Night Poaching Act 1828 (c. 69)

[F1 1 Persons taking or destroying game by Night to be committed, for the 1st Offence, for 3 Months, and kept to hard labour, and to find Sureties; 2d Offence, 6 months, and kept to hard labour, and to find sureties; 3d Offence, to be liable to transportation. E+W+S

F2 ... If any person shall, F2 ...by night, unlawfully take or destroy any game or rabbits in any land, whether open or enclosed, or shall by night unlawfully enter or be in any land, whether open or enclosed, with any gun, net, engine, or other instrument, for the purpose of taking or destroying game, [F3 he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F4 level 3 on the standard scale]]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Act repealed (N.I.) by Game Law Amendment Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (c. 4 (N.I.)), Sch.

F2 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888 (c. 57)

F3 Words in s. 1 substituted (E.W.) by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), Sch. 1; and (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch. 1 para. 1, Sch. 2 Pt. I

F4 Words in s. 1 substituted (E.W.) by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), ss. 37, 46 (with s. 47)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 1 applied (E.W.) by Games Laws (Amendment) Act 1960 (c. 36), ss. 1(1)(3), 2, 6(2)

C2 Mode of trial specified (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 46, ss. 292(1), 309(2), Sch. 10 para. 1