# Tweed Fisheries Act 1857, Section LX: To prevent beating the Water.


Every Person who beats the Water, or places, uses, or sets any White Object or any Net or other Thing whatsoever in, over, or across the River, so as to prevent or for the Purpose of preventing Salmon from entering or from going up or down the River or any Part thereof, or who in any other Way or Manner prevents or obstructs Salmon from entering or going up and down the River, shall for the First Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding £25level 2 on the standard scale, and for every subsequent Offence to a Penalty not exceeding £50level 2 on the standard scale, and the Net or Object or Thing so placed, used, or set may be seized and forfeited.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/20-21/148/section/LX (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tweed-fisheries-act-1857/section-LX
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