All salmon intended for exportation shall be entered for that purpose with the proper [F1officer of Customs and Excise] at the port or place of intended exportation before shipment thereof; and any salmon shipped or exported or brought to any wharf, quay, or other place for exportation between the commencement of the latest and the termination of the earliest annual close time for any district in Scotland contrary to this section shall be forfeited, unless proof be given to the satisfaction of the [F1Commissioners of Customs and Excise] of the salmon having been legally captured, and the person so illegally shipping or exporting or bringing the same for exportation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding [F2level 1 on the standard scale] for every salmon so shipped or exported or brought for exportation; and no salmon caught by rod and line during the annual close time for net-fishing shall be shipped, exported, or brought for exportation under the like penalties; and any [F1officer of Customs and Excise] may during the aforesaid period open any parcel entered or intended for exportation, or brought to any quay, wharf, or place for that purpose, and suspected by him to contain salmon, and may detain any salmon found in such parcel until proof is given to the satisfaction of the [F1Commissioners of Customs and Excise] of the salmon being such as may be legally exported; and if the salmon before such proof is given become unfit for human food, the [F1officer of Customs and Excise] may destroy the same.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), s. 318, Sch. 10 Pt. I
F2Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G