300 THE GAME ACT, 1882 
Any person acting in contravention of this section shall forfeit 
and pay a sum not exceeding five pounds: Provided always, that 
the said penalty shall not be incurred by the following persons, 
namely :— 
Exceptions, (1) By any person in the naval, military, or volunteer service 
of Her Majesty, or in the constabulary or other police 
force, using or carrying any gun in the performance of 
his duty, or when engaged in target practice : 
(2) By the Governor, or by any person having a game 
licence : 
(3) By any person carrying a gun belonging to a person 
having a game licence or a gun licence, and by order 
of such licensed person and for the use of such licensed 
person only, if the person carrying the gun shall, upon 
the request of any constable or owner or occupier of 
the land on which such gun shall be used or carried, 
give his true name and address, and also the true name 
and address of his employer : 
(4) By the occupier of any lands using or carrying a gun for 
the purpose only of scaring or killing birds other than 
game and birds protected by ‘The Sea-Gull Preserva- 
tion Act, 1867,’ or of killing vermin or rabbits on such 
lands ; or by any person using or carrying a gun for 
the purpose only of scaring birds other than game, or 
killing vermin on any lands by order of the occupier 
thereof : 
(5) By any gunsmith or his servant carrying a gun in the 
ordinary course of the trade of a gunsmith, or using 
a gun by way of testing or regulating its strength or 
quality in a place specially set apart for the purpose ; 
or by any person carrying a gun to or from a gun- 
smith : 
(6) By any person carrying a gun in the ordinary course of 
his trade or business, or as a signal gun on board any 
vessel, or as a common carrier.* 
In any suit or prosecution for the recovery of the penalty 
imposed by this section, it shall be sufficient to allege that the 
defendant used or carried a gun without having a licence in force 
* A very short Act, passed in 1901, amends by adding here a clause (not 
necessary for the present purpose to quote) in favour of ‘ Rifle Clubs,’ 
