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GAME TRESPASS ACT 1864
GAME TRESPASS ACT 1864 - LONG TITLE
An Act to amend the Law in certain Cases relating to Trespasses in
Pursuit of Game.{1}
[25th July 1864]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1893
GAME TRESPASS ACT 1864 - SECT 1
Penalty for trespass on land in pursuit of game.
1. Where the landlord or lessor of any land has reserved to
himself, by any deed or writing, the exclusive right to the game
on such land, then such landlord or lessor, for the purpose of
prosecuting all persons for trespassing in pursuit of game on such
land without his consent, shall be deemed the legal occupier of the
said land; and any person who shall enter or be upon the said
land in search of or in pursuit of game without the consent of
such landlord or lessor shall be deemed a trespasser, and shall on
conviction thereof before one or more justices of the peace sitting
in petty sessions forfeit and pay such sum, not exceeding [#50],
together with the costs, as the said justice or justices shall
think fit; and such penalty and costs shall be recovered and levied
in the same mode and with the same power of appeal as are
provided for the recovering and levying of any penalties under the
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, and the Petty Sessions Clerk
(Ireland) Act, 1858, and as if the provisions of the said Acts
relating to the recovery of penalties were herein expressly repeated.
GAME TRESPASS ACT 1864 - SECT 2
As to the word ""game.''
2. The word "game" shall for all the purposes of this Act be
deemed to include hares, pheasants, partridges, grouse, heath or moor
game, black game, woodcocks, snipes, quails, landrails, wild ducks,
widgeon, and teal.
GAME TRESPASS ACT 1864 - SECT 3
Act to extend to Ireland only.
3. This Act shall extend and be construed to extend to Ireland
only.
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