# Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868, Section 21: Penalty for buying or selling salmon in close time.


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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/31-32/123/section/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-fisheries-scotland-act-1868/section-21
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