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not breeding is short and concise. The following are its 

 chief sections : 



THE WILD BIRDS' PROTECTION ACT. 



3. Any person who between the 1st of March and 

 the 1st of August in any year after the passing of this 

 Act shall knowingly and wilfully shoot or attempt to 

 shoot, or shall use any boat for the purpose of shooting or 

 causing to be shot, any wild bird, or shall use any lime, 

 trap, snare, net, or other instrument for the purpose of 

 taking any wild bird, or shall expose or offer for sale, or 

 shall have in his control or possession after the 15th day 

 of March, any wild bird recently killed or taken, shall, on 

 conviction of any such offence before any two justices of the 

 peace in England and Wales or Ireland, or before the sheriff 

 in Scotland, in the case of any wild bird which is included 

 in the schedule hereunto annexed, forfeit and pay for every 

 such bird in respect of which an offence has been committed 

 a sum not exceeding one pound, and, in the case of any 

 other wild bird, shall for a first offence be reprimanded 

 and discharged on payment of costs, and for every subsequent 

 offence forfeit and pay for every such wild bird in respect of 

 which an offence is committed a sum of money not exceeding 

 five shillings, in addition to the costs, unless such person 

 shall prove that the said wild bird was either killed or taken 

 or bought or received during the period in which such wild 

 bird could be legally killed or taken, or from some person 

 residing out of the United Kingdom. This section shall not 

 apply to the owner or occupier of any land, or to any person 

 authorized by the owner or occupier of any land, killing or 

 taking any wild bird on such land not included in the 

 schedule hereto annexed. 



6. All offences mentioned in this Act which shall be 

 committed within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty shall be 

 deemed to be offences of the same nature and liable to the 



