Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FISHERIES ACT 1975 No. 3 of 1975 - SECT 9

9. Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the words ''or in proceedings for the
        condemnation or recovery of a boat seized under this Act''; and

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:-

''(1A) Where in proceedings for an offence against this Act or the
regulations-

   (a)  an officer gives evidence that he suspects that fish to which the
        charge relates were taken, caught or captured in the declared fishing
        zone or were taken, caught or captured for private purposes, together
        with evidence of the grounds on which he so suspects; and

   (b)  the court considers that, having regard to that evidence, the
        suspicion is reasonable,

the fish shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to have
been so taken, caught or captured.''.