Proviso. 
Penalty for 
contravention 
of Act where 
no special 
penalty. 
Separate 
offences. 
Provisions 
wit 
respect to 
summary 
proceedings. 
or assists another person, to remove or carry away any fish 
caught within such limits, he shall not acquire any right 
to the fish so caught, but the same shall be forfeited and become 
the absolute property of the lessee, and such person shall 
therefor, and upon conviction thereof incur and pay a 
penalty of not less than $5 or more than $20 with costs 
of prosecution, and in default of immediate payment of such 
fine and costs shall be imprisoned in the common gaol of the 
county within which the offence was committed for a period 
not exceeding one month; and the lessee or any person by him 
authorized, and any Fishery Overseer, may upon his own view 
forthwith seize and remove any net, article or apparatus so 
used in fishing or to assist in fishing contrary to the provisions of 
this section, to be afterwards dealt with according to law ; pro- 
vided always, that the occupation of any fishing grounds or 
waters leased for the express purpose of net fishing, shall not 
interfere with nor prevent angling for other purposes than those 
of trade or commerce. 48 V.c. 9, s. 27. 
2%. If any of the provisions of this Act or of any regula 
tions made under the authority thereof by the Lieutenant- 
Governor in Council, are contravened and no other penalty is 
herein provided for such contravention, the person guilty of 
such contravention shall on conviction thereof incur and 
pay a fine of not more than $20 with costs of prosecu- 
tion, and in default of immediate payment of such fine and 
costs shall be imprisoned in the common gaol of the county 
within which the offence was committed, for a period not 
exceeding one month. 48 V.c.9,s 28. 
28. Contravention on any day of any of the provisions of 
this Act, or of any regulation made under the authority thereof 
by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, shall constitute a 
separate offence, and may be punished accordingly. 48 V.c. 
9,s. 29. 
29. The following provisions shall have effect with respect 
to summary proceedings for offences, fines and penalties under 
this Act ; 
1. The information shall be laid within two months after 
the commission of the offence ; 
2. The description of an offence in the words either of this 
Act or of any regulations made by authority thereof, or in 
any similar words, shall be sufficient in law ; 
3. Any exception, exemption, proviso, excuse or qualifica- 
tion, whether it does or not accompany the description of the 
offence in this Act, or in any regulation made by authority 
thereof, may be proved by thedefendant, but need not be specified 
or negatived in the information or complaint, and if so specified 
