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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 98

Penalty for fishing otherwise than by rod and line for salmon or trout during the weekly close time.

98.(1) Subject to subsection (2), if, during the weekly close time, any person
fishes for, takes or wilfully kills salmon or trout he shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding
[#500] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such
fine and such imprisonment.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the lawful use of a rod and line for the
taking of salmon or trout otherwise than during
the annual close season for angling for salmon or, as the case may be,
the annual close season for angling for trout.

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