Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959
Disposal of forfeitures.
317.—(1) Where—
(a) any thing, which, either as a statutory consequence of conviction or by an order of a District Court, is forfeited under this Act or any instrument made thereunder, is lawfully seized, or
(b) any thing is ordered by a District Justice under paragraph (b) of section 302 to be forfeited,
the Minister may direct that such thing shall—
(i) be returned to the person who appears to him to be the owner thereof, or
(ii) be sold or otherwise disposed of in such manner as he thinks fit.
(2) Where the Minister, in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section, directs a thing to be sold, the net proceeds of the sale shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall direct.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any thing forfeited under section 265, where the Court gives a direction under the said section 265 in relation to such thing.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C240
Functions under subs. (2) transferred and references to “Minister for Finance” and "Department of Finance" construed as Minister for and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (20.09.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 480 of 2011), arts. 2, 3(a), 4 and sch., in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 5, 6, 7, 9.
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
(2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any Act or any instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under—
(a) the provisions of the enactments specified in the Schedule, and
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are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
4. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument made under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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Article 3(a)
SCHEDULE
Enactments
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Provision |
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No. 14 of 1959 |
Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 |
Sections 7(1) and (3), 16(1), 45(2), 49(3)(b), (4)(a), (8), (10) and (12), 50(2) and (4), 62(2), 68(1)(b), 74(2), (5) and (6), 116(2)(b)(iii)(IV), 314(3) and (4), 317(2) and 319(1)(a)(iii) |
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C241
Section applied with modifications and references to "penalty" and “the forfeiture” construed (4.07.1978) by Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1978 (18/1978), s. 2(5)(b), commenced on enactment.
Indictable and summary proceedings for certain offences.
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(5) …
(b) Part XIX of the Principal Act shall apply to the fines and forfeitures provided for by this section and the Tables to this section as it applies to the fines and forfeitures referred to in that Part and references in sections 316 and 317 of the Principal Act to a District Justice and the District Court shall, in the case of a conviction by a court other than the District Court, be construed as references to that other court.