CAP. 210]
Punishment of person found in possession of stolen bird, etc.
24 & 25 Vict.
c. 96, s. 22.
Killing house-dove or pigeon. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 96, s. 23.
22 of 1950, Schedule.
Taking fish. 24 & 25 Vict.
c. 96, s. 24.
22 of 1950, Schedule.
Dredging, etc., for oysters.
24 & 25 Vict.
c. 96, s. 26.
Larceny, etc., of wills.
24 & 25 Vict.
c. 96, s. 29.
6 & 7 Geo. 5,
c. 50, s. 6.
Larceny.
9. (1) If any such bird or any of the plumage thereof, or any dog, or any such beast, or the skin thereof, or any such animal or any part thereof, is found in the possession or on the premises of any person, a magistrate may restore the same respectively to the owner thereof.
(2) Any person in whose possession or on whose premises such bird or the plumage thereof, or such beast or the skin thereof, or such animal or any part thereof, is so found (such person knowing that the bird, beast or animal has been stolen, or that the plumage is the plumage of a stolen bird, or that the skin is the skin of a stolen beast, or that the part is a part of a stolen animal), shall upon summary conviction be liable, for the first offence, to such fine, and for every subsequent offence, to such punishment as any person convicted of stealing any beast or bird is made liable to by section 8.
10. Any person who unlawfully and wilfully kills, wounds or takes any house-dove or pigeon in such circumstances as do not amount to larceny at common law shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine, over and above the value of the bird, of fifty dollars.
11. Any person who unlawfully and wilfully takes or destroys any fish in any water which is private property shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine, over and above the value of the fish taken or destroyed, of one hundred dollars.
12. Any person who unlawfully and wilfully-
(a) uses any dredge, net, instrument or engine whatsoever, within the limits of any oyster bed, laying or fishery, being the property of any other person, for the purpose of taking oysters or oyster brood, although none shall actually be taken; or
(b) drags with any net, instrument or engine upon the ground or soil of any such fishery,
shall on summary conviction be liable to imprisonment for three months.
Larceny of written instruments.
13. (1) Any person who steals, or for any fraudulent purpose destroys, cancels, obliterates or conceals, the whole or any part of any will, codicil or other testamentary instrument,
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CAP. 210]
Punishment of person found in possession of stolen bird, etc.
24 & 25 Vict.
c. 96, s. 22.
Killing house-dove or pigeon. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 96, s. 23.
22 of 1950, Schedule.
Taking fish. 24 & 25 Vict.
c. 96, s. 24.
22 of 1950, Schedule.
Dredging, etc., for oysters.
24 & 25 Vict.
c. 96, s. 26.
Larceny, etc., of wills.
24 & 25 Vict.
c. 96, s. 29.
6 & 7 Geo. 5,
c. 50, s. 6.
Larceny.
9. (1) If any such bird or any of the plumage thereof, or any dog, or any such beast, or the skin thereof, or any such animal or any part thereof, is found in the possession or on the premises of any person, a magistrate may restore the same respectively to the owner thereof.
(2) Any person in whose possession or on whose premises such bird or the plumage thereof, or such beast or the skin thereof, or such animal or any part thereof, is so found (such person knowing that the bird, beast or animal has been stolen, or that the plumage is the plumage of a stolen bird, or that the skin is the skin of a stolen beast, or that the part is a part of a stolen animal), shall upon sum- mary conviction be liable, for the first offence, to such fine, and for every subsequent offence, to such punishment as any person convicted of stealing any beast or bird is made liable to by section 8.
10. Any person who unlawfully and wilfully kills, wounds or takes any house-dove or pigeon in such circum- stances as do not amount to larceny at common law shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine, over and above the value of the bird, of fifty dollars.
11. Any person who unlawfully and wilfully takes or destroys any fish in any water which is private property shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine, over and above the value of the fish taken or destroyed, of one hundred dollars.
12. Any person who unlawfully and wilfully- (a) uses any dredge, net, instrument or engine what- soever, within the limits of any oyster bed, laying or fishery, being the property of any other person, for the purpose of taking oysters or oyster brood, although none shall actually be taken; or
(b) drags with any net, instrument or engine upon the
ground or soil of any such fishery,
shall on summary conviction be liable to imprisonment for three months.
Larceny of written instruments.
13. (1) Any person who steals, or for any fraudulent purpose destroys, cancels, obliterates or conceals, the whole or any part of any will, codicil or other testamentary instru-
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