Piet Schedule.
Firet Schedule
Secood Schedule.
Thurd Schedule.
Licensing
authority.
Hundng of
prosected wild
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Prosecuson of
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"close season", in relation to game, means the period specified as the close season in the First Schedule during which hunting of that game is prohibited:
"Director" means the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries; "game" means any wild animal specified in the First Schedule: "game licence" means a game licence issued under section 14;
"hunt" includes any act immediately directed at the killing or capture of any wild animal or the taking of any nest, eggs, or young of any wild animal;
"hunting appliance" means any act, gin, soare, poison or poisoned Weapon,
bird lime, trap or bright light;
"Licensing authority" means the licensing authority specified in section 3:
"live decoy" means a live animal intended foi use in attracting any other
animal:
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"protected wild animal" means any wild animal specified to the Second
Schedule:
"special permit" means a special permit issued under section 15; "vermin" means any wild animal specified in the Third Schedule; "wild soimal"
domestication.
means any animal which is not bred or kept in
3. The Director shall be the licensing authority for the purposes of this Ordinance.
No person shali huni any prolected wild animal.
5. No person shall take, remove, injure, destroy or wilfully disturb bet ko te a nest or egg of any protected wild animal or game.
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6. (1) No person shall, unless he is the holder of a game licence, hunt any game.
(2) No person shall hunt any game during the close season.
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No person shall-
jeme by
certain descui prombled.
(a)
Possession of
protbed
wild animal
and autos.
Sale or expen
of protected
wix animals.
hunt any game by means of a live decay or by the emission of recorded noiaca,
(6) hunt any game by means of any hunting appliance or pitfall; or (c) have in his possession any hunting appliance or make a pitfall
for the purpose of hunting any game.
8. No person shall have in his possession or under his control- (a) any live prolected wild animal or live game taken in Hong Kong: (b) any dead protected wild animal, or part of a protected wild
animal, killed or taken in Hong Kong:
(c) any dead game, or any part of game, killed or taken in Hong
Kong during the close season; or
(d) any nest or egg of any protected wild animal or game taken in
Hong ong.
恿 No person shall buy, sell, export or offer for sale or export- (a) any protected wild animal, or part of a protected wild animal,
killed or taken in Hong Kong; or
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(3) any nest or egg of any protected wild animal or game taken
in Hong Kong.
10. (1) No person shall hunt in any area specified in the Fourth Huoper and Schedule.
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), no person shall carry any arms in any leak area specified in the Fourth Schedule.
(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply-
wobbted, Fourth Schedule.
(a) to the carrying of arms along a public highway in such a specified
area: and
(b) to members of Her Majesty's armed forces, police officers or
members of the Preventive Service whilst on duty.
11. No person shall hunt any wild animal, other than vendin, in Buades in aby area specified in the Fifth Schedule.
12. No person shall without lawful authority or reasonable excuse shoot at any wild animal from any place situate within 100 yards of an inhabited house or a road normally used by mator vehicles.
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13. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall, except in accord- Borry do ance with a permit in writing granted by the licensing authority, enter into rouriced or be within any area specified in the Sixth Schedule during the period specified in respect thereof in that Schedule.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to-
(a) a public officer on duty within any such area;
(6) a person engaged on public works within any such area; or
(3) A person who under subsection (2) lawfully enters or is within
(c) a person ordinarily resident in such specified area.
any area specified in the Sixth Schedule shall not-
(a) unless he is a police officer on duty, be in possession of any arms; (6) be in possession of any hunting appliance; or
(c) hunt any wild animal.
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Slxtb Schedule.
t (1) The licensing authority may, on application made to him in Game Ucence. Form 1 of the Seventh Schedule and on payment of the fee prescribed in Seventh the Eighth Schedule, isave a game licence in Form 3 of the Seventh Schedule. Schedule.
(2) The licensing authority may require an applicant for a game licence to undergo tests as to the applicant's knowledge of the provisions of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Schedules and bis ability to identify the wild animals specified in the First and Second Schedules.
(3) A game licance shall be valid for one year from the date on which it is issued.
Elgbth
Schedule.
(4) If the First Schedule is amended during the validity of a game Ph licence, such amendment shall have effect also to amend the game licence Schedule. consequentially.
(5) A person to whom a game ticence is issued shall carry the game licence with him whilst engaged in hunting, and when setting out for or returning from a hunting expedition.
(6) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a game licence may be revoked at any time by the licensing authority if the bolder of the game licence