justices of the peace in Scotland, forfeit and pay for every such 
sea bird so killed, wounded, or taken, or so in his possession, such 
sum of money not exceeding one pound as to the said justices or 
sheriff shall seem meet, together with the costs of the conviction; 
provided always, that this section shall not apply where the said 
sea bird is a young bird unable to fly. 
3. The Home Office as to Great Britain, and the Lord Lieutenant 
as to Ireland, may, upon application of the justices in quarter 
sessions assembled of any county on the sea coast, extend or vary 
the time during which the killing, wounding, and taking of sea 
birds is prohibited by this Act; the extension or variation of such 
time by the Home Office shall be made by order under the hand 
of one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State; after the 
making of which order the penalties imposed by this Act shall in 
such county apply only to offences committed during the time 
specified in such order; and the extension of such time by the 
Lord Lieutenant shall be made by order to be published in the 
Dublin Gazette, and a copy of the London Gazette or Dublin 
Gazette containing such order shall be evidence of the same 
having been made. 
4. 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 offending shall, after being so required, refuse to 
give his real name or place of abode, or give an untrue name or 
place of abode, he shall be liable, on being convicted of any such 
offence before a justice of the peace or the sheriff, to forfeit and 
pay, in addition to the penalties imposed by section two, such 
sum of money not exceeding two pounds as to the convicting 
justice or sheriff shall seem meet, together with the costs of the 
conviction. 
5. One moiety of every penalty or forfeiture under this Act 
shall go and be paid to the person who shall inform and prosecute 
for the same, and the other moiety shall, in England, be paid to 
some one of the overseers of the poor, or to some other officer, (as 
the convicting justice or justices may direct,) of the parish, township, 
or place in which the offence shall have been committed, to be by 
such overseer or officer paid over to the use of the general rate of 
the county, riding, or division in which such parish, township, or 
place shall be situate, whether the same shall or shall not contribute 
