TEXT OF THE ACT 



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of justices of the peace or of the police of Dublin metropolis, a.d. 1876. 

 All penalties recovered under this Act shall be applied in 

 manner directed by the Fines (Ireland) Act, 1871, and any Act 

 amending the same. 



19. In Ireland, where a person is accused before a court of Power of offender 

 summary jurisdiction of any offence against this Act in respect SbefeSdonS 

 of which a penalty of more than five pounds can be imposed, nofby D sumrnary 

 the accused may, on appearing before the court of summary J' urisdi ction. 

 jurisdiction, declare that he objects to being tried for such 



offence by a court of summary jurisdiction, and thereupon the 

 court of summary jurisdiction may deal with the case in all 

 respects as if the accused were charged with an indictable 

 offence and not an offence punishable on summary conviction, 

 and the offence may be prosecuted on indictment accordingly. 



20. In the application of this Act to Ireland the term "the interpretation of 

 Secretary of State" shall be construed to mean the Chief o/statl "^to 

 Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for the time being. Ireland - 



21. A prosecution under this Act against a licensed person prosecution only 

 shall not be instituted except with the assent in writing of the secJetar^of 

 Secretary of State. state - 



22. This Act shall not apply to invertebrate animals. Not to apply to 



invertebrate 

 animals. 



[Schedules. 



