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#### 56 Illegally reducing mesh size or lateral mesh openings of traps
56 Illegally reducing mesh size or lateral mesh openings of traps
> > (1) For the purposes of this Part, it is unlawful for a person to use a trap in which any meshes are wholly or partly covered in any manner—
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> > > (a) so as to reduce the mesh size of the meshes to less than that specified under this Part as lawful, or
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> > > (b) so as to reduce the size of the lateral mesh openings in the trap.
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> > (2) For the purposes of this Part, it is unlawful for a person to use a trap in which any string, rope, wire, cord, netting or other material is fixed to any meshes or placed around the trap in any manner—
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> > > (a) so as to reduce the mesh size of the meshes to less than that specified under this Part as lawful, or
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> > > (b) so as to reduce the size of the lateral mesh openings in the trap.