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WILD BIRDS AND WILD MAMMALS PROTECTION ORDINANCE, 1954.

(No. 8 of 1954).

WILD BIRDS AND WILD MAMMALS PROTECTION ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULES) ORDER, 1964.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of the Wild Birds and Wild Mammals Protection Ordinance, 1954, the Governor in Council has made the following Order—

1. This Order may be cited as the Wild Birds and Wild Mammals Citation. Protection Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules) Order, 1964,

Schedule.

2. The Second Schedule to the Wild Birds and Wild Mammals Amendment Protection Ordinance, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as the Ordinance) of Second is amended under the heading "Mammals" by the addition at the end thereof of the following-

(8 of 1954).

"Masked Palm Civet-Paguma larvata

Small Indian Civet-Viverricula indica

Large Indian Civet-Viverra zibetha

Chinese Ferret-Badger-Melogale moschata

Common Red Fox-Vulpes vulpes

Leopard Cat-Felis bengalensis''.

3. The Third Schedule to the Ordinance is amended under the Amendment heading "Birds" by the deletion of the words "Chinese Pied Magpies, of Third Kites, Buzzards" and the substitution therefor of the following-

Schedule.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

"None".

Seth dy

Clerk of Council.

14th July, 1964.

Explanatory Note.

(This Note is not part of the Order, but is intended to indicate its general purport),

This Order amends the Ordinance

(a) by making additions to the Second Schedule, which species mammals

and birds the hunting of which is forbidden; and

(6) by making deletions from the Third Schedule, which specifles mammals

and birds classified as vermin.