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Offences and provisions relating to the recovery
Defences (Firing Areas).
(a) no person shall enter or remain within the area, nor bring, take or suffer to remain therein any vessel, aircraft or thing, except as provided in section 10;
(b) no vessel shall be employed in fishing in the area;
(c) no pleasure boat shall cruise in the area;
(d) no vessel shall anchor or remain anchored in or ground on the area;
(e) no aircraft shall alight on, remain in or travel upon the area;
(f) in the event of any vessel or aircraft being from any cause within the area, the master or pilot or other person in charge thereof shall use his utmost endeavours to pass out of the area without loss of time.
7. No person shall trawl, dredge or search for or otherwise interfere with any shot, shell or other projectile or portions thereof within any of the firing areas, or take or retain, or be in possession of, any such shot, shell or other projectile, or portions thereof, found within any of such areas. Any person who, when trawling, dredging, or in any manner whatsoever, shall come into possession of any such shot, shell or other projectile, or any portion thereof, within any of the areas, shall not retain it, but shall immediately return it in its existing condition, and without tampering with it, into the water: Provided, nevertheless, that the provisions of this section shall not apply in cases of persons who recover projectiles under written instructions from the local naval or military authorities.
Penalty for offences.
8. (1) Any person doing anything prohibited by or otherwise contravening section 6 or 7 shall be deemed to commit an offence.
55 & 56 Vict., c. 43, s. 17(2).
26 of 1946, Schedule.
(2) If any person commits an offence against this Ordinance he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars, and may be removed by any officer authorized by section 9 from the areas to which the Ordinance applies, and taken into custody without warrant, and brought before a magistrate to be dealt with according to law, and any vessel or thing found in the areas in contravention of this Ordinance may be removed by such officer as aforesaid and on due proof of such contravention may be declared by a magistrate to be forfeited to His Majesty.
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