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Section 24 Unlawful taking or killing of deer by two or more persons acting together.

Scotland

If two or more persons acting together do any act which would constitute an offence against F1any of the three last foregoing sections of this Act, every such person shall be liable—

(a)

on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F2in respect of each deer taken or killed the statutory maximum, which in this section means the prescribed sum within the meaning of F3section 225(8) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment;

(b)

on conviction on indictment to a fine. . . F4 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.

F5and on any conviction to the forfeiture of any deer illegally taken or killed by him or in his possession at the time of the offence.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words substituted by Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 19), s. 10(2)

F2

Words substituted by Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 19), s. 14(1), Sch. 1

F3

Words in s. 24 substituted (18.10.1996) by 1996 c. 44, ss. 13(1), 14(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(21)

F4

Words repealed by Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 19), Sch. 3

F5

Words added by Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 19), s. 14(1), Sch. 1

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (18.11.1996) by 1996 c. 58, s. 48(2)(6), Sch. 5 (with s. 43(1))