside those limits any person belonging to a British sea-fishing boat, (a) acts in contravention of Articles thirteen to twenty-two (both inclusive) of the first schedule to this Act, or any of them; or (b) causes injury to any person in any one or more of the following ways, namely, by assaulting anyone belonging to another sea-fishing boat, or by causing damage to another sea-fishing boat, or to any property on board thereof, or belonging thereto; or (c) fishes for oysters or has on board his boat any oyster dredge within any seas and during any time within and during which oyster fishing is prohibited by law, or by any convention, treaty, or arrangement to which this Act may be hereafter applied; such person shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty poundslevel 3 on the standard scale, or, in the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, . . .
4 Punishment for violation of Articles 13 to 22 of Convention, and for other offences.
If within British fishery limits any person, or if outside those limits any person belonging to a British sea-fishing boat, (a) acts in contravention of Articles thirteen to twenty-two (both inclusive) of the first schedule to this Act, or any of them; or (b) causes injury to any person in any one or more of the following ways, namely, by assaulting anyone belonging to another sea-fishing boat, or by causing damage to another sea-fishing boat, or to any property on board thereof, or belonging thereto; or (c) fishes for oysters or has on board his boat any oyster dredge within any seas and during any time within and during which oyster fishing is prohibited by law, or by any convention, treaty, or arrangement to which this Act may be hereafter applied; such person shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty poundslevel 3 on the standard scale, or, in the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, . . .
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