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FOYLE FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1952 - SECT 61

Apprehension of offenders.

61.(1) If, within the Foyle Area, any person (in this section referred to as
the offender) is found offending against the provisions of the Fisheries Acts
or this Act or the corresponding law of the Republic of Ireland, the following
provisions shall have effect:

(a)an authorised person may require the offender to do either or both of the
following things

(i)desist from such offence;

(ii)give his name and address;

(b)if the offender, after being so required, wilfully continues such offence
or fails or refuses to give his name and address, the authorised person and
any persons acting under his directions may apprehend the offender;

(c)where the offender is apprehended under this section by an
authorised person who is not a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, that
person shall, subject to sub-section (2) of this section, forthwith deliver
the offender into the custody of a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary to
be dealt with according to law.

(2) If the authorised person who apprehended the offender or a member of the
Royal Ulster Constabulary into whose custody he has been delivered has reason
to believe that

(a)the offender is resident in the Republic of Ireland, and

(b)the offence is an offence under the said corresponding law of the Republic
of Ireland,

(3) Where a person is delivered into the custody of a member of the Royal
Ulster Constabulary in purported compliance with a provision of the law of the
Republic of Ireland corresponding to this section, the member shall take him
into custody to be dealt with according to law.


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