Section 52
Temporarily release of vessel, etc.
of Fisheries (Adoption) Ordinance, 1994
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(1)
Where any vessel, vehicle, fish, article or thing is seized under this Ordinance, the State Fisheries Officer may temporarily return the vessel, vehicle, fish, article or thing to the owner thereof or to the person from whose possession, custody or control it was seized, subject to such terms and conditions (including the suspension of a licence or permit issued under this Ordinance) as the State Fisheries Officer may impose and subject, in any case, to sufficient security being furnished to the satisfaction of the State
Fisheries Officer that the vessel, vehicle, fish, article or thing shall be surrendered to him on demand and that the said terms and conditions, if any, shall be complied with.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), the security to be furnished thereunder shall not be less than the aggregate value of the vessel (including its equipment, furniture, appurtenances, stores, cargo and fishing appliance), vehicle, fish, article or thing which has been seized.
(3)
Any person who—
(a)
fails to surrender on demand to the State Fisheries
Officer the vessel, vehicle, fish, article or thing temporarily returned to him under subsection (1); or
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(b)
fails to comply with or contravenes any of the terms or conditions imposed under subsection (1), shall be guilty of an offence.