77.— (1) A person convicted by the District Court of an offence for which a penalty is provided in any section of the Principal Act specified in column (2) of Part 1 of the Table to this section at any reference number shall, in lieu of so much of the penalty so provided as consists of a fine, imprisonment, a fine or imprisonment, or a fine and imprisonment, be liable to the appropriate penalty specified in column (3) of that Part at that reference number, and that section shall be read and have effect accordingly.

(2) (a) A person convicted on indictment of an offence under section 164 of the Principal Act (inserted by section 16 of the Act of 1962), in lieu of the penalty specified in subsection (4)(b) of that section, is liable to a fine not exceeding €10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both and that section shall be read and have effect accordingly.

(b) A person convicted on indictment of an offence under section 285A(1) of the Principal Act (inserted by section 24 of the Act of 1962), in lieu of the penalty specified in paragraph (b) of that section, is liable to a fine not exceeding €10,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both, and that section shall be read and have effect accordingly.

(c) A person convicted on indictment of an offence under section 65, 66, 73, 94, 95, 96, 97, 127, 130, 132, 134, 135, 137, 140, 145, 146, 156, 176, 177 or 182 of the Principal Act, as amended by section 75(1), is liable to a fine not exceeding €10,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.

(d) A person convicted on indictment of an offence under section 69, 128 or 129 of the Principal Act, as amended by section 75(1), is liable to a fine not exceeding €10,000 and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine not exceeding €500 for each day during which the offence is committed, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.

(3) A person convicted by the District Court of an offence for which a penalty is provided in any section of the Act of 1962 specified in column (2) of Part 2 of the Table to this section at any reference number, in lieu of so much of the penalty so provided as consists of a fine, imprisonment, a fine or imprisonment, or a fine and imprisonment, is liable to the appropriate penalty specified in column (3) of that Part at that reference number, and that section shall be read and have effect accordingly.

(4) A person convicted by the District Court of an offence for which a penalty is provided in any section of the Act of 1994 specified in column (2) of Part 3 of the Table to this section at any reference number, in lieu of so much of the penalty so provided as consists of a fine, imprisonment, a fine or imprisonment, or a fine and imprisonment, is liable to the appropriate penalty specified in column (3) of that Part at that reference number, and that section shall be read and have effect accordingly.

(5) Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 69 of the Principal Act, the engine in respect of which the offence was committed, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stands forfeited.

(6) Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 95 of the Principal Act, the net in respect of which the offence was committed, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stands forfeited.

(7) Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 152 of the Principal Act, the engine or other thing used to commit the offence, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stands forfeited.

(8) This section has effect in respect of offences committed after the establishment day.

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