Poaching Prevention Act 1862

1862 CHAPTER 114 25 and 26 Vict

F1An Act for the Prevention of Poaching.

[7th August 1862]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Short title “The Poaching Prevention Act, 1862” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)

C3Act amended as to prosecutions in the sheriff court with the provision that the same shall be taken at the instance of the procurator fiscal by Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Act 1927 (c. 35), s. 12 and S.R. & O. 1938/606 (Rev. XXI, p. 698: 1938 II, p. 3142)

C4Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)

C5Words of enactment repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)

C6This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland Criminal Justice Act 1855 (c. 126) cited or referred to by its short title under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14), s. 3