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Game Act 1831

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VIIUnder existing Leases the Landlord shall have the Game, except, in certain Cases.

And be it enacted, That in all Cases where any Person shall occupy any Land under any Lease or Agreement made previously to the passing of this Act, except in the Cases hereinafter next excepted, the Lessor or Landlord shall have the Right of entering upon such Land, or of authorizing any other Person or Persons who shall have obtained an annual Game Certificate to enter upon such Land, for the Purpose of killing or taking the Game thereon ; and no Person occupying any Land under any Lease or Agreement, either for Life or for Years, made previously to the passing of this Act shall have the Right to kill or take the Game on such Land, except where the Right of killing the Game upon such Land has been expressly granted or allowed to such Person by such Lease or Agreement, or except where upon the original granting or Renewal of such Lease or Agreement a Fine or Fines shall have been taken, or except where in the Case of a Term for Years such Lease or Agreement shall have been made for a Term exceeding Twenty-one Years.

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