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Section 36 Penalty on persons keeping places for bear-baiting, cock-fighting, &c.F1

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Every person who within the limits of the special Act keeps or uses or acts in the management of any house, room, pit, or other place for the purpose of fighting, baiting, or worrying any animals shall be liable to a penalty of not more than F2level 4 on the standard scale, or, in the discretion of the justices before whom he is convicted, to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a time not exceeding one month; and the commissioners may, by order in writing, authorize the superintendent constable, with such constables as he thinks necessary, to enter any premises kept or used for any of the purposes aforesaid, and . . . F3 all persons found therein without lawful excuse, . . . shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding F4level 4 on the standard scale, and a conviction for this offence shall not exempt the owner, keeper, or manager of any such house, room, pit, or place from any penal consequence to which he is liable for the nuisance thereby occasioned.

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Textual amendments

F1

S. 36 repealed (E.W.) (27.3.2007 for W., 6.4.2007 for E.) by Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45), s. 68(3), Sch. 4 (with ss. 1(2), 58(1), 59, 60); S.I. 2007/499, art. 2(2)(m); S.I. 2007/1030, art. 2(1)(m)

F2

Words “level 4 on the standard scale” substituted (E.W.) for “five pounds” by virtue of Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45, SIF 39:1), s. 31(6), Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 29, SIF 4:5), s. 2(1)

F3

Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I

F4

Words “level 4 on the standard scale” substituted (E.W.) for “five shillings” by virtue of Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45, SIF 39:1), s. 31(6), Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and Protection of Animals Act 1988 (c. 29, SIF 4:5), s. 2(1)