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are reared or kept in captivity for food 

 during the close time is prohibited. 

 (Section i.) 



(2) For proprietors, or those having written per- 



mission to fish, to do any of the acts made 

 illegal for other persons by the 1 860 Act ; 

 except ( i ) that all the proprietors of a pond 

 or loch may agree to net " trout," and (2) that 

 a net may be used for scientific, breeding, or 

 restocking purposes. (Section 2.) 



(3) To use or attempt to use dynamite or other 



explosive to catch or destroy "fish" in any 

 river, water, or loch. (Section 3.) 



Powers of Keepers and Water Bailiffs 



Keeping in view previous general remarks when 

 considering the Salmon Acts, it may suffice to say 

 generally that one may take any lawful steps to protect 

 one's property. The 1845 Act (Section 4), however, 

 gives to any person, without other authority than the 

 Act, a right brevi manu to seize offenders against the 

 Act and carry them before a Sheriff or Justice of the 

 Peace, or hand them over to the police to be summarily 

 dealt with. Power to seize boat, net, and fish is also 

 given. The 1860 Act (Section 3) gives power only 

 to proprietors, and to any persons authorised by them, 

 to seize boats, nets, and other tackle used in contraven- 

 ing that Act, and any fish taken. Both these Acts are 

 to be read along with the 1902 Act in all matters not 



