NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 66:07
NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Purposes of this Act

    4.    Ownership of wild animals or plants

PART II
ADMINISTRATION

    5.    Chief Parks and Wildlife Officer and other officers

    6.    Duties of the Chief Parks and Wildlife Officer

    7.    Appointment of an Honorary Parks and Wildlife Officer

    8.    Powers of officers

    9.    Seizure of specimens and articles

    10.    Return of seized specimens and articles

    11.    Barriers to be placed across roads

    12.    Arrest of persons for committing offences

    13.    Prosecution by officers

    14.    Production of documents for inspection

    15.    Obstruction of officers, etc.

    16.    Alteration, etc., of official record

PART III
WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT BOARD

    17.    Establishment of the Board

    18.    Composition of the Board

    19.    Functions of the Board

    20.    Meetings of the Board

    21.    Members of the Board not deemed public officers

    22.    Allowances

PART IIIA
LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT

    22A.    Purposes of this Part

    22B.    Wildlife management agreement

    22C.    Minister may make rules

PART IV
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

    23.    Request to conduct an environmental and social impact assessment

    24.    Submission of assessment reports to the Minister

    25.    Contents of assessment reports

PART V
DECLARATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS

    26.    Declaration of protected areas

    27.    Purposes of protected areas

    28.    Procedure for declaration of protected areas

    29.    Acquisition of land for protected areas

    30.    Temporary management measures

    31.    Description of the area to be declared a protected area

    32.    Prohibition of entering or residing in protected areas without authority

    33.    Prohibition of possession or use of weapons, traps, explosives or poisons

    34.    Prohibition of deposition of litter or waste

    35.    Other prohibited acts in a protected area

    36.    Destruction of domestic animals by officers

    37.    Prohibition of introduction of plants into protected areas

    38.    Prohibition against fire in protected areas

    39.    Control of harvest in protected areas

    40.    Board to be appraised of the data

    41.    Regulations for use of protected areas

PART VI
PROTECTED SPECIES, ENDANGERED SPECIES OR LISTED SPECIES

    42.    Purpose of this Part

    43.    Declaration of protected species, endangered species or listed species

    43A.    Endangered species or listed species

    44.    Game species

    45.    Animals or plants which are not protected species, endangered species or listed species

PART VII
LICENCES AND PERMITS TO TAKE OR HUNT WILDLIFE

    46.    Purpose of this Part

    47.    General prohibition against hunting or taking without a licence

    48.    Classes of licences

    48A.    Permits

    49.    Licence not transferable

    50.    Bird licence

    51.    Game licence

    52.    Visitor’s licence

    53.    Special licence

    54.    Hunting licence

    54A.    Animal captivity licence

    54B.    Game farming licence

    54C.    Game ranching licence

    54D.    Professional hunter’s licence

    55.    Grounds on which a licence may be refused

    56.    Appeal to the Minister against refusal of issuance of licence or permit

    57.    Cancellation of a licence

    58.    Appeal to the Minister upon cancellation of a licence

    59.    Cancellation or suspension of a licence

    60.    Inspection of a licence and the keeping of records

    61.    Method of computing numbers or quantities of animals hunted or taken

    62.    Guides, trackers and porters

PART VIII
METHODS OF HUNTING AND TAKING AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF HUNTERS

    63.    Purpose of this Part

    64.    Prohibition of use of fire for hunting

    65.    Prohibition of hunting of dependant young

    66.    Prohibited acts against killing protected species, endangered species or listed species, etc.

    67.    Regulations for weapons to be used in hunting

    68.    Prohibition of hunting during hours of darkness

    69.    Hunting by traditional methods

        

    70.    Use of motor vehicles, aircraft or radio communication prohibited

    71.    Regulations for use of domestic animals in hunting

    72.    Regulations for use of substances or devices in hunting

PART IX
HUNTING DANGEROUS ANIMALS, KILLING IN ERROR, WOUNDING AND MOLESTING ANIMALS

    73.    Purposes of this Part

    74.    Killing a protected species, endangered species or listed species in self-defence

    75.    Killing a game species in defence of property

    76.    Ownership of carcass not transferable

    77.    Reports to be made to an officer where protected species, endangered species or listed species cause damage to property

    78.    Reports to be made to an officer where protected species, endangered species or listed species is killed through error or by accident

    79.    Wounded protected species, endangered species or listed species

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