Section 28Part 3 — Control of Development of Land
Taking ballast from shoreline an offence
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Without prejudice to this or any other law, a person who, without the express permission of the Authority, given in writing takes or removes any sand, gravel, pebbles, stone, coral or other filling from any area between mean high water mark and five hundred feet inland thereof, or from any land covered by water, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for three months in respect of each separate taking or removal, and a person who aids or abets any person in the commission of such offence shall, on summary conviction, be punishable in the same manner as the principal offender: Provided that nothing in this subsection shall apply to the taking or removal for domestic purposes by any person of any of the substances hereinbefore referred to in a quantity not exceeding one cubic yard in any one month.
A person who, in any area or land referred to in subsection (1), is found by any constable in possession or control of sand, gravel, pebbles, stone, coral or other filling loaded or being loaded in or being unloaded from any vehicle shall be deemed to have contravened subsection (1) until the person proves the contrary.