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45. If two or more contiguous portions leased under section 28 or 32, 
or both, be held by the same lessee, the outer limits only of the block 
need to be marked by piles, stakes, or buoys, as directed by these Regu- 
lations, unless the Inspector satisfies the Commissioners that all the 
corners or limits of each such portion ought to be marked. 
46. Every lessee who shall neglect to mark and keep marked. the 
limits of his leased area as required by these Regulations, shall be liable 
to a penalty not exceeding £10. 
47. Any person who destroys, removes, or injures any pile, stake, or 
buoy, marking out the position of a natural oyster-bed, or of any leased 
area, or who defaces or obliterates any letters on any such pile, stake, 
- buoy, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20 for every such 
offence. 
48. No person engaged in dredging oysters on a natural oyster-bed 
shall make fast his warp to any pile, stake, or buoy defining such bed 
under a penalty for each offence not exceeding £2. 
Disposal of forfeited Fish. 
49. Fish ordered to be forfeited to Her Majesty, pursuant to the 
provisions of section 14 or 18, may, at the discretion of the Justice or 
Justices as the case may be, be handed over to the authorities of the 
Benevolent Asylum, or of any hospital or charitable institution nearest 
to the place where such forfeited fish are; but, if such fish are unfit for 
food, such Justice or Justices shall order them to be destroyed. 
Disposal of forfeited Oysters. 
50. Oysters forfeited to the use of Her Majesty, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of section 39 or 46, must be destroyed if unfit for food, but 
otherwise shall be sold by auction, unless the Commissioners direct that 
they shall be laid down on a natural oyster-bed or in some tidal water. 
If sold, the proceeds of sale shall he paid into the General Revenue. 
Disposal of forfeited Nets. 
51. Fishing nets forfeited to the use of Her Majesty pursuant to the 
provisions of section 18 shall be sold by auction, and the proceeds of sale 
shall be paid into the General Revenue ; but such sale shall not take 
place until the expiration of sixty days from the date of the conviction 
under the said section. The Commissioners however may in any case, 
if they shall be of opinion that the offence or default leading to the 
forfeiture was committed or arose through inadvertence or mistake, 
recommend the Governor to restore any forfeited net to its owner. 
Penalties on Breach of Regulations. 
52, Any person who shall commit any act in breach of, or be guilty 
of any default or non-compliance with the requirements: or prohibitions 
of any of the foregoing regulations, shall in every case where no penalty 
or forfeiture has been in such case provided be liable to a penalty not 
exceeding £10. 
