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Section 23. — Kny one to whom the issue or modification of a fishery 

 license has been refused or who may consider himself aggrieved by any 

 decision under sections 8 or 9 or paragraph 2 of section 14 may present an 

 objection petition to the authorities. 



Any person aggrieved by the decisio}i on such objectioQ petition may 

 appeal (file a suit ?) to the Civil Courts. 



Section 24. — Any person considering himself injured by the wrongful 

 issue of a license or by a wrongful modification thereof, may file a suit in 

 the Civil Courts. 



Section 25, — In case of disputes between fishermen as to the boundaries 

 of fishing grounds or the limits of any fishing rights or methods, the parties 

 may apply to the local authorities for the decision of such dispute. Either 

 party may sue in the Civil Courts against such decision. 



Section 26. — Any person fishing without a license in cases where license 

 is required, or during any period of suspension of such license or in contra- 

 vention of the conditions or limit.s settled by such license, shall be liable to 

 fine not exceeding Es. 150 (100 yen), and to the confiscation of all fishing 

 gear employed in such illicit fishing and of the products thereof. 



Section 27. — The owner or possessor of the right of fisheiy shall be held 

 responsible for the acts of his employees, and penalties due under section 26 

 shall be levied from liim. 



Section 28. — Any person trespassing upon rights of fishery conferred by 

 sections 3 and 4 shall be liable to fine not exceeding Es. 150 upon the 

 complaint of the owner or possessor of the rights trespassed upon. 



Section 29. — Any one destroying or removing marks denoting a fishing 

 ground shall be liable to fine not exceeding Es. 45. 



The above law is supplemented bv 75 sections of regulations issued by 

 Government for the due carrying out of the law. 



