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Prohibition of the use of live decoy birds, birdlime, &c.
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4.—Every person who shall do any of the following things, that is to say:—
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(a) use as a scarecrow any live bird which is tethered, or
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(b) use as a decoy any live bird which is so tethered or is so secured by means of braces or other similar appliances as to cause suffering, or which is blind, maimed or injured, or
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(c) use bird-lime or any substance of a like nature for the purpose of taking or capturing alive or attempting to take or capture alive any wild bird, or
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(d) take or attempt to take any wild bird by means of a hook or other similar instrument,
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shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a penalty not exceeding five pounds or at the discretion of the Court to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding fourteen days.
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