[F1An Act to extend an Act of the Ninth Year of King George the Fourth, for the more effectual Prevention of Persons going armed by Night for the Destruction of Game.]
[4th July 1844]
Textual Amendments
F1Act repealed (S.) (29.6.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), s. 43(1), Sch. Pt. 2 (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/279, art. 2(1)(l)(ii) (as amended by S.S.I. 2011/287, art. 2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title “The Night Poaching Act, 1844” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Act 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)
C3Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1891 (c. 67)
C4Words of enactment repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1891 (c. 67)