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Our soveraign lady, with advyce and consent of parliament, does hereby strictly prohibite and discharge, in all tyme comeing, the killing of moor-fowls from the first of March to the tuenty of June, and partridges from the first of March to the tuenty of August inclusive, under the penalty of tuenty pounds Scots toties quoties, the half whereof to be given to the discoverer and the other half to be att the disposall of the judge befor whom the same shall be cognosced. And for the better preventing the killing of these fowls dureing the forsaid prohibited seasons, her majesty, with advyce foresaid, does strictly prohibite and discharge the selling, buying or useing of these fowls dureing the forsaid seasons within any burgh, village or privat house within this kingdome, under the penalty forsaid to be applyed as above. As also, it is hereby discharged that no common fowllers shall presume to hunt on any grounds without a subscribed warrand from the proprietors of the said grounds, under the penalty foresaid, besyds forfaulting their dogs, guns and netts to the apprehenders or discoverers. And its herby furder provyded that no fowller or any other person whatsomever shall come within any heritor's ground without leave asked and given by the heritor with setting dogs and netts for killing fowlls by netts, and if any commone fowller shall be found in any place with guns or netts haveing no licence from any nobleman or heritor, they shall be sent abroad as recruits. As also, that no persons whatsomever shall shoot hares under the forsaid penalty. And for the better executeing of this law her majestie, with advyce forsaid, appoynts and ordains all shirriffes of shyres, stewarts of stuartries, justices of peace, masters of the game, baillies of burghs or regalities, to putt the same in due execution under the penalty of one hundred pounds Scots, for which penalty it's herby declaired that the saids judges shall be lyable to the pursuer or complainer befor the lords of session upon ane instrument taken by the said pursewer or complainer that the judge applyed to refuised or delayed to cognosce the complaint according to law and to decern in the terms of this act. And lastly her majestie, with consent forsaid, does herby ratify and approve all former acts made annent the game except in so farr as they are hereby innovat and altered by this present act.