Game Act 1706
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1706 c. 14 |
| Year | 1706 |
(6 Ann.) C A P. XIV.
'W H E R E A S several Laws have been already enacted for the better Preservation of the Game, and by Experience been found not sufficient to prevent destroying the Game, by reason of the Multitude of Higlars and other Chapmen, which give great Encouragement to idle loose Persons to neglect their lawful Employments, to follow and destroy the same;' For Remedy whereof, and the more effectual Preservation of the Game, Be it enacted by the Queen'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, That all and every of the Laws now in being for the better Preservation of the Game, shall continue, remain, and be in the same Force, not hereby repealed or altered.
II Higlar, Carrier, &c. not to have in his Custody any Hare, Pheasant, Partridge, &c. or buy or sell Hare, &c. on Penalty of 5 l. .
II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Higlar, Chapman, Carrier, Inn-keeper, Victualler, or Alehouse-keeper, shall from and after the first Day ofMay one thousand seven hundred and seven, have in his or their Custody or Possession any Hare, Pheasant, Partridge, Moor, Heath-game, or Grouse, or shall buy, sell, or offer to sell any Hare, Pheasant, Partridge, Moor, Heath-game, or Grouse, every such Higlar, Chapman, Inn-keeper, Victualler, Alehouse-keeper, or Carrier (unless such Game in the Hands of such Carrier be sent up by Person or Persons qualified to kill the Game) shall upon every such Offence be carried before some Justice of the Peace for the County, Riding, City, or Town Corporate, or Liberties where the said Offence is committed; and upon View, or upon the Oath of one or more credible Witnesses, shall be convicted of the same, shall forfeit for every Hare, Pheasant, Partridge, Moor, Heath-game, or Grouse, the Sum of five Pounds, one Half to the Informer, and the other Half to the Poor of the Parish where the Offencewas committed; the same to be levied by Distress and Sale of the Offender's Goods, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of the Justice or Justices of the Peace before whom such Offender or Offenders shall be convicted, rendring the Overplus (if any be) the Charge of distraining being first deducted; and for want of Distress, the Offender or Offenders be committed to the House of Correction for the first Offence, for the Space of three Months, without Bail or Mainprize, and for every such other Offence, for the Space of four Months; provided, that such Conviction be made within three Months after such Offence committed; and that if anyCertiorari shall be allowed to remove...
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