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[Subsidiary] Inspection of rafts,
Protection of Pteria oysters. G.N.A. 85/60.
Conservation of pearl oysters.
Penalties.
CAP. 307] Pearl Culture (Control) Regulations
(1981 Ed.
17. (1) The Director and any person authorized in that behalf by him may at any time by day or by night inspect any raft including all moorings, marks, cages and other equipment whatsoever ancillary thereto.
(2) If any person resists or obstructs any inspection authorized by paragraph (1), he shall be guilty of an offence against this regulation.
18. (1) No person shall wilfully kill, or cause to be killed, any oyster of the genus Pteria which measures less than 57 millimetres when measured through a plane drawn at right angles to the hinge.
(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of $10,000 and 6 months imprisonment.
19. For the purpose of conserving the natural stocks of pearl oysters in the waters of the Colony, the Director may from time to time by notification in the Gazette prohibit the collection of pearl oysters, or restrict the number of pearl oysters which may be collected, in any particular area or areas specified by him in such notification during such periods or during such seasons as may be specified in such notification.
20. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of regulations 10 to 17 inclusive shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of $500 and in the case of a continuing offence to a further daily penalty of $10; and in the case of any contravention of any notification made under regulation 19 to a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for 6 months and in the case of a continuing offence to a further daily penalty of $50 a day.