Sunday Shooting Prohibition Act 1841 No 6a (NSW)

No. VI.

suî DAY SHooTiKa A ll A ct to pi'oliibit sh oo tin g for Sport P leasure

prohibitiok . Profit on Sunday. [Sth September, 1841.]

Preamble.

\ \ f HEREAS the practice of shooting on the Lord’s Day at pigeon

T T matches and for pleasure or profit greatly prevails in some

parts of the Colony to the manifest dishonor of religion and whereas

it is expedient to prohibit so scandalous and indecent a practice and

Penalty for shooting to punish persons wlio may be guilty of so offending Be it therefore

on Siinda)'. ' ’ enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof That from and after the passing and publication of this Act any person who shall be found engaged in shooting at any pigeon match or for pleasure sport or profit of any kind whatever on Sunday or who shall be found carrying fire arms on that day except as hereinafter provided shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction before any Justice of the Peace shall forfeit and pay a penalty or sum of not more than five

Persons offeniling	pounds nor less than forty shillings and it shall he lawful for any
may be arrested.	constable without any warrant or other authority than this Act to arrest any person who shall be found shooting or carrying fire arms contrary to the provisions hereof and such person to convey with all convenient dispatch before a Justice of the Peace to be dealt with according to law.
Not to extend to	2. Provided always and be it enacted That nothing in this Act fire arms for the protection of their lives and property or the property of their employers on the public roads of the Colony or to constables and other persons carrying fire arms for lawful purposes.
travellers or con­
stables carrying fire	contained shall be deemed to extend to travellers bond fide carrying
arms for protection.
Limitation of prose­	3. And be it enacted That no person shall be prosecuted for any offence under this Act unless the prosecution shall be commenced within ten days next after the time the offence shall have been committed.
cution.
Recovery and appli­
cation of penalties.	4. And be it enacted That the penalties imposed by this Act shall be recovered and applied and may be appealed against in the manner directed in an Act of the Governor and Legislative Council of New South Wales passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late

William IV. Majesty King William the Fourth intituled '‘A n Act to regulate

No. 22. summary 'proceedings before Justices o f the Peace”

No. VII.