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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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C.O. 885

20 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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§ 2. The fines which have not been paid within the period indicated in this article shall be collected by judicial procedure.

§8. Judicial proceedings may be instituted immediately after the lapse of eight days, independently of any other formality.

4. Whenever it is found impossible to obtain payment of any fine. either by summons or proceedings, the Governor of the district shall fix the number of days of imprisonment which shall replace the penalty of fine, and a warrant for the arrest of the offender shall be forthwith issued.

§ 5. Natives guilty of any act contrary to these regulations shall be immediately arrested, and shall be dealt with by the Governor of the district in the manner provided for in § 3 of Article 50.

Article 53. An appeal may be made to the Governor of the district in the case of the fines imposed under § 4 of Article 50, and to the Governor-General of the province in the case of the fine imposed under § 5 of the said article, but in neither case shall proceedings be suspended.

Article 54. The arms and hunting appliances, and the produce, if of any value, which may have been taken from transgressors of these regulations shall be sold by public auction at the chief locality of the district.

Live or dead game fit for food which has been seized shall be given to some charitable establishment. When, however, the seizure has taken place at a considerable distance from such establishments, or when the game is of little utility, and not worth conveying, the game shall be distributed amongst the poor of the nearest town.

CHAPTER VI.

Provisions relative to harmful animals.

Article 55. Persons hunting any of the animals mentioned in § 1 of Article 2, or who have destroyed the eggs of crocodiles, venomous serpents, and pythons, shall have a right to a pecuniary reward, to be fixed for each species in a schedule to be published in the “Official Bulletin” which, however, shall never exceed 20,000 reis.

§. The right to the reward shall only be admitted on production of the animal killed or captured or of the remains thereof to the officials qualified to issue ordinary game licences who will grant a certificate to the party interested to be presented to the Game Commission of the district, or, in the absence of the latter, to the official charged with the custody of the hunting fund.

Article 56. The Game Commissioners, or their substitutes, are the only officials competent to judge of the right to a reward, and to grant the same, in conformity with the schedule, and within the limits of the hunting fund.

§. Any person claiming a right to a reward which cannot be paid owing to lack of funds does not lose his right and will be paid as soon as there are sufficient funds.

Article 57. Dead or captured animals, referred to in § of Article 55, or any part of such animals, shall be sent to the museum at Lourenço Marques, or sold at a public auction, the proceeds constituting income of the hunting fund.

§. Whenever animals which have formed the subject of rewards are unfit for use, the Game Commission, or the authority to whom they have been produced, shall deal with them in such a manner as to prevent their being produced again for another reward.

CHAPTER VII.

Game Commissions.

Article 58. At the chief locality of each of the provincial districts a Game Commission may be established, with the Administrator of the township as Presi- dent, and composed of four other members, selected by the Governor of the district from amongst the persons who have resided for over one year in the district, and those who are well acquainted with the subject which the Commission is to study and deal with. The functions of Secretary and Treasurer will be undertaken by the members of the Commission.

§. The term of office of the members of the Commission will be two years, subject, however, to the exclusion of any member before the termination of that period, or to re-appointment after the termination of that period, as the Governor of the district or the Governor-General may think fit.

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Árticle 59. The duties of the Game Commission shall be:-

(1) To promote in every way the due fulfilment of these regulations, and to

submit any alterations conducive to their improvement;

(2) To submit to the Government any measures which may tend towards the preservation of game, better supervision, and the punishment of abuses and irregularities;

(3) To give their opinion in all matters specially set forth in the regulations

which have to be decided by the Governor of the district;

(4) To take cognizance of all game licences granted, and infractions com-

mitted, and the circumstances of each offence:

(5) To request and collect from the authorities and private persons as much information as possible in regard to game in general, the breeding season, the species found in the district, and how distributed; to collect statistics and institute enquiries on the subject of game, &c.;

(6) To collect the funds in connection with the regulations to be deposited

at the Treasury of the township to the order of the President of the Commission;

(7) To deliberate as to the right to the rewards referred to in Chapter VI.,

and to grant such rewards.

§ 1. Game Commissions may communicate with each other, and with the provincial authorities on matters appertaining to their functions, the correspond- ence in these cases being considered as official.

§ 2. The ordinary meetings of the Commissions shall take place once a month at least, besides which extraordinary meetings shall be held whenever the President or one of the members may ask for such a meeting of the Commission.

Article 60. In those districts where it is found impossible to establish Game Commissions, the functions which would otherwise appertain to the Commission shall be undertaken by the Administrator of the township at the chief locality of the district.

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Article 61. Hunting funds shall be derived from:-

(1) The sums collected for licences granted;

(2) The amount of fines after deducting the share paid to those who have

confiscated or notified offences;

(3) The proceeds of the sale of confiscated arms, shooting appliances, and

produce;

(4) The amount collected on dog licences, granted by the authorities men-

tioned in § 2 of Article 50;

(5) Any other receipts proceeding from the execution of these regulations. Article 62. The hunting funds are meant to meet the expenses incurred by the Game Commissions, the payment of the rewards mentioned in Chapter VI., and principally the organization of a special system of supervision which the Governor- General of the province may establish within the limits of the said funds.

§ The treasurers of the Game Commissions or the Administrators of the townships shall forward every month to the Governor of the district, a balance sheet showing receipts and disbursements on account of the fund.

CHAPTER VIII.

Special provisions relative to the districts of Zambezia and Tete. Article 63. By Decree of the 19th of April, 1894, the Zambezia Company having been granted the exclusive right to hunt the elephant, and generally all big game, within the area of their concessions, two-thirds of the sums collected for hunting in the districts of Zambezia and Tete shall be delivered to the said Com- pany, so long as their concessions exist, including the amount for licences, the net proceeds of fines, and the proceeds of the sale of confiscated arms, shooting appliances, and produce.

Article 64. The Zambezia Company will subscribe to the hunting funds 20 per cent. of the amounts received by them in accordance with the preceding article. Article 65. The officials of the Zambezia Company authorized to issue licences

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