Section 21 Penalty for buying or selling salmon in close time.C2C1
Any person who shall buy, sell, or expose for sale, or have in his possession, any salmon taken within the limits of this Act between the commencement of the latest and the termination of the earliest annual close time which is in force at the time for any district, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and to a further penalty not exceeding two pounds for every salmon so bought, sold, or exposed for sale, or in his possession; and any salmon so bought, sold, or exposed for sale, or in his possession, shall be forfeited; and the burden of proving that any such salmon was caught beyond the limits of this Act shall lie on the person selling or exposing the same for sale, or having the same in his possession.
Annotations
Modifications
- C1
S. 21 amended by Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 22), ss. 6, 7, Sch. 2, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 5(e)
- C2
S. 21 amended by Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29, SIF 52:1), s. 33(5), Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 23
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Preamble (which recites Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862 (c. 97), Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1863 (c. 50) and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1864 (c. 118)) omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)
- F2
The whole Act (except ss. 1, 11, 15, 18–24, 26, 27, 29, 31–36, 41) (with saving for s. 13) repealed by Salmon Act 1986 (c. 62, SIF 52:2), ss. 30(1), 41, Sch. 5
- F3
Act repealed (except in relation to the River Tweed and the Upper Esk) (1.4.2005) by Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15), s. 71(2), sch. 4 Pt. 2 (with s. 71(3)(4)(6)); S.S.I. 2005/174, art. 2
- F4
Act repealed in relation to the Tweed District (15.11.2006) by The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2913), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 Pt. 2 (with art. 1(3))