§ (1)The Department may, if they think fit, grant to any person a licence authorising him for the purposes of artificial propagation or cultivation, or for scientific purposes, to take or have in his possession, whether during an open or close season, any salmon or trout, or to take, sell, purchase, or have in his possession the ova or fry of salmon or of trout or the fry of eels.
§ (2) A licence under this Section shall contain such conditions as may be imposed therein by the Department, and may authorise the taking of fish by any means defined therein.
§ (3)If any person having a licence under this Section acts in contravention of any condition contained in his licence, he shall be liable, n summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, and the licence shall, upon any such conviction, become null and void.
§ (4) Section sixteen of the Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1869 (which imposes penalties for fishing with fixed engines), shall not apply in the case of a person 2524 using any such engine under the authority and in accordance with the conditions of a licence under this Section.
§ (5) So much of Section twenty-two of the Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act, 1863, as exempts from the application of that Act persons catching, or otherwise dealing with, fish, for the purposes in the said Section mentioned shall be repealed.
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELL moved to leave out the Clause.
§ Motion agreed to.
| SCHEDULE. | ||
| Acts Repealed. | ||
| Session and Chapter. | Short Title. | Extent of Repeal. |
| 5 & 6 Vic. c. 106. | The Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1842. | Section thirty, four. |
| 11 & 12 Vic. c. 92. | The Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1848. | Section thirty-nine so far as unrepealed. |
| 26 & 27 Vic. c. 114. | The Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act, 1863. | Sect'n twenty-two down to "purposes and." |
| 58 & 59 Vic. c. 29. | The Fisheries Close Season (Ireland) Act, 1895. | The whole Act. |
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELL moved to omit "26 and 27 Vict. c. 114. The Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act, 1865, Section 22, down to 'purposes and.' "
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill reported; as amended, to be considered upon Monday, 30th August.
§ Whereupon Mr. SPEAKER, in pursuance of the Order made Friday, 20th August, adjourned the House without Question put.
§ Adjourned at Twenty Minutes after Five o'clock, till Monday next 30th August.