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Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868

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26Sheriff or Justice may-grant Warrant to search Premises.

It shall he lawful for the Sheriff or any Justice of the Peace, upon an Information on Oath that there is probable Cause to suspect any Breach of the Provisions of this Act to have been committed on any Premises, or any Salmon illegally taken, or any illegal Nets or other Engines or Instruments, to be concealed on any Premises, by Warrant under his Hand to authorize and empower any Water Bailiff, Constable, Watcher, or other Officer of the Board, or Police Officer, to enter such Premises for the Purpose of detecting such Offence, or" such concealed Fish or Instruments, at such Time or Times in the Day or Night as in such Warrant may be mentioned, and to seize all illegal Nets, Engines, or other Instruments, or any Salmon illegally taken, that may be found on such Premises ; provided that no such Warrant shall continue in force for more than One Week from the Date thereof.

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