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a permit to hunt, ki)l 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. 
17. 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 Humber of 
persons hunting together or from one camp or place of ren- any one per- 
dezvous, or forming or being what is commonly known as a preg ie 
hunting party shall, in any one year prior to the year 1895, kill oa together 
or take alive more than eight deer; and no three or more per- may kill. 
sons hunting together or from one camp or place of rendezvous, 
or forming or being what is commcnly known as a hunting 
party shall, in any one year prior to the year 1895, 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 within 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- aie + 
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 lable 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. ¢. 36. 
19. On the trial of any complaint, proceeding, matter or Ryidence 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 he competent and compellable to 
give evidence in or with respect to such complaint, proceeding, 
matter or question. SI V.c. 36. 
20. A conviction or order made in any matter arising under ———— ~_ 
this Act, either originally or on appeal, shall not be quashed pith asa 
lor wane OL form. 51 V: c. 36. form. 
21. All prosecutions under this Act may be brought and Before whom 
heard before any of Her Majesty's justices of the peace in and 3a my eer A 
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. 
