97. Every person exercising all or part of his right to harvest outside the areas where he may exercise that right under this act, is guilty of an offence and liable, in addition to payment of the costs, for a first offence to a fine of not more than $300 or imprisonment for not more than three months, or to both penalties together.
Until 1 January 1980, the first paragraph does not apply to the persons contemplated in the first paragraph of section 14 or in paragraph a of section 15 in respect of the areas mentioned in the said paragraphs.