Exemption from 
penalties in 
certain cases. 
Section 3 not to 
apply to person 
authorized to 
kill wild birds 
except those 
in the schedule. 
Penalty for 
taking or 
destroying 
eggs or nests. 
Penalty for 
refusing to give 
name and place 
of abode. 
310 THE WILD BIRDS PROTECTION ACT, 1887 
respect of which an offence has been committed, a sum not exceed- 
ing one pound, in addition to the costs, or, in default of payment 
of such fine and costs, shall be liable to be imprisoned for any 
period not exceeding one month; and in the case of any other 
wild bird, shall, on conviction as aforesaid, forfeit and pay for any — 
such wild bird, in respect of which an offence has been committed, 
a sum not exceeding five shillings, or, in default of payment of 
such fine and costs, shall be liable to be imprisoned for any period 
not exceeding ten days. 
4. A person shall not be liable to be convicted under the last 
preceding section of exposing or offering for sale, or having the 
control or possession of, any wild bird recently killed, if he satisfies 
the Court before whom he is charged, that the killing of such wild 
bird was lawful at the time when, and by the person by whom, it 
was killed, or that the wild bird was killed in some place to which 
this Act does not extend, and the fact that the wild bird was 
imported from some place to which this Act does not extend, shall, 
until the contrary is proved, be evidence that the bird was killed 
in some place to which this. Act does not extend. 
5. Section three shall not apply to any bird not included in the 
schedule hereto annexed, killed or taken by the owner or occupier 
of any land, on such land, or by any person authorized by such 
owner or occupier. 
6. Any person who shall, between the first day of February and 
the first day of September in any year, take or wilfully destroy on 
such land the eggs or nests of any wild bird, shall, on conviction 
before any high bailiff or justice of the peace, for every such 
offence forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five shillings, or, in 
default of payment of such fine and costs, if costs be awarded, 
shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding ten 
days; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to the case 
of any eggs or nests of any birds, other than those included in the 
schedule hereto annexed, taken or destroyed by or under the 
authority, or with the consent, of the owner or occupier of the land 
on which the eggs or nests may be. 
7. Where any person shall be found offending against this Act, 
it shall be lawful for any person to require the person so offending 
to give his Christian name, surname, and place of abode; and in 
case the person so offending shall, after being so required, refuse 
