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a permit to hunt, kill or take any of the animals in this section 

 mentioned, and the Commissioner of Crown Lands is hereby 

 authorized to grant and issue such a permit upon payment 

 therefor of a fee of $10 for each year during which the same 

 is to be in force, and upon being satisfied that the person 

 applying for the permit may be relied upon to observe and 

 comply with the other provisions of this Act. 51 V. c. 36. 



1 7. No one person shall, during any one year prior to the Limit as to 

 year 1895 kill or take alive more than five deer; and no two number of 



i , i P IP d^er which 



persons hunting together or trom one camp or place of ren- any one per- 

 dezvous, or forming or being what is commonly known as a 80U or 

 hunting party shall, in any one year prior to the year 1895, kill 

 or take alive more than eight deer ; and no three or more per- ma y 

 sons hunting together or from one camp or place of rendezvous, 

 or forming or being what is commonly known as a hunting 

 party shall, in any one year prior to the year 189.5, kill or take 

 alive more than twelve deer, and any person offending against 

 this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $20, nor less 

 than $5, with costs of the prosecution for each deer beyond or 

 exceeding the number so permitted to be killed or taken as 

 aforesaid, and in default of immediate payment of such fine 

 and costs shall be liable to be imprisoned in the common gaol 

 of the county or district v ithin which the offence was com- 

 mitted fcr a period not exceeding three months. 51 V. c. 36. 



18. Where, under this Act any person has been convicted of Imprisonment 

 an offence against any of the provisions of this Act, such per- "| defaulto * 

 son, in default of the immediate payment of any fine or costs 

 imposed upon him or for which he has been adjudged to be 



liable in respect or because of such offence, shall be liable and 

 may be adjudged to be imprisoned in the common gaol of the 

 county or district in which the offence was committed for a 

 period not exceeding three months. 51 V. c. 36. 



19. On the trial of any complaint, proceeding, matter or Evidence of 

 question under this Act, the person opposing or defending, or accused, 

 who is charged with any offence against or under any of the 

 provisions of this Act, shall be competent and compellable to 



give evidence in or with respect to such complaint, proceeding, 

 matter or question. ~A V. c. 36. 



20. A conviction or order made in any matter arising under Conviction not 

 this Act, either originally or on appeal, shall not be quashed 



for want of form. 51 V. c. 36. form. 



21. All prosecutions under this Act maybe brought and Before whom 

 heard before any of Her Majesty's justices of the peace in and 



for the county and district where the penalty was incurred, or 

 the offence was committed, or wrong done, and in cities, towns 

 and incorporated villages in which there is a police magistrate, 

 before such police magistrate ; and save where otherwise pro- 

 vided by this section the procedure shall be governed by The 

 Act respecting Summary Convictions before Justices of the 

 Peace and Appeals to General Sessions. 51 V. c. 36. 



