Live Fish (Control of Importation) Act

An Act to regulate the importation of live fish; and for purposes connected there-

with .

[1962 No. 27.]

[1st February, 1965]

[Commencement.]

Control of import of live fish

No person shall import any live fish into Nigeria except-

( a ) in accordance with the terms of a licence under this Act granted to him by the

Minister; or

( b ) on giving an undertaking to the Minister to remove the fish from Nigeria with-

in the prescribed period (unless it is previously disposed of in the prescribed

manner) and, while it remains in Nigeria, to observe the prescribed conditions

in relation to the fish; or

in relation to the fish; or

2. Licences

ment of the prescribed fee, grant to the applicant a licence under this Act.

(including, without prejudice to the generality of this subsection, conditions relating to

the fish when dead) as the Minister considers expedient for the purpose of avoiding the

incidence or spread of disease or parasitic states among live fish in waters from which he

considers that fish may be caught for consumption in Nigeria.

have its suspension removed by the Minister in the prescribed manner; but the revocation

or suspension of a licence shall not affect the application of any conditions of the licence

to any fish previously imported in accordance with the licence.

or suspension of a licence shall not affect the application of any conditions of the licence

3. Enforcement

or

( c ) fails to comply with an undertaking given by him in pursuance of para-

graph (b) of section 1 of this Act,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of an amount not

exceeding forty naira or, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction under this sec-

tion, to a fine of an amount not exceeding two hundred naira or imprisonment for a term