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For killing or taking any game, or using any dog, gun, net, or other engine 

 for killing or taking game on a Sunday or Christmas-day, or between the fol- 

 lowing days for the several species, namely : — 



Partridge . . . Between the 1st of February and the 1st of September. 

 Pheasant . . , do. and the 1st of October. 



Black-Cock . . do. 10th of December and the ZOtli of August, 



or in tbe counties of Somerset and Devon, and in the New 



Forest, do. and the 1st of September. 



Grouse ... do. and the 12th of August. 



Bustard . , . do. 1st of March and the 1st of September.' 



On conviction before two justices of the peace, a penalty for the first offence 

 not exceeding 5/. : and for putting poison on any ground, open or enclosed, 

 where game usually resort, a penalty not exceeding 10/.; and if any person, 

 duly licensed to deal in game, either buy or sell or have in bis house any game 

 after ten days from the respective days on which it is unlawful to kill or take 

 such game, he shall on conviction forfeit a sum not exceeding 20*. for every 

 head so bought or sold or found in his house. 



The Act dispenses with qualifications, and allows every certificated person to 

 kill game ; subject to pi-oceedings for trespass. 



Landlords may enter under any lease made prior to the Act, and authorize 

 any certificated person to take and kill game upon the land; but tenants have 

 no authority under any lease or agreement, except where such right has been 

 expressly granted, or a fine shall have been taken, or the lease shall have been 

 made for a term exceeding 21 years ; and are subject to a penalty not exceeding 

 40s-., and for any head of game not exceeding 20*., for either killing or per- 

 mitting others to kill it. 



The game on wastes belongs to the lord of the manor. 



Penalty for destroying the eggs of game, swan, wild-duck, teal, or widgeon, 

 or having them in the owner's house, is os. for every e^^. 



Trespassers entering in the day-time upon any land [in search of game, 

 or wood-cocks, snipes, quails, landrails, or conies, are subject to a fine of 

 40.y. ; and, if to the number of five together, to 5/. each, upon conviction before 

 a justice. 



Trespassers refusing to give their name and address when required by the 

 occupier or any of his servants, or giving a false description, may be appre- 

 hended and conveyed befoi-e a justice, by whom they may be fined bl. each; 

 but they must be carried before the justice within twelve hours, though they 

 may afterwards be proceeded against by summons. 



Persons summoned by a justice, and not appearing at the time and place 

 appointed, without a reasonable excuse for their absence, subject to a penalty 

 of .v. 



The prosecution for every offence punishable upon summary conviction must 

 be commenced within three months; and persons aggrieved may appeal to the 

 quarter-sessions of the peace, on giving notice of such appeal within three days 

 after the conviction, and at least seven clear days before the commencement of 

 the sessions. 



Persons going out armed at night in search of game may be indicted ; and, if 

 convicted, are guilty of a misdemeanour. 



The Game Duty— 



If assessed as a servant to his emploj'er . 



It not so assessed ....•• 



And persons omitting to take out the proper certificate are subject to a double 

 assessment. 



Dealers in game must take out a 40*. license ; but persons holding certificates 

 of 3/. 1.3*. 6f/. may sell game to licensed dealers. 



