# Militia, etc. Act 1694, Section III: Recital of 2 & 3 Edw. VI. c. 14.


The said Act repealed.
And whereas by an Act made in the Second and Third yeares of the reigne of Edward the Sixth late King of England intituled An Act against the shooting of Hailshot whereby it is amongst other things enacted that noe person under the degree of a Lord of the Parliament should shoot in any place any Hailshot or any more pelletts then One att any one time upon paine to forfeit for every time that he or they should soe offend Ten pounds and imprisonment of his Body dureing Three months Which said Act however usefull in those days hath not for many yeares last past been putt in execution but became uselesse and unnecessary yett neverthelesse several malicious persons have of late prosecuted several Gentlemen qualified to keep and use Guns upon the said Act. For remedy whereof Bee it enacted by the authority aforesaid That the said Act and every article clause and thing therein contained shall bee and is hereby repealed and made void to all intents and purposes whatsoever.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMar/6-7/13/section/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/militia-etc-act-1694/section-III
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