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Amendment made: No. 86, in page 22, line 28, at end insert:
'(2A) A person who (by virtue of section 15 above) is summarily convicted of an offence under section 2 (assaults by persons committing offences under the Act) or section 9 (entering land, with others, armed and for the purpose of taking or destroying game or rabbits) of the Night Poaching Act 1828 shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding£500, or to both (instead of to a maximum penalty on conviction on indictment of seven years imprisonment or a fine or both for an offence under the said section 2, or of fourteen years imprisonment or a fine or both for an offence under the said section 9).—[Mr. John.]