# Ground Game Act 1880, Section 6: Prohibition of night shooting, spring traps above ground, or poison.


No person having a right of killing ground game under this Act or otherwise shall use any firearms for the purpose of killing ground game between the expiration of the first hour after sunset and the commencement of the last hour before sunrise; and no such person shall, for the purpose of killing ground game, . . . . . . employ poison; and any person acting in contravention of this section shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding two poundslevel 1 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/43-44/47/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ground-game-act-1880/section-6
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