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GAME PRESERVATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1928 - SECT 8

Penalties and legal proceedings.

8.(1) Any person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable, on
summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence to a fine not
exceeding ten pounds, and in the case of a second or subsequent offence to a
fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds, or at the discretion of the court to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and
imprisonment.

(2) All offences under this Act shall be prosecuted and all fines thereunder
shall be recovered in manner provided by the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland)
Acts, notwithstanding anything contained in section forty-two of the
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, or any similar enactment.

Subs.(3)(4) rep. by 1951 c.4 (NI) s.5(3) sch.

(5) When any person is charged with an offence other than an indictable
offence under any of the enactments enumerated in the Schedule to this Act on
the information or complaint of an officer or constable, such officer or
constable may, where he considers it expedient to do so, prosecute such
offence in the same manner as is provided in sub-section (2) of this section
with respect to offences under this Act, notwithstanding that the Summary
Jurisdiction (Ireland) Acts would not, apart from this Act, extend to such
information or complaint.

Subs.(6) rep. by 1951 c.4 (NI) s.5(3) sch.

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