2. Except in the discharge of any duty imposed by law, no person shall enter upon or pass over the land or beach land belonging to any person or corporation, without permission of the owner or his representative, under penalty of a fine of not less than $5 to $100.
It shall be lawful, nevertheless, to make use of any river or watercourse, lake, pond or stream in which or to the maintenance of which one or more persons are interested or bound, and the banks thereof, for the conveyance of all kinds of lumber, and for the passage of all boats, ferries and canoes, subject to the charge of repairing, as soon as possible, all damages resulting from the exercise of such right, and all fences, drains or ditches damaged.
R. S. 1964, c. 130, s. 2.