Game Preservation Act, 1930

Prosecution of offences.

19.—(1) Proceedings for the prosecution of any offence under this Part of this Act may be instituted at the suit and in the name of any person, whether official or unofficial, as prosecutor.

(2) Where any lands have with the consent of the occupier thereof (given in writing) been reserved by a recognised coursing club for the purpose of killing and taking hares thereon, and notice of such reservation has been published on two separate occasions in a newspaper circulating in the district in which such lands are situate, then and in every such case any prosecution in the District Court in respect of trespass on such lands for the purpose or in the course of the pursuit of hares may be instituted at the suit and in the name of the secretary for the time being of the organization commonly called and known as the Irish Coursing Club, and it shall not be a defence to any such prosecution (whether instituted in the name of the said secretary or in the name of some other person) or to any prosecution for an offence under this Part of this Act in relation to the killing or taking of hares on such lands for the defendant to prove that he was authorised by the occupier of such lands to kill or take hares thereon.