Game (Scotland) Act 1832

1832 CHAPTER 68

An Act for the more effectual Prevention of Trespasses upon Property by Persons in pursuit of Game in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland.

[17th July 1832]

WHEREAS Trespasses upon Property by Persons unlawfully engaged in the Pursuit of Game have recently become frequent in various Parts of Scotland, and have, in many Cases, been attended by Acts of Violence and Intimidation, for the Repression of which the Laws now in force in that Part of the United Kingdom provide no sufficient Remedy, and that it is therefore expedient that more effectual and summary Remedies should be provided;

be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same,