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(1)If, for the purpose of killing hares or rabbits, any person uses or knowingly permits the use of a spring trap, except in a rabbit hole, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, or in the case of a person convicted of a second or subsequent offence under this section to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
(2)So much of section six of the [43 & 44 Vict. c. 47.] Ground Game Act, 1880, as provides that no person having a right to kill ground game shall, for the purpose of killing ground game, employ spring traps except in rabbit holes, or employ poison shall cease to have effect.
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