Boat to be held pending payment of fines, &c
22. Where the master, owner or charterer of a foreign fishing boat, has been convicted of an offence under section 15 or 16, the boat, (including its fishing gear, equipment, stores and cargo) if not ordered to be forfeit by the Court, shall be held until such time as the fine, costs and other moneys ordered by the Court to be paid have been paid, and if payment in full has not been made within thirty days of the date on which the fine is imposed or the costs and other moneys are ordered to be paid, the boat shall be sold and the fine, costs and other moneys shall be recovered from the proceeds of the sale. |