101Penalty for preventing fish from passing through boxes, etc., during the weekly close time.N.I.
If any person, during the weekly close time—
(a)uses any means or contrivance to prevent the free passage of fish through any box or gap in a salmon weir or through any fixed engine; or
(b)in any way or by any means wilfully frightens or scares or attempts to frighten or scare any fish from passing through such a box or gap or through the traps or eyes of a fixed engine;
he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1 £500] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.