{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-act-1970/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-act-1970/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1970/30",
  "legislation_title": "Conservation of Seals Act 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-act-1970",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Forfeitures.",
  "text": "The court by which a person is convicted of an offence under this Act may order the forfeiture of\n(a) any seal or seal skin in respect of which the offence was committed;\n(b) any item (but not a vehicle or boat) or substance used in connection with the commission of the offence;\n(c) any seal, seal skin, poisonous or explosive substance, explosive article, firearm or ammunition, in the person's possession at the time of the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6(a)-(c) substituted for words (1.3.2021) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(5), Sch. 9 para. 6 (with Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/30/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:10.851947+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}