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R v. Rice, 2009 BCCA 569

In Aboriginal Rights/Defences, Fish Cases, Offences, Search and Seizure on (Updated )

This case involved charges of illegal hunting and possession of moose by three aboriginal hunters. Although not a fisheries case, it is relevant to fisheries prosecutions because (1) it involved an inspection under s. 95 of the B.C. Wildlife Act, which is similar to an inspection under s. 49 of the federal Fisheries Act; (2) it applied the test formulated …

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