Director empowered to issua instructions as to cultivation of pearl oysters.
(2) Every licence granted under this section shall
(a) specify the cultivation area in respect of which it is
granted; and
(b) be granted subject to any regulations made under
section 16; and
(c) be granted subject to any conditions which may be
specified in such licence by the Director.
(3) Any licence granted under this section shall be liable to cancellation by the Director-
(a) upon the breach of any condition thereof; or
(b) if the Director is satisfied that the licensee is for any reason unable or incompetent to carry out any of the purposes for which the licence was granted or has failed to discharge any of his duties under this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder.
(4) No licence granted under this section shall be construed as granting any right to occupy or to use, except for the purpose- of mooring rafts, any land, whether the same be covered by water or not, or as granting any right to the exclusive use of any waters except in so far as the purpose aforesaid requires.
7. (0) The Director may, from time to time, issue to all or any licensees instructions in writing as to any matter concert- ing the cultivation of pearl oysters or the culture of pearls therein,
(2) In addition to any condition which may under para graph (c) of subsection (2) of section 6 be specified in any licence granted under that section, it shall be a condition of every such licence that the licensee shall carry out, or cause to be carried out, to the satisfaction of the Director, within the cultivation area in respect of which he is licensed, any instructions issued to him under this section.
oysters
8. (1) Except under and in accordance with a licence Pearl granted under this Ordinance, no person shall, within the waters of the Colony-
(a) cultivate any pearl oyster; or (b) culture any pearl.
(a) Any person who acts in contravention of any of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable
(a) for a first offence, to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months; and
(b) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of two hundred thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the temporary removal, for such period as may be necessary in the circumstances, of any raft from a cultivation area to a place of safety owing to stress of weather or to the presence within such area of the phenomenon commonly known as "red tide" or to the imminence of either.
not to be cultivated
except
under
licence.
0. (1) No person shall collect, sell or have in his possession Conserva-
tion of for sale, or be a party to the collection or sale, of any pearl oyster
pearl found within the waters of the Colony which measures less than oysters. 65 millimeters when measured through its thickest part across the valves through a plane drawn at right angles to the hinge:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the collection or sale of pearl oysters of any size which have been cultivated under a licence granted under section 6.
(2) Any person who acts in contravention of any of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable
(4) for a first offence, to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months; and
(b) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of two hundred thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.
10. Any person who-
Protection
of oyster
(4) without the consent of the owner thereof, wilfully moves, beds and
damages or otherwise interferes with any raft; or
Tafta.