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(1)Any person who, being the owner or master or a member of the crew of a British ship registered in the United Kingdom, wilfully kills or takes a seal in contravention of section 1 of this Act shall be liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both ;
(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding £100, or to both.
(2)Without prejudice to the preceding subsection, any person who, in contravention of section 1 of this Act, wilfully kills any mammal or bird of a specially protected species shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100.
(3)Except as otherwise provided by the preceding provisions of this section, any person who commits an offence under section 1 of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.
(4)Any person who—
(a)fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by a permit in accordance with section 3(4) of this Act, or
(b)in any report made by him in pursuance of such a requirement knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.
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