Section 31

uses or attempts to use any explosive, poison, pollutant or other noxious substance, apparatus, prohibited gear or any other thing, for the purpose of killing, stunning, disabling or catching fish, or in any other way rendering such fish more easily caught;

is found in possession of any explosive, poison, pollutant or other noxious substance, apparatus, prohibited gear or any other thing, with the intention of using such explosive, poison, pollutant or other noxious substance, apparatus, prohibited gear or thing, for any of the purposes referred to in paragraph (a);

(ba) is found in possession of fish which has been captured with the aid of any explosive or poisonous substance and who does not give a satisfactory account as to how he came to be in possession thereof; or

is found in possession of fish that is a prohibited species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has been taken in contravention of

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the provisions of this Act, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that it is such a fish, is guilty of an offence.