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FISHERIES (IRELAND) ACT 1842 - SECT 86

Officers and men of Her Majesty's cruisers, and officers and men of coast guard service, may enforce provisions of this Act.

86. It shall and may be lawful for such officers and petty officers belonging
to the cruisers of Her Majesty's navy, and for such officers and men of the
coast guard stations as shall be thereunto authorized by the commissioners of
Her Majesty's customs, at such times and in all such places, and subject to
such directions and regulations, as the said commissioners of customs shall
from time to time think fit to prescribe, to go on board any vessel employed
in fishing, and examine the certificate of registry and nets of such vessel,
and whether the regulations of this Act have been complied with, and whether
the master and other persons on board such vessel are carrying on the said
fishery in the manner hereby required, and to seize any illegal nets or
engines, or any nets or engines used contrary to the provisions of this Act,
or any of the orders, regulations, or bye laws made by said commissioners; and
it shall be lawful for the officers and men employed in the coast guard
service in Ireland to execute, for the purposes of this Act, on sea or on
land, the warrants of any justice or justices, as fully and effectually as any
person or persons authorized and empowered to execute warrants of any justice
or justices in Ireland may now execute the same on land within their
respective districts, and also to do all such other acts on sea or land in
relation to the preservation of the peace among persons engaged in fishing,
and the enforcement of the provisions of this Act, as any constable may
lawfully do within his jurisdiction.

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