{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/night-poaching-act-1828/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/night-poaching-act-1828/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo4/9/69",
  "legislation_title": "Night Poaching Act 1828",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/night-poaching-act-1828",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "What time shall be considered night.",
  "text": "Provided always, ... that for the purposes of this Act the night shall be considered and is hereby declared to commence at the expiration of the first hour after sunset, and to conclude at the beginning of the last hour before sunrise.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (N.I.) by Game Law Amendment Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (c. 4 (N.I.)), Sch.; and Act repealed (29.6.2011) (S.) by the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), s. 43(1), Sch. Pt. 2; S.S.I. 2011/279, art. 2(1)(l)(ii) (as substituted by S.S.I. 2011/287, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 12 repealed by Statute Law Revision (No 2) Act 1888 (c. 57)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo4/9/69/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:55:29.263300+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}