Section 39

The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 51

the following section:

“No costs or damages arising from seizure to be recoverable 51a.  No person shall, in any proceedings before any court in respect of the seizure of any fishing vessel, conveyance, article or thing seized in the exercise or the purported exercise of any power conferred under this Act, be entitled to the costs of such proceedings or to any damages or other relief.”.