Game Laws Amendment (Scotland) Act 1877 (repealed)

1 Short title and extent of Act. S

This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Game Laws Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1877,” and shall apply to Scotland only.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 2, 3(1)(2), (4)–(7), 4–9, 12, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Agricultural Holdings Act 1906 (c. 56), Sch.

3 Interpretation. S

In this Act, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction,

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(3) The word “sheriff” shall include sheriff substitute;

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Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 2, 3(1)(2), (4)–(7), 4–9, 12, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Agricultural Holdings Act 1906 (c. 56), Sch.

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Textual Amendments

F3 Ss. 2, 3(1)(2), (4)–(7), 4–9, 12, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Agricultural Holdings Act 1906 (c. 56), Sch.

10 Prosecutions under Game Acts. S

All offences against the Game Acts shall be prosecuted subject to the following provisions; that is to say,

(1) Any prosecution which is at present competent either before the sheriff or the justices of the peace for the county shall be competent only before the sheriff:

(2) Any prosecution which is at present competent only before the justices of the peace for the county shall be competent only before the sheriff, who shall have all jurisdiction, authority, and power necessary for entertaining and determining the same; and all forms, procedure, and provisions applicable to prosecutions before justices of the peace shall, except as herein-after provided, be applicable, mutatis mutandis, to prosecutions before the sheriff as aforesaid:

(3) Where in any county there is more than one resident sheriff substitute any prosecution under the Game Acts shall be brought before the court of a sheriff substitute within whose district the offence is alleged to have been committed, or before the sheriff sitting in such court:

(4) Offences which are now cognisable only by the Court of Justiciary shall hereafter be prosecuted only before such court.

11 No person to be prosecuted again for the same offence. S

Any person who has been or shall be prosecuted for any act or acts as constituting an offence under any one or more of the Game Acts shall not be liable to be again prosecuted for the same act or acts as constituting an offence under any other of the Game Acts: Provided always, that nothing in this section shall apply to any prosecution under any enactment relating to [F4 a matter listed in Schedule 1 to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 except for paragraphs 2, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 28, 29 and 30.]

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in s. 11 substituted (18.4.2005) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), s. 53(1), Sch. 4 para. 4; S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(2)(h)

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Textual Amendments

F5 Ss. 2, 3(1)(2), (4)–(7), 4–9, 12, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Agricultural Holdings Act 1906 (c. 56), Sch.