Practical Game Preserving: Containing the Fullest Directions for Rearing and Preserving Both Winged and Ground Game, and Destroying Vermin; with Ther Information of Value to the Game PreserverL. U. Gill, 1884 - 570 pages |
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Page 551 - ... fide made for valuable consideration in some person other than the occupier, the occupier shall not be entitled under this Act, until the determination of that contract, to kill and take ground game on such land. And in Scotland when the right to kill and take ground game is vested by operation of law or otherwise in some person other than the occupier, the occupier shall not be entitled by virtue of this Act...
Page 550 - ... (c.) Every person so authorised by the occupier, on demand by any person having a concurrent right to take and kill the ground game on the land or any person authorised by him in writing to make such demand, shall produce to the person so demanding the document by which he is authorised, and in default he shall not be deemed to be an authorised person...
Page 550 - Provided that the right conferred on the occupier by this section shall be subject to the following limitations : (1) The occupier shall kill and take ground game only by himself or by persons duly authorised by him in writing : (a) The occupier himself and one other person authorised in writing by such occupier...
Page 550 - No person shall be authorised by the occupier to kill or take ground game, except members of his household resident on the land in his occupation, persons in his ordinary service on such land, and any one other person bona fide employed by him for reward in the taking and destruction of ground game...
Page 544 - ... or shall take or kill, by any means whatever, or shall assist in any manner in the taking or killing, by any means whatever, any game, or any woodcock, snipe, quail, or landrail, or any coney, — by virtue of any deputation or appointment, duly registered or entered as gamekeeper, for any manor or royalty in England, Wales, or Berwick-upon-Tweed, or for any lands in Scotland...
Page 548 - Any person who between the first day of March and the first day of August in any year after the passing of this Act shall knowingly and wilfully shoot or attempt to shoot, or shall use any boat for the purpose of shooting or causing to be shot, any wild bird, or shall use any lime, trap, snare, net, or other instrument for the purpose of taking any wild bird, or shall expose or offer for sale, or...
Page 552 - ground game " mean hares and rabbits. 9 . A person acting in accordance with this Act shall not thereby be subject to any proceedings or penalties in pursuance of any law or statute. 10. Nothing in this Act shall authorise the killing or taking of ground game on any days or seasons, or by any methods, prohibited by any Act of Parliament in force at the time of the passing of this Act.
Page 548 - ... in addition to the costs, unless such person shall prove that the said wild bird was either killed or taken or bought or received during the period in which such wild bird could be legally killed or taken, or from some person residing out of the United Kingdom.
Page 551 - ... in some person other than the occupier, the occupier shall not be entitled under this Act until the determination of that contract to kill and take ground game on such land. And in Scotland, when the right to kill and take ground game is vested by operation of law or otherwise in some person other than the occupier, the occupier shall not be entitled by virtue of this Act to kill or take ground game during the currency of any lease or contract of tenancy under which he holds at the passing of...