| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
A person commits an offence if the person intentionally or recklessly kills, injures or takes a seal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .without warrant arrest that person if he fails to give his name and address to the constable’s satisfaction;without warrant search any vehicle or boat which that person may be using at that time; andseize any F55seal, item or substance which is liable to be forfeited under section 6 of this Act.(2) A constable may sell or otherwise dispose of any seal seized under this section and the net proceeds of any sale shall be liable to forfeiture in the same manner as the seal sold:Provided that no constable shall be subject to any liability on account of his neglect or failure in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by this subsection.(1) Any person guilty of an offence under section 11(7) of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F2level 3 on the standard scale.(2) Any person guilty of any other offence under this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F3level 4 on the standard scale or, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction for such an offence, to a fine not exceeding F3level 4 on the standard scale.(3) Proceedings in England and Wales for an offence under this Act may be brought within the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge.(4) But subsection (3) does not authorise the commencement of proceedings for an offence more than 2 years after the date on which the offence was committed.(5) For the purposes of subsection (3) , a certificate signed by or on behalf of the prosecutor and stating the date on which evidence sufficient in his opinion to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.(6) A certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.(a) any seal or seal skin in respect of which the offence was committed;(b) any item (but not a vehicle or boat) or substance used in connection with the commission of the offence;(c) any seal, seal skin, poisonous or explosive substance, explosive article, firearm or ammunition, in the person's possession at the time of the offence.Where any offence under this Act is committed at some place on the sea coast or at sea outside the area of any commission of the peace, the place of the commission of the offence shall, for the purposes of the jurisdiction of any court, be deemed to be any place where the offender is found or to which he is first brought after the commission of the offence.(1) Any person who attempts to commit an offence under this Act shall be guilty of an offence.(2) Any person who, for the purpose of committing an offence under this Act, has in his possession any poisonous F46or explosive substance F47, any explosive article or any firearm or ammunition ... shall be guilty of an offence.the taking or attempted taking of any seal which had been disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(2) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under section 1 for scientific or educational purposes to kill or take within an area specified in the licence by any means so specified other than by the use of strychnine any number of seals so specified;for the purposes of any zoological gardens or collection specified in the licence to take within an area specified in the licence by any means so specified any number of seals so specified;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .the reduction of a population surplus of seals for management purposes; . . . the protection of animal or human health or public safety,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F56orthe protection of flora or fauna in an area to which subsection (4) of this section applies,(1A) Nothing in subsection (1) is to be read as
