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758 12 OF 1885. ] MARRIED WOMEN'S DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.
15 OF 1885. WILD BIRDS PRESERVATION .

( 'opy of
certificate
9. The Land Officer shall, at any time deliver a copy , signed
evidence . by him , of any such certificate to any person applying for such
( Ibid .8. 88.] copy, and every such copy shall be received as evidence of the
acknowledgment of the deed to which such certificate refers.
Husband's
concurrence
10. If a husband is , in consequence of unsound mind, or
when dispen from any other cause, incapable of executing a deed, or if his
sed with .
[ Ibid . s. 11. )
residence is not known, or he is in prison, or is living apart
from his wife, either by mutual consent, or by sentence of
divorce, or from any other cause whatsoever, the Chief Justice,
may by an order to be made in a summary way upon the
application of the wife, and upon such evidence as to him shall
seem meet, dispense with the concurrence of the husband in any
case in which his concurrence is required by this ordinance, or
otherwise, and all acts and deeds to be done, executed , or made
by the wife in pursuance of such order, in regard to any land
or in regard to money, subject to be invested in the purchase
of land shall be as good and valid as they would have been if
the husband had concurred, but without prejudice to the rights
of the husband as then existing independently of this ordinance.


No. 15 OF 1885.
An Ordinance entitled The Preservation of Wild Birds
and Game Ordinance ,
[ 13th June, 1885. ]
AS it is expedient to make provision for the pre
WHsertEation of wildbirdsandgame:
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Interpreta- 2. In this ordinance the words “ wild bird ” shall include
tion.
every description of wild bird ; and the word " game” shall
include every description of deer, hare, rabbit, pheasant, par
tridge, grouse, heath or moor game, black game, bustard, wood
cock, snipe, quail, landrail, wild -duck, and widgeon .
Penalty for 3. No person shall kill , wound , take, or attempt to kill ,
killing or
wounding, wound, or take any wild bird , or game, or use any gun , net, or
&c., birds,
without a
other instrument whatever for such purpose, without having
licence; and previously obtained a licence from the Governor in Council as
offering for hereinafter provided .
sale pheasant
or partridge And no person shall, from the month of April to the month
& September. of September both inclusive, offer for sale in this Colony any
pheasant or partridge.