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Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868
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28Board and its Officers to have Access to examine Dams, Weirs, &c.
Any Member of the District Board, or "Water Bailiff, Constable, Watcher, or Officer of the Board, or any Police Officer, may examine any Dam, Weir, Cruive, or Fixed Engine -within the Limits of the District, or any artificial Watercourse in that District; and any Owner or Occupier of any such Dam, Weir, Cruive, or Fixed Engine, or artificial Watercourse, refusing Access thereto to any such Member of the Board, Water Bailiff, Constable, or Officer of the Board, or any Police Officer, shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding five Pounds for each Offence; and any Member of the Board, or Water Bailiff, Constable, Watcher, or Officer of the Board, or any Police Officer, may search all Boats, Nets, Baskets, or Bags and other Instruments used in fishing for Salmon, or which he may have reason to suspect may contain Salmon illegally taken, and he may seize all illegal Nets, or Nets being used illegally, and other Instruments of fishing, and all Pish and other Articles liable to be forfeited under the Provisions of this Act, and generally may act as a Constable for the Enforcement of the Provisions of this Act, and when so acting shall be deemed to be a Constable.
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