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GAME ACT APPLYING TO ENGLAND AND WALES. 

 do.) The English Game Act i & 2 Will. IV., c. 32. 



GAME ACTS APPLYING TO SCOTLAND. 



(11.) Act Qualifying Persons to Kill Game 1621, c. 31. 



C 1707, c. 13. 



(12.) Close Times . . ' ' I 13 Geo. III., c. 54. 



(13.) Scotch Game Act 2 & 3 Will. IV., c. 68. 



GAME ACTS APPLYING TO IRELAND. 



(14.) Act Qualifying Persons to Kill Game, &c. . . 10 Will. III., c. 8. 



137 Geo. III., c. 21. 

 26 Viet., c. 19. 

 28 & 29 Viet., c. 24. 

 37 Viet., c. ii. 

 42 & 43 Viet., c. 23. 



(16.) Game Trespass Act 27 Geo. III., c. 35. 



(17.) Game Licence Act 5 & 6 Viet., c. 81. 



(18.) Poaching Prevention Act . . . . 23 & 24 Viet., c. 113, s. 43. 



Before going further, it is necessary to state what con- 

 stitutes "game'' under the above Acts; for, although 

 sportsmen have determined the point by their unwritten 

 laws, still the law of the land has a way of its own and 

 determines "game" to be as under, although, as we shall 

 presently show, this list is not strictly adhered to, some 

 Acts regarding as game what others do not recognise or 

 specify as such. 



In the following table Scotland seems to have a pre- 



* By 38 & 39 Viet., c. 47, it is enacted that no constable appointed under 

 Scotch Acts 1617, 1633, 1661, shall exercise powers of constables and peace 

 officers under 25 & 26 Viet., c. 114. 



