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exceeding one hundred dollars and costs, or to imprisonment for a 

 term not exceeding two months; and the fishing apparatus so used, 

 and all fish taken or caught, shall be forfeited, and any fishery officer 

 or the holder of any such lease or license may, on view, forthwith 

 seize and remove any net or apparatus so used, to be dealt with 

 according to law. R. S., c. 95, s. 14. 



85. Every one using purse seines for the capture of fish in any of 

 the waters of Canada, except, as to certain waters in the province of 

 British Columbia, under a special fishery license of the Minister, shall 

 be liable for each offence, to a penalty of not less than fifty dollars, 

 and not exceeding five hundred dollars together with the confisca- 

 tion of the vessel, boat and apparatus used in connection with such 

 capture. 3 E. VII., c. 23, s. 2. 



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87. Every one who, contrary to the provisions of this Act, throws 

 overboard ballast, coal ashes, stones, or other prejudicial or delete- 

 rious substances in any river, harbour or roadstead or any water 

 where fishing is carried on, or throws overboard or lets fall upon any 

 fishing hank or ground, or leaves or deposits or causes to be thrown, 

 left or deposited, upon the shore, beach or bank of any water, or 

 upon the beach between high and low water mark, inside of any 

 tidal estuary, or within two hundred yards of the mouth of any 

 salmon river, remains or offal of fish, or of marine animals, or leaves 

 decayed or decaying fish in any net or other fishing apparatus, shall 

 be liable for each offence, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred 

 dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months; 

 and every one so offending, whether master or servant, and the 

 master or owner of any vessel or boat from which such ballast or 

 offal, or other prejudicial substance is thrown, shall be liable to pen- 

 alty and imprisonment as aforesaid for each such offense. R. S., c. 



88. Every person svho causes or knowingly permits to pass into, 

 or puts or knowingly permits to he put, lime, chemical substan< 

 or drugs, poisonous matter, dead or decaying fish, or remnants 

 thereof, mill rubbish or sawdust or any other deleterious substance, 

 in any water frequented by any of the kinds of fish mentioned in 

 this Act, shall he liable, for a first-offence, to a penalty of twenty 

 dollars and costs; For the second offence, to a penaltynoJ exceeding 

 forty dollars and costs, and also in addition thereto a further penalty 

 not exceeding ten dollars for c\cvy day during which such offence is 

 continued; and for the t lord or any subsequenl offence, to a penalty 

 not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs, and also in addition 

 thereto a further penalty not exceeding twenty dollars (ov every day 

 during which such offence is continued. 58 59 \ .. c. 27, a. 1. 



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92. All vessels, boats, canoes, rails, vehicles of any description, 

 nets, fishii u, materials, implements or appliances used in viola- 



tion of this Act or any regulation under it, and anj fish or 

 marine animal taken, caught, killed, conveyed, bought, sold or had 

 in posse ion in violation of this Acl or any regulation under it, and 

 all other fish, shell-fish or marine animals otherwi e legally la! en. 

 ight, killed, conveyed, bought, sold, or had in p ion, and oi 



wl nd description, which are intermixed therewith, shall 



he- cated to His Maji ty, and ma} be seized and confiscated, on 



