Failure to comply with conditions of bond

(1) Where a person to whom an item is released fails to comply with the conditions of any bond or with any condition specified by the Fisheries Administrator– (a) the item may be re-seized at any time at the direction of Fisheries Administrator; (b) the provisions of this section shall apply to the property as if it had been seized pursuant to section 48; (c) the Fisheries Administrator may apply to the Court for an order for estreat of the bond; (d) where the Fisheries Administrator so applies, the Registrar shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the application, and shall, not less than seven (7) days before the time fixed, cause to be served on every person bound by the bond a notice of the time and place so fixed; (e) if on the hearing of such application it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that any condition of the bond has not been kept, the Court may make an order to escheat the bond thereby on whom the notice is proved to have been served in accordance with this sub- section; and Fisheries Resources [CAP. 210 87 (f) any penalty payable in accordance with this sub-section shall be recoverable as if it were a debt.