Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006
Non-obligation of Court to pronounce or record forfeiture where forfeiture falls as a statutory consequence of conviction.
29.— Where a person is convicted by a court of an offence specified in a Table F9 [ or under section 28(1A) ] and any fishing gear or fish under section 28 is, as a statutory consequence of the conviction, forfeited, then, notwithstanding any rule of law, it is not necessary for the court—
( a) to pronounce the fact of such forfeiture at the time of adjudication, or
( b) to record the fact of such forfeiture in the judge’s minute book, the charge sheet or in the order of conviction.
Annotations
Amendments:
F9
Inserted (9.05.2007) by Criminal Justice Act 2007 (29/2007), s.44(c), commenced on enactment.