GAME ACT 1831 - SECT 24 Penalty for taking or destroying the eggs of game, wild fowl, &c., or having eggs so taken in possession.

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GAME ACT 1831 - SECT 24

Penalty for taking or destroying the eggs of game, wild fowl, &c., or having eggs so taken in possession.

24. If any person not having the right of killing the game upon any land, nor
having permission from the person having such right, shall wilfully take out
of the nest or destroy in the nest upon such land the eggs of ... any swan,
wild duck, teal, or widgeon, or shall knowingly have in his house, shop,
possession, or control, any such eggs so taken, every such person shall, on
conviction thereof before two justices of the peace, forfeit and pay for every
egg so taken or destroyed, or so found in his house, shop, possession, or
control, such sum of money, not exceeding [25p], as to the said justices shall
seem meet, together with the costs of the conviction.

Ss.2529 rep. by 1953 c.24 (NI) s.80 sch.4. S.37 rep. by 1954 c.9 (NI) s.29
sch.7. Ss.3840 rep. by 1953 c.24 (NI) s.80 sch.4

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GAME ACT 1831 - SECT 24