Repeal and replacement of section 20.
Amendment
of section 21.
Amendment. of First Schedule.
Amendment
of Second Schedule.
Deletion and substitution of Fourth and Fifth
Schedules.
(b) in subsection (2) by deleting the following-
"or District Officer".
12. Section 20 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following new section-
"Forfeiture.
20. Where any person is convicted of an offence under section 18 a magistrate may order that--
(a) any mammal, bird, nest, ogg or any part of
such mammal, bird, nest or egg-
(6) any net, gin, snare, poison or poisoned
weapon, bird lime or any kind of trap; or (c) any other appliance intended for use for the purpose of hunting mammals or birds, which bas been used in connexion with the offence,
be forfeited to the Crown.".
13. Section 21 of the principal Ordinance is amoaded—
(a) by renumbering it as subsection (1); and
(6) by inserting the following new subsection-
"(2) Where the Governor by order amends the Fourth, Fifth or Seventh Schedule, any area specified in the order shall be described by reference to a plan dated and signed by the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries which has been deposited, and is available for inspection, in the Land Office in Victoria and copies of which are available for inspection at every District Office in the New Territories.".
14. The First Schedule to the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting the following-
(a) "Grey Plover": and
(b) "Golden Plover''.
15. The Second Schedule to the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "Orang Utan-Pongo pygmaeus",
16. The principal Ordinance is amended by deleting the Fourth and Fifth Schedules and substituting the following-
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"FOURTH SCHEDULE.
[s, 10.]
AREAS IN WEICH HUNTING AND THE CARRYING OF FIREARMS (OTTIER THAN ALONG A ROAD) ARE PROHIBITED.
dread. The direct and indirect catchment areas of the Fu Shui, Tai Lam, Shing Mun and Kowloon Reservoirs, excluding the indirect catchment area of the Kowloon Reservoir cast of the Tai Po Road and the area occupied by the Hong Kong Gun Club adjacent to Route Twisk, but including all of the Tai Po Kau Forest and Plantation.
frew B. The direct catchment area of the Plover Cove Reservoir and
the areas adjacent thereto.
Area C. The direct and indirect catchment area of the Shek Pik Reser
voir and the areas adjacent thereto.
Area D. The Chi Ma Wan Peninsula.
Area E. The Agriculture and Fisheries Department Sai Kung Experi-
mental FarMIL
Area F. The Agriculture and Fisheries Department Ta Kwu Ling
Experimental Farm.
drea G.
The Fanling Golf Course and the areas adjacent thereto.
Area H.
Area J.
The Agriculture and Fisheries Department Castle Peak Livestock Breeding Centre and Farm.
Port Island (Chik Chau)
Area K. Hole Island (Hei Lo To) and Basalı Island,
Note. The above areas are delineated and marked in green on a plan entitled “Wild Birds and Wild Mammals Protection Ordinance (Fourth and Fifth Schedules)" which was signed by the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries on the 3rd day of June 1971 and deposited in the Land Office in Victoria. The plan may be inspected at the Land Office and copies of the plan are available for inspection at District Offices in the New Territories.
FIFTH SCHEDÜLE.
[a. 11.]
ÁREAS IN WHICH THE HUNTING OF ANY MAMMAL (OTHER THAN RODENTS)
OR ANY BIRD 15 PROHIBITED.
Area J, Hong Kong Island.
Area 2. Cheung Chau Island.
Area 3.
The indirect catchment area of the Plover Cove Reservair und the areas adjacent thereto.
Area 4. Kowloon, New Kowloon, Tsuen Wan and the areas adjacent
thereto.
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