Western Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO. 4 OF 2004) - SECT 69

69 .         Sections 436 and 437 replaced

                Sections 436 and 437 are repealed and the following sections are inserted instead —

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436.         Unlawful fishing

                Any person who unlawfully uses any article or substance for the purpose of taking any aquatic organism that is being reared by aquaculture in a place that is the property of, or under the control of, any person is guilty of a simple offence and is liable to imprisonment for 2 years or a fine of $8 000.

437.         Unlawfully taking fish etc.

                Any person who unlawfully takes or destroys, or attempts to take or destroy, any aquatic organism that is —

            (a)         being reared by aquaculture in a place that is the property of, or under the control of, any person; or

            (b)         in any water that is private property or in which there is a private right of fishery,

                is guilty of a simple offence and is liable to imprisonment for 2 years or a fine of $8 000.

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