Tweed Fisheries Act 1857

XLIX Nets left in the River during Close Times may be seized.U.K.

If any Net or other Engine or Tackle whatsoever adapted for taking or killing Salmon or obstructing their Passage in the River shall be left or placed in the River at any Time during the Annual Close Times or Weekly Close Time, it shall be lawful for any Superintendent or Water Bailiff, or other Person acting or employed under the Authority of this Act, to seize and carry away the same, and it shall be lawful for the Commissioners to cause the same to be cut to Pieces or otherwise destroyed, or, in their Discretion, to be restored to the Owner.