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Liability for non-payment of penalties

Cap. 210, s. 57 · Revised Edition 2020

All pecuniary penalties and all forfeitures incurred or imposed pursuant to this Act, and the liability to forfeiture of any article seized under the authority thereof, and all rents, charges, expenses and duties and all other sums of money payable under this Act may be sued for, determined, enforced and recovered by suit or other appropriate civil proceedings in the name of the Fisheries Administrator as the nominal plaintiff, and all such proceedings shall be deemed to be civil proceedings, and the fact that a bond or other security has been paid shall not be pleaded or made use of in answer to or in stay of any such proceedings. Liability for non- payment of penalities
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