Section 41
Substitution of section 53
of Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2025
The principal Act is amended by substituting for section 53
the following section:
“Obstruction of authorized officer
Quoted provision
Section 53
Any person who—
(a)
refuses any authorized officer access to any place, fishing vessel or conveyance which the authorized officer is entitled to have under this Act or any of its subsidiary legislation or in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred by this Act;
(b)
assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays any authorized officer in effecting any entry which the authorized officer is entitled to effect under this Act or in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred by this Act; or
(c)
refuses any authorized officer any information relating to an offence or suspected offence under this Act or any of its subsidiary legislation or any other information which may reasonably be required of him and which he has in his knowledge or power to give, shall be guilty of an offence.”.