Game Act 1885 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO OCTAVO ET QU,4l>RAGESIbfO

NON0

A. D. 1885.

No. 337.

A n Act to aimend the 'L Gamc Act, 1874."

[Assented to, September jotk, 1885.1

HEREAS it is expedient to amend the " Game ,4ct, 1874 "- Preamble.

W Be it tllerefore Enacted bp the Governor of the Provincc of	South Austr:tlia, with the ;dvicc ancl consent of the Legislative
Council and Ilousc of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parlidmen t asscmblcd, as follows:
any garne, native game, or special game with any device or instru- prohibited. 1. No person shall at any time kill, or attempt to kill or destroy, Certain weapons
ment known as a swivel or punt gun, or other fixed gun, rifle, or firearm, or with m y gun or rifle other than such guns and rifles as
are habitually raised at arm's length and fired from the shodder;
itrid any person offending against the provisions of this section shall be liable to a peualty of uot exceeding 'I'wcnty Pounds for the first offence; for the second offence shall be liable to n pcnalty of not exceeding Fifty Pounds; and for a third or subsequent offence, in addition to the last-mentioncd fine, may bc imprisoned with hard labor for not exceeding six months. This section shall also apply to the aborigines.

2. 'L'his L4c.t a d the Game Act, 1874," shall be incorporated7 To be read with

and rcad and construed together as one Act. Game Act, 1874.

I n the name and 011 1)cllalf of' Her Majesty, I hcrcby assent to

this Bill.

WM. C. F. ROBINSOX, C' A overnor.

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Adelaide : By authority, E. SPILLEK, Government Printer, North-terrace.