# Theft Act 1968, Paragraph 2: Taking or destroying fish

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(1) A person who unlawfully takes or destroys, or attempts to take or destroy, any fish in water which is private property or in which there is any private right of fishery shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) The court by which a person is convicted of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) above may order the forfeiture of anything which, at the time of the offence, he had with him for use for taking or destroying fish.
(4) Any person may arrest without warrant anyone who is, or whom he, with reasonable cause, suspects to be, committing an offence under sub-paragraph (1) above, and may seize from any person who is, or whom he, with reasonable cause, suspects to be, committing any offence under this paragraph anything which on that person’s conviction of the offence would be liable to be forfeited under sub-paragraph (3) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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